England Women 0-1 New Zealand Women: Lionesses suffer shock defeat on the eve of the World Cup

England Women 0-1 New Zealand Women: Lionesses suffer shock defeat on the eve of the World Cup

England Women were given a World Cup wake-up call as their final warm-up match ended in a shock 1-0 defeat to New Zealand in Brighton.


Phil Neville’s Lionesses fly to France on Tuesday with ambitions of bringing home the trophy for the first time in history.


But the team ranked third in the world were left with plenty to ponder after failing to capitalise on prolonged spells of pressure and being sucker-punched by Sarah Gregorius’ strike early in the second period.




Sarah Gregorius celebrates her strike in the second half



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Sarah Gregorius celebrates her strike in the second half


Head coach Neville said on Friday that he had trust in each member of his 23-player squad.


The former Manchester United defender has now given all of them ample opportunity to impress and made 10 changes from last weekend’s 2-0 win over Denmark for the final fixture of the ‘Road to France Series’.


Forward Nikita Parris, who opened the scoring against the Danes, was the only player retained, while captain Steph Houghton, Champions League-winning Lyon defender Lucy Bronze and Barcelona forward Toni Duggan were among those brought in.


The next time the Lionesses take to the field will be on June 9 for the Group D opener against neighbours Scotland in Nice.




The New Zealand Women’s team celebrate at the Amex



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The New Zealand Women’s team celebrate at the Amex




Steph Houghton of England Women and Rosie White of New Zealand Women battle for the ball



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Steph Houghton of England Women and Rosie White of New Zealand Women battle for the ball


At a sun-drenched Amex Stadium, which has been selected as a venue for Euro 2021, the hosts began brighter and dominated for most of the afternoon.


Jodie Taylor was denied a ninth-minute penalty after replays suggested she may have been brought down by Erin Nayler as she tried to get a shot away following poor distribution from the New Zealand goalkeeper.


Reign FC forward Taylor was causing plenty of problems for the visitors’ shaky rearguard.


After racing on to Alex Greenwood’s forward pass, she rounded Nayler but had no team-mate available to cut the ball back to, before seizing on a risky back pass from Katie Bowen only to see her dinked attempt smothered.




Phil Neville knows he has work to do with his squad



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Phil Neville knows he has work to do with his squad


New Zealand, who begin their own World Cup campaign on June 11 against the Netherlands in Le Havre, have a further warm-up game, on Tuesday against Wales in Cardiff.


They were struggling to cope with the one-way traffic. However, with defender Houghton down in the area having been struck by the ball, Lionesses keeper Carly Telford was forced to tip over from Betsy Hassett just before the interval.


The away side then stunned England by opening the scoring against the run of play five minutes after the restart.


Telford failed to hold a drive from Rosie White and forward Gregorius was on hand to tap home the rebound from close range.











The 22-degree heat provided far from ideal footballing conditions, yet it is likely to be considerably warmer during the Lionesses’ opener at the Allianz Riviera.


England almost an immediate response but Lucy Staniforth’s free-kick from wide on the left whistled narrowly over.


With things not going to plan, Neville turned to the old guard, introducing experienced duo Jill Scott and Karen Carney from the bench.


After winger Carney tested Nayler at the end of a flowing team move, the pair – who are set to feature in their fourth World Cups – combined for midfielder Scott to nod narrowly wide.


In front of a crowd of 20,076, Tom Sermanni’s New Zealand appeared to tire in the closing stages.


But they resolutely dug in for an unlikely win which dents England’s momentum at a crucial stage and leaves Neville with a lot to think about ahead of the big kick-off.




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Chelsea set to open talks with Ruben Loftus-Cheek over new deal

Chelsea set to open talks with Ruben Loftus-Cheek over new deal

Chelsea are set to open talks with Ruben Loftus-Cheek over a new contract, according to reports.


The Blues academy graduate has scored eight goals and registered five assists in a breakthrough season at Stamford Bridge.





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Ruben Loftus-Cheek has become a key member of Chelsea’s squad this season



He has two years left on his current deal, but Chelsea are keen to tie him down to avoid a Callum Hudson-Odoi saga.


