Karen Carney: England can win Women's World Cup in a 'different way'
England must learn to problem solve when facing top-quality teams, says Karen Carney; England play Colombia in the quarter-finals on Saturday; former Lionesses captain has teamed up with Powerleague to provide free football training for girls throughout the Women's World Cup
By Cara Bostock
Thursday 10 August 2023 15:35, UK
«Will it be easy? No. Will we play the same way and be as free-flowing as we were in the Euros? No.»
Winning the World Cup is less about style and more about substance, for former England midfielder Karen Carney.
Sarina Wiegman's side went from a 6-1 thrashing of China in their final group game, to an unconvincing last-16 match against Nigeria in which England's place in the quarter-finals was eventually secured through penalties.
This has led to debate around not only the team's tactics, but also their chances of lifting the World Cup trophy.
But Carney believes those underestimating England are actually underestimating the quality of the opposition at this Women's World Cup.
"[England against Nigeria] were excellent," Carney told Sky Sports.
«I know a lot of people will probably sit back and say 'why?', and the reason behind that is because I thought Nigeria were brilliant. That's where the women's games gone now, the level of competitiveness has gone through the roof.
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»[Nigeria] went player for player, so they went 'we'll have that individual battle', where as sometimes England are not up against that. We have two vs ones, and we'll have superiority in numbers in different ways and we just couldn't get our best players free. It's a lesson of how to try and get away from that and problem solve."
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