The England goalkeeper Carly Telford has spoken of her surprise at the response from the public to their World Cup “failure” as the team prepares to play in front of over 100,000 fans across their next two home friendlies. Jordan Nobbs gets England recall as Neville begins Olympic preparations Read more“When we came back from the World Cup we were all doom and gloom, we totally messed up,” said the 32-year-old on Wednesday. Not the way the girls play, the way the team plays, that’s nice, people bought into the team regardless of our gender. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters“We can make excuses, it was a bit of a World Cup hangover, I think we haven’t got a great track record after major tournaments, it’s always really bitty. “I think that taste at the World Cup was like a drug, you don’t want to give it up.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2019 21:22 UTC