England is Spain’s rival in the World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand. The team led by Sarina Wiegman is currently ranked 4th in the FIFA ranking, is playing its fifth World Cup and its best result was third place in 2015.
Game dynamics
Attractive game model with great tactical richness. For this World Cup on a scheme 3-5-2 exploiting the width of the field to the maximum and continually looking for quick and effective offensive transitions.
Footballers with a long journey for outside positions and at the same time with great technical capacity prioritizing speed, which gives the English a very high percentage of continuity in the game
The team of the three lions silver a advanced and aggressive pressure system on the start of the game rival that accentuates when the ball falls on the bands, discarding a large part of the opposite sector of the game and tilting the entire block excessively
footballers like rachel dally (23 goals this season as a striker) or Lauren Hemp (more common close to the line than on point) out of their usual position in domestic competition they provide the block with a higher technical level in all lines.
Set piece actions with changed leg pitchers (Keira Walsh and Alex Greenwood) looking to create second play situations that are very difficult to defend.
Strengths
The tactical variability offered by the work of Sarina Wiegman where with the same soccer players on the field she is able to develop her showy and vertical game on different schemes.
Possibly Mary Earps is the best goalkeeper in the championship and on the European scene. agile under sticks good calculation of aerial trajectories and always attentive to exits on rival attacks behind the defense
A solid and recognized gaming model which has already generated successes such as the one from the last European Championship, which helps the credibility of the idea on the part of the soccer players.
Aggressive and determined both in aerial disputes and in duels. All the English soccer players are clear that in this way they begin to erode the rival’s morale
The 3-5-2 so well put into practice in England by the great Arsene Wegner and his Arsenal of the 90s causes indecision in the rivals about the pressure on his creative footballer (Keira Walsh) since Spain will have to decide if he presses with his outside footballers or teresa jumps on her to balance the positional disadvantage
weaknesses
Significant casualties such as Beth Mead, Leah Williamson or Fran Kirby have forced Sarina Wiegman to modify various positions and vary the initial scheme. Although they have been planted in the final, rivals like Haiti, Nigeria or Portugal have choked them.
The York Rose Team He is the one who has made the fewest substitutions to reach the final. In a championship of this caliber it is always important to have as many footballers as possible plugged in.
Now it’s a no-brainer but Lauren James is as talented as unconscious and aggressive in their actions. It is important to know this aspect if you are a starter and handle it with a veteran.
The use of this tactical system requires a great coordination of the soccer players in the line of three who can be exposed to one-on-one situations where Millie Bright can suffer in speed.
England’s left lane with a winger forward and Alex Greenwood in a more focused positioning which from the side invites us to think that it should be our way of entry, although Athenea del Castillo already demonstrated in the 2022 Arnold Clark that Lucy Bronze is not impregnable.
Special attention to…
Unlike the vast majority of the Conjoined, the English try an opening play on their outside lanesprioritizing the rise of Lucy Bronze.
Alessia Russo’s scoring moment. Despite not being a forward with great facility for goals to date, she is revealing herself in this World Cup where it seems that she scores everything she touches and at key moments of the matches
Set piece actions with rehearsed plays on Millie Bright, Lucy Bronze or Alessia Russo to provoke a second shot on the opposite side.
Georgia Stanway’s Outside Hitting with a very good shot at medium and long distance.
The duel of orchestra conductors between Keira Walsh and Teresa Abelleira. With the permission of Yui Hasegawa, without a doubt, the best midfielders in this World Cup.
What can we do?
Maintain the three premises that have led us to the grand finale. Aggressiveness without the ball, pressure after loss of the incisor and verticality of the game of attack after recovery.
Expect the best version of each of them. That the stage and the event do not overwhelm us mentally to be able to fight against the current European champion and the fittest team in the world.
Mobility at the tip of the attack before some centrals that will persecute and abandon the site, generating spaces for second-line footballers.
Deepen on their outside lanes forcing the withdrawal of Lucy Bronze and Rachel Daly thus obtaining a more advantageous position after the loss.
Develop a model of asymmetric positional attack where the opposite side to the game closes on centrals, achieving a positional advantage in the face of loss.
Dream big and enjoy the moment because we have already won. Whatever happens, Spanish women’s football will be one of the mirrors that the rest of the world will want to look at.
