The Lionesses - England Football Team
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England were nominated as the team to effectively represent and try to qualify for the Olympics on behalf of Team GB, as obviously Team GB as a football team do not exist outside of the Olympic games.
The qualification criteria was reaching the final of the Nations League, which they've failed to do (as it turns out, they needed to beat Scotland 7-0 to finish top of their group).
So we end up in the weird situation where effectively Scotland (or at least, the few players from Scotland who may have been subsequently selected in the Team GB squad) had it in their gift to give themselves a chance of reaching the Olympics, by allowing England to hammer them.
The qualification criteria was reaching the final of the Nations League, which they've failed to do (as it turns out, they needed to beat Scotland 7-0 to finish top of their group).
So we end up in the weird situation where effectively Scotland (or at least, the few players from Scotland who may have been subsequently selected in the Team GB squad) had it in their gift to give themselves a chance of reaching the Olympics, by allowing England to hammer them.
Blackpuddin said:
It's a right mess.
Always will be as long as we insist on having a football team for each of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom whilst they are brought together as one nation at the Olympics under the banner of the "Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team"And we are one nation at the Olympics because we are one nation state (United Kingdom) at the United Nations ...
but the idea of a global womens' footy comp without the England team in it is a bit mad. From the FIFA website, which doesn't seem to have been updated recently, already qualified teams for the Olympics are Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, and USA.
Seven others are meant to be joining these.
Two from Australia, Japan, Korea DPR and Uzbekistan in a qualifying tournament to be played in February.
Two from Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zambia in a qualifying tournament to be played between February and April.
One from something called an OFC qualifying tournament which is to be played next February.
Then (the site says) two from the UEFA womens' nations league A group excluding France – but UEFA's site says that four teams have qualified from this, viz Netherlands, Spain, Germany and France.
I'm confused.
Seven others are meant to be joining these.
Two from Australia, Japan, Korea DPR and Uzbekistan in a qualifying tournament to be played in February.
Two from Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zambia in a qualifying tournament to be played between February and April.
One from something called an OFC qualifying tournament which is to be played next February.
Then (the site says) two from the UEFA womens' nations league A group excluding France – but UEFA's site says that four teams have qualified from this, viz Netherlands, Spain, Germany and France.
I'm confused.
rjfp1962 said:
Interesting, an England forward who has scored 16 goals in 84 appearances - not exactly stunning. Compare that to Alessia Russo who has 18 from 38.Gassing Station | Football | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff