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A few words about the current situation and plans for the coming weeks:
We played two friendly matches against rivals ranked higher than us.
First we lost badly to Brazil (#8) - a massive 1-6. Unfortunately it was again only a good first half, after which we lost 1-2 and had several good shooting opportunities. Then 2 red cards and an emotionless match. I expected a bit more :(
Then a meeting against Austria (#23) and a 2-1 win. This time the referee red carded our opponents which certainly had an impact on the match and helped to achieve this good result.
Thanks to it, we strengthened our position in the ranking, which seems crucial in the context of the draw for the qualifying groups for the next World Cup.
Maintaining our placement in the second basket is one of the remaining goals for the season.
The other is to play in the European Championships.
LINK to the competition
Unfortunately, due to the abandonment of these competitions by my predecessors, we are taking part in the ‘B’ competition. The only way to get into the ‘elite’ competition is to win our group, but we are not favourites - we were drawn from the second basket against the favourites, the Netherlands.
Our entire group:
- Netherlands
- England
- Russia
- Wales
- Slovenia
The first match, is this Saturday against Slovenia.
Regardless of the fact that Holland are seen as the stronger team and are ranked higher, my aim is to win the group and win a return to the main European Championships for England.
And who as a future national team manager will benefit from achieving (or not;) these two goals - that remains to be seen.
In any case, I would like to prepare England as best as possible for the next seasons!
We played two friendly matches against rivals ranked higher than us.
First we lost badly to Brazil (#8) - a massive 1-6. Unfortunately it was again only a good first half, after which we lost 1-2 and had several good shooting opportunities. Then 2 red cards and an emotionless match. I expected a bit more :(
Then a meeting against Austria (#23) and a 2-1 win. This time the referee red carded our opponents which certainly had an impact on the match and helped to achieve this good result.
Thanks to it, we strengthened our position in the ranking, which seems crucial in the context of the draw for the qualifying groups for the next World Cup.
Maintaining our placement in the second basket is one of the remaining goals for the season.
The other is to play in the European Championships.
LINK to the competition
Unfortunately, due to the abandonment of these competitions by my predecessors, we are taking part in the ‘B’ competition. The only way to get into the ‘elite’ competition is to win our group, but we are not favourites - we were drawn from the second basket against the favourites, the Netherlands.
Our entire group:
- Netherlands
- England
- Russia
- Wales
- Slovenia
The first match, is this Saturday against Slovenia.
Regardless of the fact that Holland are seen as the stronger team and are ranked higher, my aim is to win the group and win a return to the main European Championships for England.
And who as a future national team manager will benefit from achieving (or not;) these two goals - that remains to be seen.
In any case, I would like to prepare England as best as possible for the next seasons!
I haven't been able to follow the format of that Euro competition, it seems overly complicated.
For us in the B tournament, everything is very simple.
We have a defined group - as above - we play each other and to get promoted to the A tournament we have to win it this season.
I must admit that I didn't understand the rules of the A competition at first glance either - but that will be a concern for the next edition at the earliest ;)
We have a defined group - as above - we play each other and to get promoted to the A tournament we have to win it this season.
I must admit that I didn't understand the rules of the A competition at first glance either - but that will be a concern for the next edition at the earliest ;)
The reason is so complicated is cause we have only 5 weeks next edition based on rumors for changes in elections can eat one more week so will see how I will handle it when is officially announces