England have been held to an entertaining goalless draw with Olympic champions USA at Wembley as they ramp up preparations for subsequent summer season’s Euros title defence.
The Lionesses have been on the again foot for almost all of the sport however diminished their hosts to half possibilities as Rose Lavelle and Lindsey Horan, amongst others, examined Mary Earps, however by no means at full stretch.
What may have impressed Sarina Wiegman most was England’s capability to remain defensively resolute when confronted with the tempo and athleticism of the four-time World Cup winners, who stay unbeaten below Emma Hayes.
Their work on the reverse finish wasn’t fairly as assured or fluid as it has been prior to now, however Wiegman will take solace from a commendable shutout – their first of 2024 – significantly after conceding 4 in opposition to Germany on a punishing evening in late October.
Maturity of defensive show impresses Wiegman
England head coach Sarina Wiegman talking on ITV:
“Very intense sport on the very highest degree. We have been extra mature than the final time we performed at Wembley. As a staff we defended rather well. We had moments we may press within the second half, I would really like extra of that.
“The ultimate go to get behind we misplaced too fast. This sport provides us info, that is what we needed. We’re attempting out issues they usually challenged us. As a staff we did properly to recognise moments, tactically the staff have been actually related.
“There is big competition in the squad. Mary Earps absolutely showed up today. We’re learning things. This shows that we need to improve things, this is good, but we want to be better again.”
Mary Earps denies Lindsey Horan
Hayes: We dealt with hostile Wembley properly
USA head coach Emma Hayes talking on ITV:
“I thought we kept the crowd quiet and controlled the game. I’m super proud of the way we imposed ourselves, it was just the top end. The quality was just lacking, but generally I’m pleased with the performance.
“If you consider the entries into the ultimate third it was us greater than them. We’re in a developmental section, and I assumed we dealt with the hostile moments within the sport.
“I’m a proud Englishwomen who is proud to coach America. You can be both things.”
