{"id":351973,"date":"2023-12-06T00:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T01:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=351973"},"modified":"2023-12-06T03:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T03:02:36","slug":"englands-olympic-dream-dashed-despite-six-goal-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=351973","title":{"rendered":"England's Olympic dream dashed despite six-goal win"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Olympic Games<\/a> qualification hopes of England's women footballers are over.<\/p>\n

That's the case after England failed to top its \ufeffgroup in the UEFA<\/a> Women's Nations League, the competition deciding which European teams will compete at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n

The English belted Scotland 6-0 on Wednesday morning (AEDT), but their Olympic Games hopes were dashed after the Netherlands scored two injury-time goals against Belgium to ensure they finished atop the group.<\/p>\n

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It means England has not progressed to the semi-finals of the Women's Nations League and, therefore, Great Britain will not contest Paris 2024.<\/p>\n

On the contrary, the Matildas, whose World Cup title hopes were ended by England in August<\/a>, are continuing to dream of Paris 2024 as they hone in on February's qualifiers against Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n

"We thought we'd got over the line but it wasn't to be," said England forward Beth Mead.<\/p>\n

"We're devastated. We did everything we possibly could on the pitch. It's a tough one. The girls have worked incredibly hard. We let ourselves down maybe earlier in the competition."<\/p>\n

\"England's<\/p>\n

England manager Sarina Wiegman said she was "proud" of her team but "gutted".\ufeff<\/p>\n

"We scored six goals, and we were so close," Wiegman said.<\/p>\n

"In the dying seconds the Netherlands scored a goal. You can't control that."<\/p>\n

France, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain have progressed to the semi-finals of the Women's Nations League.<\/p>\n

The two teams that contest the final will qualify for the Olympics.\ufeff France is guaranteed a Paris 2024 spot, being the host nation. If the French qualify for the Women's Nations League final, the third-placed team will fill the remaining slot.<\/p>\n

The lead-up to the England-Scotland match was marred by accusations<\/a> of Scottish players planning on going easy because a heavy loss would boost Scotland's chances of appearing at the Olympics. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combine for a Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Scotland captain Rachel Corsie said those claims were "disrespectful" and "outrageous", while England defender Lucy Bronze\ufeff described that talk as "the rudest thing ever".<\/p>\n

Canada won gold in women's football at Tokyo 2020.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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