If you are a soccer/football fan as I am you just watched the Women’s Euro Championship with great pleasure. England, the defending champion, repeated, but they did it the hard way, coming from behind in their quarter final, semi-final, and the final itself. In the tournament five of the seven knock-out matches went into extra time, including both semi-finals and the final. England’s quarter final against Sweden and the final against Spain ended in penalty shoot-outs. England’s coach, Sarina Wiegman, who is Dutch, has now coached the winning team in the past three Women’s Euros, having also won with the Netherlands in 2017. When shown on the sidelines, she always appears calm. After England’s final victory, right back, Lucy Bronze, revealed that she played the entire tournament with a stress fracture in a tibia. When asked if she was in pain, she said, “Yes.” When asked if it was worth it, she said “Yes.”
As I have observed before, women do not dive as much as men. They shrug off falls and fouls and get on with the game. They argue less with officials and generally show better sportsmanship than men.
They also play very good and entertaining soccer/football.
From Bill in the UK comes the correct URL for the Kindle edition of RETURN TO THE SEA at the British Amazon site. I had not considered that the one I posted was only for US Amazon. I note that these URLs are almost as long as the book itself. I thank him. You no longer have an excuse. I expect British sales to soar.
sail to live, live to sail.
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