The club are facing a fight to keep the 18-year-old, whose contract expires next summer. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are understood to be interested in the youngster.


Loftus-Cheek, 23, initially struggled for game-time under Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri, despite starring for Crystal Palace last season, which resulted in a call-up to Gareth Southgate̢۪s England squad at the 2018 World Cup.





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Callum Hudson-Odoi is being tracked by some of Europe’s top clubs



But he has edged out Ross Barkley and Mateo Kovacic to establish himself as a key member of Chelsea̢۪s squad in their pursuit of a top-four spot.


The Sun claim Stamford Bridge chiefs want to open talks about extending his stay in west London this summer.


Team-mate Cesar Azpilicueta is adamant Loftus-Cheek will be a Chelsea star if he stays fit.


He said: â€Å“I have told him a lot of times that he needed to be fit. For a long time with Chelsea he wasn’t able to play and train for a few weeks in a row.















â€Å“He’s come from Crystal Palace after having a good loan there. He came to Chelsea after the World Cup and the manager trusted him, but due to a few back problems he couldn’t get the rhythm of being involved in the team every week.


â€Å“But since he has been doing this, we have seen an improvement, his confidence in space is very good. He is very strong.


â€Å“He is a good attacking midfielder that can attack the box and score goals. I’m sure the only way he can go is up.”



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Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho reveals how Tottenham can beat Ajax in Champions League semi-final

Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho reveals how Tottenham can beat Ajax in Champions League semi-final

Jose Mourinho has urged Tottenham to nullify Ajax’s possession-based philosophy with a physical approach during their Champions League semi-final.


Ajax set up the clash with Spurs after two stunning triumphs over European giants Real Madrid and Juventus.





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Ajax celebrate their remarkable victory over Juventus



Erik ten Hag’s young side reflect the Ajax teams of old with their own brand of ‘Total Football’, the system which helped the club win three successive European Cups during the 1970s.


They outclassed both Madrid and Juve over two legs, but Mourinho insists the Spanish and Italian champions got their tactics wrong.


â€Å“In my opinion, [Juventus are] another team that let Ajax play with their strength,” Mourinho told RT.















â€Å“Until this moment, nobody really respected them, and they let them play with the qualities they have.


â€Å“They have fantastic young players with a little bit of the experience they didn’t have a couple of years ago when I played them in the Europa League final.”


The former Manchester United manager delivered a tactical masterclass during the Red Devils’ 2-0 victory over Ajax in the 2017 Europa League final.





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Mourinho nullified Ajax’s ‘Total Football’



Mourinho stifled the Dutch club by turning the game into a physical, aerial battle – two areas where United were undoubtedly stronger than their opponents.


â€Å“We gave them the game that they didn’t want to have,” Mourinho added.


â€Å“They complained [after the game] about the long build-up, they complained about [Marouane] Fellaini, about physicality, they complained because they couldn’t cope.




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â€Å“If you play against Ajax in the way they want to play, you have the risk that they are better than you.


â€Å“If I see for example Ajax play Barcelona or Liverpool in the final, if they reach the final, I think Barcelona and Liverpool can beat them playing their own strength, but when your quality is not, you have to go to the strategic point of view and give them what they don’t want.”





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Denis Suarez: How much Arsenal have paid January loan signing for every minute he has played since joining Gunners

Denis Suarez: How much Arsenal have paid January loan signing for every minute he has played since joining Gunners

Denis Suarez’s January move to Arsenal has not turned out as expected.


It was always something of a surprise the Gunners opted to sign another creative attacking midfielder given their squad already includes the likes of Mesut Ozil, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi, but clearly Unai Emery, the manager, thought highly of a player he worked with while in charge of Sevilla.





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Arsenal spent a long time chasing Suarez, but it’s all been for nothing really



Arsenal agreed a deal with Barcelona to sign Suarez on loan for the remainder of the season, with the north London club able to sign him permanently this summer.


