With contrasting coaches, and questions over some key players, England and Spain take their shot at history in Sunday’s decider.
Emma Duffy AFTER FOUR WEEKS of thrills, spills and high drama Down Under, we finally have it: our 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup final pairing.
Many had backed a European team to break the Stateside dominance, but few would have foreseen an all-European final. It’s the first since Germany-Sweden in 2003, and only the third since the tournament’s inception in 1991. Their big names fired on all cylinders and they reigned supreme, with Wiegman loved and adored and continually getting the best out of her players.
There have been questions over team selection and goalscoring issues, but they’ve answered them all despite some sub-par performances in Australia. They edged past Haiti and Denmark before finding their groove with a 6-1 win over China to top Group D. While England’s path to the final hasn’t exactly been straightforward, Spain have had a more turbulent few months. Last October, 15 players wrote to the Royal Spanish Football Federation demanding changes to the set-up, directing the majority of their complaints at head coach Jorge Vilda, and made themselves unavailable for selection.
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