Why the Women’s World Cup final is worth watching
August 20 in Sydney Spain and England women’s teams determine the best team in the world. In the final of the 2023 World Cup Spain – England Lots of intrigue and interesting plots. We explain why 2023 Women’s World Cup Final Spain – England is worth a look.
Possibly the new mentor of the Three Lions
Yes Yes. You read that right: England women’s head coach Sarina Wigman is being seriously considered as a possible replacement for Garrett Southgate at the helm of the country’s men’s team. In any case, the executive director of the English Football Association, Mark Bullingham, said he did not rule out such a possibility. “Why does the England coach have to be a man? I think our answer is, “He’s the best person for the job.” We think that Sarina does an excellent job. We don’t like it when they say the men’s team is above that. I know it’s not, but some people think it is. If and when we have a vacancy for a senior manager of a male or female team, we will choose the best person for this job, that is, someone who is able to win matches, ”the functionary said.
Based on the achievements of Wigman, they are really impressive. Sarina became the first coach in the history of women’s and men’s football to lead two different teams to the final of a tournament. Four years ago, she played in the final with the Netherlands, now with England. Last year, the Dutch specialist became the European champion with the latter, and Sarina won the continental title with the Orange in 2017.
New world champion
For the national teams of Spain and England, the upcoming final is the first in history. At the same time, if England in 2015 became the third in the World Cup, then Spain never reached the semi-finals of the tournament. Well, the US team, which won the world championship in 2015 and 2019, missed the chance to go down in history as a team that won the World Cup three times in a row. At the 2023 World Cup, the most titled women’s team in the world (four championship titles) flew out to the 1/8 finals, losing in a penalty shootout to Sweden.
Salma Paraluelo
Yes, this is probably the future star of world football. The 19-year-old Barcelona winger has managed to win everything at the youth and junior level: the U-17 European Championship, the U-17 World Championship, the U-20 World Championship. At the 2023 World Cup, Salma’s goals brought Spain a ticket to the semi-finals (the second goal in the match with the Netherlands in extra time – 2: 1) and the final (the winning goal against Sweden – 2: 1).
If Spain wins today, that Sara Paraluelo will become a two-time world champion in a year – at the youth and national level.
Spain’s cool achievements
If we celebrate the results of the work of Sarina Wigman in England, we cannot ignore the systemic indicators of the Spaniards. Spain is the winner of the U-20 World Youth Championship. The U-19 team won the last two European Championships, the U-17 team played in the final of the tournament. Barcelona won the Champions League.
Team coach Jorge Vilda won the U17 European Championship twice with the Spanish youth team, became the winner of the World Championship. With the youth team, Vilda played in two European Championship finals in a row. Yes, the specialist had a difficult relationship with the wards, some even boycotted the national team, and now the players are celebrating their successes “separately from the coach”, but today, I think, these contradictions will fade into the background.
Spectator records and England invincibility
Don’t believe anyone who says that women’s football is boring and uninteresting. The current world championship has broken attendance records – the average was about 29 thousand spectators per match, and more than 1.8 million fans attended the tournament, excluding the final, and in terms of television audience, national records were broken in Australia, Colombia, China, Germany and New Zealand . Surely these numbers will increase after the final.
Well, the main question is whether England will be able to go through the entire tournament without defeat. So far, the English have won all three matches in the group (against Denmark, China and Haiti), finished in a draw and defeated Nigeria in the 1/8 finals, Colombia in the quarter-finals and Australia in the semi-finals on penalties. Spain lost to Japan in the group, defeated Switzerland in the 1/8, the Netherlands in the quarterfinals, and Sweden in the semifinals.
Source: Sportarena
I’m Scott Moore, a professional writer and journalist based in the US. I’ve been writing for various publications for over 8 years now, and have been working as an author at athletistic for the past five years. My work has been featured by some of the leading sports websites and magazines across Europe.