Given how Suarez’s spell at the Emirates has gone, Arsenal are reportedly unwilling to trigger the buy option for the Spain international.


But even without signing Suarez permanently, Arsenal will have splashed some serious cash on him by the time his loan deal in north London comes to an end.















According to The Times, Arsenal spent a loan fee of £2.17million to sign Suarez, and are also paying the player around £55,000-per-week.


This means he has so far cost the club £2.67million – or £28,105 per minute played!


Suarez has still not started a single match for Arsenal – aside from a friendly against Al-Nasr in Dubai – with all six of his appearances for the Gunners coming from the bench.




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He hasn’t even made it off the bench in five of the 11 fixtures in which he has been selected by Emery.


In total, Suarez has played 28 minutes of Europa League football and 67 minutes of Premier League football since joining Arsenal – coming in at a lowly 95 minutes play time across all competitions.


Given Arsenal are in a fierce fight to finish inside the top four, it’s unlikely Emery will risk playing Suarez throughout the final weeks of the season as he has shown little to suggest he is ready for Premier League football.





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Emery has previously claimed Suarez has not adapted to English football



Incredibly, it is quite realistic that Suarez will get sent back to Barcelona at the end of the season having not started a single match for his loan club, raising the question again of just why Arsenal decided to sign him earlier this year.





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Football: Coach Ronald Koeman sees 'great future' for Dutch team ahead of Nations League semis

Football: Coach Ronald Koeman sees 'great future' for Dutch team ahead of Nations League semis

(REUTERS) - The Netherlands head into this week's Nations League semi-finals with one of the best young squads the country has produced in recent years and Dutch football can once again look forward to a bright future, manager Ronald Koeman has said.
The Dutch failed to qualify for last year's World Cup in Russia, having earlier missed out on Euro 2016 . But they brushed aside Germany and world champions France in the Nations League group stage to qualify for the semi-finals in Portugal.
The Netherlands' resurgence as a force in Europe has been helped by a new generation of talent and the emergence of players such as Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt, who Koeman says can shape Dutch football for years to come.
"We have a great future," Koeman told The Guardian. "In the last few years it is the best generation. But they are just starting. They have great talent.
"We always brought good young players through the system from what we have in Holland. We are a country that will always produce good young players. Always.
"Sometimes in football it's like this: talented young players coming through the system. The atmosphere around the national team has changed and that was down to the players and how we started in the Nations League."
De Jong and de Ligt were part of the Ajax Amsterdam side that reached this season's Champions League semi-finals and Koeman said de Ligt's partnership with Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk in defence had given the Dutch a strong foundation.
"We have the best centre defenders with de Ligt and Virgil," the 56-year-old added. "They are top defence players. That's great because you build the house, always, from downstairs. You don't start with the roof.
"We are on a good way back to where we would like to stay as a country."
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Liverpool ‘favourites’ to re-sign Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona but Paris Saint-Germain believed to be his ‘favoured’ destination

Liverpool are favourites to re-sign Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona in the summer.


The Brazilian forward has not settled at the LaLiga club and looks destined to leave despite only signing 18 months ago in a blockbuster £142million deal from the Reds.




Coutinho has struggled since his move to Barcelona in January 2018



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Coutinho has struggled since his move to Barcelona in January 2018


Coutinho has not rediscovered the form he showed at Anfield that convinced Barcelona to part with such a substantial transfer fee.


The 26-year-old has been linked with a number of clubs this transfer window but Sky Bet have Liverpool as the favourites at 5/1.




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Next in line are Manchester United and Paris Saint-German who both are at 6/1.


There is then a big jump to the next lot of teams with Tottenham (14/1), Bayern Munich (16/1), Arsenal (20/1) and Newcastle (33/1) all listed.


United have been heavily linked with a move for Coutinho as they look to rebuild their squad in the summer under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.











Spanish newspaper Sport have reported he would be reluctant to join the Red Devils, or another of Liverpool’s Premier League rivals, as he would not want to further sour his relationship with Reds fans.


PSG are said to be his favoured destination where he could link up with Brazil team-mate Neymar.





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