A very subjective look into AWFC

As I warned you a few days ago, this blog will be heavily focused on the Oranje Leeuwinnen for the time being. But don’t worry, I will always have something AWFC related. Nothing could be more related to Arsenal than one of our players playing for them tomorrow vs Portugal, but that’s actually not what I’m here to focus on. People absolutely love Pelova and they are on her hype train full stop. By now, you know that I am not one of those people and I think there are plenty of stronger options both in the AWFC squad and the dutch squad, yet has has recently shown lots of positive qualities playing right fullback. With that said, I wouldn’t start her, but she most likely will.

Today’s post has to do mostly about how this match has to be a show of strength and we have to establish control and dominance, ruthlessly and very, very early in the game. Everyone in this country assumes that the USA are the favorites to win the whole thing, which I think is absolutely silly, but lots of people will be watching this match to see what they will be coming up against. It’s a great opportunity to intimidate the hell out of the Americans and show the world that we should’ve been in the “favorites” conversation all along.

Portugal are basically SL Benfica… last time I checked they had like 7 players from that one club. This in theory implies that they are used to playing together which in turn implies cohesion and communication on and off the pitch. This is precisely why I think starting strong will be very important. They are a very respected side and they have Jessica Silva, a relentless powerhouse… but you know who is a powerhouse too? DOM JANSSEN.

There’s a lot of different opinions as far as what the actual lineup will be… I gave you my preferred lineup but I think he’s gonna do something like this:

As usual, players will interchange positions. I do expect Jackie to be more of a holding midfielder than Sherida.

What I do know is that I have been waiting 4 years for this and I can’t stand having to wait a few more hours.

d ❤

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