Wiegman ‘very disappointed’ as draw fails to convey World Cup solutions
S
arina Wiegman admitted she isn’t any nearer to figuring out her beginning lineup for the World Cup after England’s drab 0-0 draw with Portugal in Milton Keynes.
The Lionesses have been pissed off by their guests at Stadium MK, and unable to win their ultimate official warm-up match earlier than the match in Australia and New Zealand, in entrance of a 26,000-strong crowd.
European champions England’s opening Women’s World Cup match is towards Haiti on July 22, and in addition of their group are Denmark and China.
After the stalemate, Wiegman mentioned of Portugal’s defensive astuteness: “I’m not surprised. We have seen them a couple of times. We just could have scored a little more.”
“My first thoughts are that I am very disappointed that we didn’t win this game”, she added. “But we also take a lot of learnings from it. I think the first half we were a little bit too slow. We could have done the final pass a little better. Despite all those things, I think we still created so many chances that we could have scored.
“I think they [Portugal] didn’t drop as deep as some countries might have. If you see how many chances we created — I think we had 23 shots on goal — there won’t be many matches where you don’t score.”
Rachel Daly and Alessia Russo are preventing to make the centre-forward place their very own, however regardless of being given 45 minutes every, neither was in a position to capilise as they each squandered a number of possibilities.
Wiegman mentioned: “At the Euros, Ellen [White] and Alessia were kind of a team. Ellen would start and Alessia would finish. You first want to create lots of chances and then see how you execute that. Yes, it’s disappointing, they want to be ruthless. Today they didn’t score — it’s not a worry for me.
“When you get so much into those positions today, I think that’s pretty good. But of course we want the final touch to get the ball in the net. We all know that.”
“I am not closer now”, she added, when requested whether or not the sport helped to verify in her thoughts who would possibly begin towards Haiti. “This is not the time to make the final decision.”
Wiegman was quizzed on whether or not England head into the World Cup in a worse state, each when it comes to kind and participant availability, than they did the Euros.
“I don’t relate that to each other”, she insisted. “I think the team has changed because there’s new individuals so it’s a new situation.”