Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

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Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by Black Orchid » Fri May 31, 2024 7:09 pm

Tonight is the first friendly against China. 7:30 channel 10.

GO MATILDAS!

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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by Bobby » Sat Jun 01, 2024 8:36 am

I saw the end of it - it was 1 all -
The Matildas got a lucky goal in the last few seconds. :)

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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by Black Orchid » Sat Jun 01, 2024 3:35 pm

The coach was trying to determine the rest of the team for Paris. Some are definites and some are hopefuls. The hopefuls played most of the game last night so he could see what they could do ... and it wasn't good. Very frustrating in fact. Towards the end he sent on the definites and things turned around dramatically but the game was almost over.

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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by Jasin » Tue Jun 04, 2024 1:33 pm

Watched last night's game and Australia really were on top of things 90% of the game with their 2-0 win. Only the last 10 mins, with all the Chinese subs on - did they really threaten Australia's goal box to any respectable degree.

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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by UnSubRocky » Tue Jun 04, 2024 8:59 pm

Did you see the headlines of various online papers? They stated that the Matildas were sending an ominous warning ahead of the Paris Olympics.

I was thinking "WTF???"

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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by Jasin » Fri Jun 07, 2024 1:00 pm

Warning about what?

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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by UnSubRocky » Sun Jun 09, 2024 9:20 pm

Jasin wrote:
Fri Jun 07, 2024 1:00 pm
Warning about what?
Exactly. The Matildas are a good team. But they are not world beaters.

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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by Jasin » Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:41 pm

But they're better performing than the blokes - the Socceroos are 'chokers'. They only play good when you call them losers and treat em like crap. Soon as you praise them and say they'll make it to the next round - they choke!
At least the Matildas have made it to a Semi-final.

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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by UnSubRocky » Wed Jun 12, 2024 3:11 pm

Jasin wrote:
Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:41 pm
But they're better performing than the blokes - the Socceroos are 'chokers'.
Against other women's teams at international level, the Matildas are doing alright. Against an U/15s boys team from Newcastle, the Matildas got hammered.


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Re: Matildas Bid For The Paris Olympics

Post by Black Orchid » Wed Jun 12, 2024 3:37 pm

UnSubRocky wrote:
Wed Jun 12, 2024 3:11 pm
Jasin wrote:
Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:41 pm
But they're better performing than the blokes - the Socceroos are 'chokers'.
Against other women's teams at international level, the Matildas are doing alright. Against an U/15s boys team from Newcastle, the Matildas got hammered.

That was 8 years ago and their best players were overseas at the time. No comparison to what they are doing now.

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