Deserve all the congratulations. i think if we zoom out and look at the tournament as a whole, it has been an incredible success for the lionesses, taking away the fact that they didn t take the trophy home. edit they didn t take the trophy home. of course, we can t lose sight of the fact this is england s first ever women s world cup final. the first world cup final part either of the senior sides since 1966, so it is a huge leap forward, and there are so many positives to take from the whole campaign. it has been wonderful to see the team spirit and togetherness, and it is an england team who has faced a lot of obstacles themselves, not in terms of the back room shenanigans, the same way that spain is has that problem with their coach and a federation, but they had three serious injuries going into it, without frank kirby, without the captain lee williamson, all of whom were the spine of the team during the euros, and they had that red card, fuller and james, and that injury halfway
Them every credit. i listened to the interviews with millie bright and sarina straight after the game, and they were extremely magnanimous and gracious in defeat, and i don t think any of us can pick over the bones a bit too much. spain were the better side and deserve all the congratulations. i think if we zoom out and look at the tournament as a whole, it has been an incredible success for the lionesses, taking away the fact that they didn t take the trophy home. of course, we can t lose sight of the fact this is england s first ever women s world cup final. the first world cup final for either of the senior sides since 1966, so it is a huge leap forward, and there are so many positives to take from the whole campaign. it has been wonderful to see the team spirit and togetherness, and it is an england team who has faced a lot of obstacles themselves, not in terms of the back room shenanigans, the same way that spain have had that problem with their coach and their federation, but the