Despite the home side tweaking the pitch dimensions England found a way through to make the Women’s World Cup finals
Much of the buildup to this game revolved around the choice of Rodney Parade to play host to the crunch qualifier. Wales hoped the intimate environment of a sold out, hostile crowd of 5,000 would, as the Welsh No 10 Jess Fishlock put it, “rattle” the Lionesses.
Meanwhile English and Welsh fans were left aggrieved as the 24-hour sell-out left them ticketless.
Written by Suzanne Wrack at Rodney Parade
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/31/phil-neville-england-width-qualify-wales-womens-world-cup under the title “England prosper with width to leave hard lines for Wales | Suzanne Wrack”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
