Situation: The preview here has a more detailed description of the situation. In short, France bid to win a quarter final yet again after the EC, WC and Olympics in 2013, 15 and 16. But they had made it more difficult for themselves by finishing only second in their group behind surprise group winners Austria. […]
Author: Nicolas Bond
2017 European Championships: Denmark – Germany 2:1 (0:1)
Situation: The preview here has a more detailed description of the situation. In short, Germany had a rather poor start to these European Championships despite 7 points from the 3 group games. We saw a decline of all top three national teams over the last years and especially Germany isn’t the team of old who […]
European Championships 2017
Saturdays Quarter Finals Preview
Netherlands – Sweden Netherlands: 55% That is the random match. Netherlands attack strong enough to beat Sweden? An issue with Nilla Fischer would change everything but we hope and assume she is fit. But it was rather interesting to see the Swedish defense suffer against Italy. But there are again so many chances and
European Championships 2017 Preview
Situation: To get the actual picture of the performance level from the national women’s football teams the FIFA ranking is not a bad starting point though you have to keep in mind that it is based on average results of the national teams in the past and not only the last three months or so. […]
Champions League Final: Olympique Lyon – Paris Saint Germain 0:0 (7:6 a.p.)
Situation: Another season of the UEFA Champions League comes to an end where the margins once again got tighter. And we assume it was for the first time ever that both of the finalists had to suffer defeats already early on in the competition in rounds prior to the semis. While the development of the […]
2017 Cup Final: Olympique Lyon – Paris Saint Germain 1:1 (7:6 a.p.)
Situation: Another final of the two leading clubs in France – you have been used to write when these two met in the past. But Montpellier HSC has managed to get in between this season and removed Paris from the second rank. And that means Paris would be out of the Champions League next season […]
2017 NWSL after day 2
Headline: More to come Overall: Still hoping for more to come. Because day 2 did also not yet show the big step forward. Maybe for some. But some two steps forward and others two back again doesnt make for big progress of the NWSL generally. The North Carolina Courage confirmed their leading position with yet another […]
Preview NWSL 2017 part2
Our preview is consisting of 2 parts: Part1: Overall, introduction, pre-season proceedings Part2: after day1: season preview based on day1. We like to use more time than 140 and thinking it over several times for a season preview. For that reason we have gone to wait until day1 was played. To reduce the level of […]
Preview NWSL 2017 part1
Our preview is comprising of 2 parts: Part1: Overall, introduction, pre-season proceedings Part2: after day1: season preview for the teams in more depth. There are always a lot of previews at the start of a new season (though for women’s football mainly in the USA). Just normal that everyone is excited after the break to […]
International Match Period April 2017
Situation: FIFA ranking top ranks have changed. USA are no longer the number one ranked team in women’s football. The mediocre results during the Olympics and the recent SheBelieves Cup. Germany did arguably play worse. But more successful. A ranking system can only be judging by results and not evidence of skills. And thus a […]