Sarina Wiegman confessed England made âtoo many unforced errorsâ in their 4-3 home loss to Germanyâ yet the Lionesses head trainer protected her group choice.
England shed 4-3 to Germany in a Wembley thriller and were subjected in support as they delivered greater than 3 objectives in a solitary ready the extremely very first time under Wiegman.
A support from Georgia Stanway and late objective from Lucy Bronze were insufficient for the Lionesses, that located themselves 3-0 down after simply 28 mins.
Of the recommendation her side distributed a lot of opportunities, Wiegman claimed: âWe did, but what we look at is also how their chances developed. Most of the chances they created developed in transition moments.
âThose are huge learnings for the team. I donât think itâs a team thing how we defended today. We had too many unforced mistakes, unforced errors, and then they are gone because they have so much power and explosiveness up front. If we are tighter on the ball, we donât get into those moments that quickly.
âI wanted us to do a couple of things better, of course. That was kind of disappointing. I think it was a very high-level game. There were so many challenges for us but also for them.â
Wiegman controversially picked Jess Carter at left-back as opposed to the in-form Alex Greenwood and went with Ella Toone as her No10 as opposed to the much-acclaimed Jess Park.
âThatâs always easy to say after a game,â Wiegman claimed when her group choice was brought into question. âWe know there is huge competition [for places] going on.
âWe have a couple of centre-backs in our squad. The three that I pick the most are Alex [Greenwood], Leah [Williamson] and Millie [Bright]. The decision I made was the balance of in possession, out of possession, heading, all these things â what I thought was best for the team. It was based on all these things.â
England will certainly look for to rectify their loss to Germany when they host South Africa in Coventry on Tuesday evening in one more pleasant.
