Sylvain Jamet

@shlj74.bsky.social

Women's football writer since 2009 for dailycannon.com and footofeminin.fr Promoting women's football on socials since mid 2000s

An interesting squad selected by Lydia Bedford for the u-20 final friendly in Portugal. Six players that are more or less guaranteed to be on plane barring any injury are not there. Another 10 are looking good to me too, but might not be starters during the tournament

From the 18 teams that played in last season UWCL League phase: 8 are already qualified for this season League phase. 3 did not even qualify for this season's tournament. 4 are entering in the Qualifying Round 3 3 are entering in Qalifying Round 2. So a maximum of 84% teams will return.

So Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United are using the same business template to manage their women team because they do not like the way spendings are going in women's football ? Not wanting to take part in the financial arms race is peculiar for big teams.

GK timeout trial important note: The trial will operate with a number of exceptions, including where a free kick is awarded for a foul on the goalkeeper and they immediately require treatment, the goalkeeper and an outfield player have collided and need attention, or the goalkeeper is bleeding.

30 - England v Argentina is the first FIFA World Cup match on record (since 1966) not to see a single shot in the first 30 minutes. Indeed, the previous record for longest wait for a shot was England's last game against Norway (29th min). Cagey.

Lionel Messi and Jude Bellingham battle it out on the floor for the ball.

28 years ago, Lilian Thuram scored his only goals for France against Croatia in the 2-1 win in the Men World Cup semi-final. And my niece was born. Happy birthday Chloé 🎉

🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card. FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

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