Poor choices in Lewis and Cacace. Not natural goal scorers.
Still- we saw Champness and Just in regular time. That was our best chance, some poor protection of possession, a couple of helpful decisions and we just weren’t composed with the PKs.
Still- we saw Champness and Just in regular time. That was our best chance, some poor protection of possession, a couple of helpful decisions and we just weren’t composed with the PKs.
I’m not criticizing the players, but their selection as takers. Look how comfortable McCowatt was in comparison. But yeh- their keeper and takers were very composed. Lewis and Libby were totally spent.
Anyway absolutely agree- this is an amazing feeling for a Kiwi fan to reasonably demand more from a very talented bunch! We’re on uncharted ground to reasonably have the expectation of semifinal football.
I think the whole squad, possibly with the exception of Lewis enhanced their reputation. And he showed why he is in the A league compared to Bell, Doan or Kubo in Europe. And despite not having his greatest tournament he played 120 minutes of quarter final football and left it all on the pitch.
Personally think maybe I would have got Bell or Stensness who showed an insane amount of composure to take one earlier.
I’m living in Japan and I’ve talked a lot about the Kiwi players at work, but I think maybe some of my colleagues may wanna listen after this!