I went back and watched most of today's game on the iplayer. Good goal from Lauren James
SW had her pragmatic head on for this second match. Daly started at LB with Greenwood moving to left half. Beth England got on the pitch late on
England really looked the part for the first quarter of the game, until Denmark put them under a bit of pressure around the 30 min mark. The last 15 mins of both halves got a little bit harum scarum at times. Late on in the game the Danes were beating England to every ball and England looked tired despite all their possession. With England having 75% of the play it should have been Denmark who were tiring at the death, not the other way around. The WSL season finished a couple of months ago, so the players will have had a decent period of rest heading into this WC, so that rather suggests to me that England have perhaps got their preparation wrong. They certainly didn't arrange much in the way of friendlies before the tournament started (only 2, I think), so I'm beginning to think that the players aren't yet physically ready for this. Well, they'll have to be ready in another week's time. Russo and Toone haven't impressed me in the first 2 games and the back four still need more game time because they keep getting caught on the counter. That may be because Daly and Bronze were pushing forward at every opportunity and that might have to become a little more considered after the China game. Walsh will be a miss if her tournament is over. I was a bit surprised that it was Coombs and not Zelem who replaced her today