England survive Scotland scare but it’s just the beginning for France
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
France 2019 is in full swing and Natalie Sawyer is joined by Molly Hudson, Rebecca Myers and former Lioness Claire Rafferty to pore over the opening weekend’s action.
England edge past Scotland in front of a record TV audience. How significant is that for the women’s game? Phil Neville’s team are given a helping hand by VAR. What repercussions will the new handball rule have on training? Plus why Neville’s unhappiness is a good thing and the story behind that waistcoat.
The tournament’s proving to be big in the UK but how big is it in France? The hosts are in imperious form thanks to the competition’s tallest player. Will Norway stand in their way?
Also, can the Germans be got at and are the Brazilians just too old?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Game World Cup Podcast from The Times. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm Natalie Sawyer. |
| 0:14.7 | France 2019 is in full swing, a tournament averaging three goals a game |
| 0:19.4 | at the time of recording. |
| 0:21.1 | And here to analyze the best of the drama and decisions, we're joined by |
| 0:24.2 | former England star Claire Rafferty. Down the line from France from the Sunday Times, we also |
| 0:29.0 | have Rebecca Myers, plus Women's Football reporter for the Times, it's Molly Hudson. |
| 0:34.0 | Later on, we'll be looking at how the big hitters have fared over the first weekend of the tournament. |
| 0:39.0 | But we start with England who survived a scare from Scotland to take all three points in |
| 0:44.0 | their first match in group D winning 2-1 in Nice. Claire Emsley's goal with 11 |
| 0:49.5 | minutes to go ensuring a nervy final few minutes for Phil Neville's players. |
| 0:53.2 | This is the first ever women's world cup with VAR and it was a VAR decision that saw the |
| 0:58.8 | lionesses take the lead. |
| 1:00.2 | Frank Kirby's cross hitting the arm of Nicola Doherty after 12 minutes. |
| 1:04.0 | Claire, you're in that position hundreds of times blocking a cross coming in. |
| 1:08.0 | How would you have felt concealing a penalty like that? |
| 1:10.0 | Yeah, as a defender, I would have been very frustrated to give the opposition to the advantage in that manner. |
| 1:17.0 | It is, you know, it's matter of fact from the following rules and yes you have to, you know, |
| 1:20.0 | so to speak hold your hands up and say fair enough but I think it |
| 1:25.0 | sounds silly but you know you're going to have to start training different ways you know |
| 1:29.4 | when you defend you do throw your arms around mainly for balance most of all but you know we're |
| 1:35.1 | going to have to get to a situation where we are defending with your hands behind your |
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