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CNA
12 hours ago
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Switzerland cancel training session ahead of Spain clash due to illness
OBERENTFELDEN, Switzerland :Switzerland's preparations for their Women's Euro quarter-final clash with Spain were thrown into disarray on Tuesday when the team had to cancel a training session due to sickness within the squad. Less than half an hour before the session was due to begin, the Swiss football association messaged media covering the team on WhatsApp to say that it had been cancelled. "Today's planned training session has been postponed until tomorrow. The background: In the past few days, some players have felt the symptoms of a cold," the message said. "In order to ensure a high-quality training programme, the technical staff have decided to give today off and complete the training session planned for today tomorrow. We apologise for the short notice." The hosts, who came second in Group A to make the knockout stage, are set to meet reigning world and Nations League champions Spain in their last-eight clash in Bern on Friday.
France 24
17 hours ago
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- France 24
Simon Yates wins solo on Bastille Day as Ben Healy seizes yellow jersey
Victor Wembanyama is back! The 21-year-old French wonderkid announced that he has fully recovered from deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder, which had ended his season in February. In football, France have begun preparations for their clash against Germany on Saturday in the Women's Euro quarter-finals. The transfer window is heating up, with AC Milan officially announcing the signing of the 2018 Ballon d'Or winner, Luka Modric.
CNA
a day ago
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Swedish fans snap up tickets for Women's Euro knockout clash with England
OBERENTFELDEN, Switzerland :The Swedish national team received a boost as their fans went on a ticket-buying frenzy on Monday, buying up all the available spots in their section for Thursday's Women's Euro quarter-final game against England in Zurich within an hour of going on sale. The Swedish fans formed a noisy yellow wall behind one of the goals in each of their three Group C games, winning all three to set up the last-eight showdown with reigning champions England, who beat them in the semi-finals at the last tournament. "This news gives the whole team so much energy in the build-up to the quarter-finals," forward Madelen Janogy said in a statement issued by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF). "The support from everyone there has been incredible so far, and we are really looking forward to playing in front of a full house of yellow supporters again on Thursday. Together, we will do everything we can to win against England and advance." The SvFF said that the 2000 tickets allocated to the Swedes went on sale at 0900 CET on Monday and that they sold out within 60 minutes, and advised fans who missed out to keep an eye on UEFA's public ticket portal.
CNA
2 days ago
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Tactical growth on show as Women's Euros enters knockout stage
When Norway's plan for their opening Women's Euro clash with Switzerland was thrown into disarray by a first-half goal for the hosts, it marked the first of many occasions that coaches at the tournament have had to adjust their tactics on the fly. At halftime in that game, Norway coach Gemma Grainger managed to get her side to calm down and change tack. They went on to win 2-1 and then topped Group A with three wins in three games to set up a quarter-final clash with Italy in Geneva on Wednesday. "For me, the best coaches make those decisions in game. It's easy to sit after a game, look at the video footage, look at the review and say, 'You know, we should have done this, we should have done that' - for me, the best coaches do that in game," Grainger told Reuters. Up against another master tactician in Switzerland coach Pia Sundhage, the battle of wits ebbed and flowed through the game with Grainger and the Norwegians targeting the space behind the Swiss defence and the hosts trying to hit them on the break. "In football, I think you have to take the space that you're given, and that was where the space was. For them, they played a direct game - I think that that was their game plan, to try and stretch us and also to build a little bit of pressure," Grainger explained. "When you're dealing with long ball after long ball, you have to have high concentration, high focus. We knew that our forward players were quicker than their back-line players, so we had to get the ball in behind, but with good quality as well." Communication is key when making adjustments, and though coaches trust players to solve the problems they encounter on the pitch, they are expected to do so within the tactical principles laid out in the game-plan. "We just follow her instructions," Norway midfield linchpin Vilde Boe Risa told Reuters when asked how much scope she and her teammates have to improvise. "What we should change in the way we press, the way we play out, that's not up to us, we only have to do our best while we're out there, and deliver the game plan." ADVANCED TACTICS The 30-year-old, who plays her club football at Atletico Madrid, said that the tactics in the women's game have become much more advanced since she made her national team debut in 2016, and that teams were forever changing and adapting in order to create even a small advantage. "People understand how we play, and they close us down quite a lot, so we end up playing quite a lot of long balls, which is not really the part of our game or how we want to play, but we just need to adapt to it," she said. Grainger pointed to a couple of tactical trends that she would be paying close attention to as the eight teams left in the competition head into the quarter-finals. "If games turn into too many transitional moments as the tournament goes on, that's certainly going to affect (their stamina)," she said.
CNA
2 days ago
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Halftime pep talk sparks Cascarino heroics as France storm back to beat Netherlands
France forward Delphine Cascarino turned up the heat when it mattered most, scoring twice and creating another goal as her side roared back from a 2-1 deficit to thrash Netherlands 5-2 on Sunday and book a Women's Euro quarter-final clash with Germany. France took an early lead but found themselves trailing at halftime after conceding two goals. Enter Cascarino, who delivered a second-half masterclass that propelled France to victory in Group D ahead of second-placed England, who demolished Wales 6-1 to also advance. "She's a star, and at some point you have to light the fire so she can show her full potential," France coach Laurent Bonadei told reporters. "At halftime I told her she was able to do more and better, that went for the whole team too ... I liked Delphine's reaction." Cascarino took her coach at his word, setting up Marie-Antoinette Katoto to equalise in the 61st minute, and she then scored two quickfire goals herself to sink the Dutch and secure top spot in the group. "Laurent said we lacked aggression, and it was true. We were behind 2-1, we were making less effort in the defence, that was clear," Cascarino told reporters. "The Dutch were able to take advantage of our weakness, but we didn't let go. We showed aggression in the second half, and that really helped to get us over the line." France now face Germany in Basel on July 19, a prospect that does not faze the confident Cascarino despite her team's past struggles against the Germans. "When it comes to Germany, it's a very big nation," she said. "They won several trophies and they have already knocked out others, so we know it's going to be a great game, a big game and a difficult game. And we're going to try to find the cracks and to win the game."
