 |
| Photo: VI Images via HH |
A 1-1 away draw against Switzerland on Tuesday night put the
Dutch women’s football team into next year’s World Cup competition in France.
Oranje, reigning European champions, won the first leg at home 3-0 and had
seemed sure of a place until Anouk Dekker was sent off early in the game.
Vivianne Miedema put Oranje ahead in the second half, with Switzerland
equalising shortly afterwards.
‘I am very happy with this,’ coach Sarina
Wiegman said after the game. ‘This is what we did it all for. We want to be
among the best in the world on a structural basis and are really looking
forward to the experience.’
The Netherlands earlier beat Denmark in the
playoffs and now take Europe’s last berth in next year’s championships
alongside France, England, Germany, Norway, Italy, Scotland, Spain and Sweden.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.