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Hello, welcome to Middlesbrough. This time next week the Olympic

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torch will be on the final few miles for its journey to London and

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the start of the 2012 Games. It will be a landmark occasion for

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Great Britain's little teams. For the men it is over 50 years since

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they have appeared at the Olympics, and for the women it is the first

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time. In fact we were banned from playing football 50 years ago. This

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is the only a warm-up game at the Riverside Stadium today and if

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Olympic gold is the target, we will get a good idea of how realistic

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that is in the next few hours. If gold is to be the colour, that may

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well come down to the formal of the team's golden girl. A Kelly Smith!

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Our country's top scorer and one of the world's top players. The

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striker heads eight cast mainly made from the England team, and at

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the helm at their coach, now a leading Team GB. Hope springs

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eternal. It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We go into games

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wanting to win everyone and this is no different. The ambition is there

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but all that be enough to win the biggest prize of the Olympic Games?

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One of the great things about football at the Olympic Games is

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the chance to spread the message around the UK and take it out of

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London's. Six stadiums are taking hold of the football. Two of the

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most players have joined me today. A BBC regular, Sue Smith, and

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recently retired former captain here. Was that deliberate timing? A

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lot of fans would have loved to have seen you play a bit longer.

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Now I am here, I am thinking, can I take it back? But my knees were

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giving out. Team GB's lost his our game. There was 60,000 watching

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women's football in Germany. For this team to play in front of

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30,040 1,000, it is pivotal. Without a doubt and they are so

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excited. They just want to play. To take them to different venues

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around the UK is great and it is a way of letting people that have not

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seen women's football before... saw boys and girls in their school

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uniforms coming to watch. That is your audience. They can aspire to

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be them and that is fantastic. GB could not wish for a more

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experienced woman at the helm. Hope Powell has been managers since 1998

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and in that time, the men's team have seen nine different bosses in

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charge. Hope Powell has guided the women to two World Cups and three

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world champions, -- what championships, but this is

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different, this is Team GB. This is the first time we have seen

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a Team GB line-up. Four Scots in this side, no Pharrell Williams.

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Explain the thinking. -- no Fara Williams. There is no Rachel Yankey,

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Karen Carney, Williams, a lot of experienced players are not

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starting but those who are starting probably have earned their right to

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start. We will probably make changes at half-time. You are

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explode -- playing a very experienced Sweden line-up. That is

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a great test. They came third in the World Cup, which is great for

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them. They provide the right colour back at this stage to really test

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us. We know it will be a tough game -- bill right Caliber. It gives us

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a barometer to see how much work we have done and how much work we need

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to do. You have managed England 150 times, and this is the first time

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publicly with Team GB. How different is it? A very different.

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The kit is different, the players are different, it is a different

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environment. We have been with the male Team GB. It is a different

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atmosphere and something very special. We are trying to adopt the

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one Team GB ethos, which has been great. But in terms of the coaching

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staff and preparation, it is very similar because I am not going to

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change that, but it has been an enjoyable experience so far. Hope

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If you have followed England's women, you will recognise a lot of

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those names. That two Scots in there, and I do not mean Jill Scot.

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The Scottish players. People will not know as much about them. But we

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do know about Kelly Smith, one of the outstanding players of a

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generation. She is so it influential. When she is playing

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well, England and Team GB will be playing well. She can make things

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happen. I think everybody will want to watch Kelis Smith. She has

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struggled with her fitness but she has managed to get back. She broke

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ankle in March and is just getting back from that. Four months of

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recovery. I spoke to her over the last few days and she has been

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feeling really good. She can't wait for this. She played 40 minutes at

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Arsenal and 45 in South Africa. It will be great for me to see how her

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and Kim Little joined-up. Little is a Scottish player. They

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know each other. Kim has been in the Arsenal team for a long time.

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She will be used to the system. They are very similar players, very

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creative. I think Kim Little is back in midfield, and that was

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saved Kelly's looks a little bit. They will link up very well -- that

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will save Kelly's legs. Casey Stoney seems to have seamlessly

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slipped into the armband for England and obviously captain for

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Team GB as well. She is a definite for the starting 11. I think so.

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She has 90 caps for Scotland, Kim Little, more experience than Sophie

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Bradley, and this game is really important for them. She will know a

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lot about the Swedish players. They have been a bogey side for England.

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Not Team GB obviously! But one of their key players is not starting

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up. But they have a lot of good players and they do seem to be

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their bogey team. We always seem to draw against them. Caroline Seger

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is the player to watch. She gets up and down the pitch and she makes

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things happen. I know she was captain for a while and she left

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the captain's armband because she wanted to concentrate on her own

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game, so that is interesting. were third in the World Cup. They

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have always been England's nemesis. It is a great opportunity today. If

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we want to progress in the tournament, it will be coming up

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with teams like Sweden in the latter stages that we will have to

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get past. This is an important game to give Team GB a sense of being

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together as a Hull. -- as eight he met together. They need a good

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result, a good performance. They meet the girls to gel together as a

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team. Hope it said she would swap and maybe bring others on at half-

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time but this is a chance for the girls to prove themselves and make

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sure they starred in the next game. Most of the goals have played in

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big tournaments. -- most of the girls. You can see that the whole

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experience and the build up have been very different, you can see

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from Twitter. Just the experience of going into the Olympic Park,

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scene other athletes from other countries and other sports. It is

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the whole team of every sport and that has really come across him one

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of the interviews I read. And they have met the men's team as well.

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They had a social night together. It has been a bit much for some of

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the goals. Now they have to think about their game rather than the

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fact they are walking around with Craig Bellamy and Ryan Giggs! It is

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a new experience for some of the goals. -- some of the goals. Good

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afternoon, everyone, from the Riverside Stadium. A proud venue

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for a piece of football history. This evening we will see Ryan Giggs

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lead at Team GB against Brazil but first it is the turn of the women.

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That Team GB than it comes together for the first time. The first game

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of the Olympics comes next Wednesday against New Zealand. The

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first action of any sort in the 2012 Games. This is a really

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difficult a warm-up match. Sweden have history in every Olympic Games

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in which England's women have the injured. -- have it should. The

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. The national anthem, which of course we hoped to

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hear a lot during the medal ceremonies win the Olympic Games

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get under way in less than a week's time, as far as the football is

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concerned. Nine English players and two from Scotland, Kim Little and

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Dieke being the only non-English internationals. In Germany at the

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likes of Casey Stoney, Jill Scot, Alex Scot, familiar names. A lot of

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these places all play their club football in Sweden. The Swedish

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team includes four veterans of the Beijing Olympics four years ago,

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including the goalkeeper, Hedvig Nilla Fischer is wearing its

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familiar colours of Sweden. That is the kit we will have to get used to,

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Of all the names in women's football on show at the Olympic

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Games, Kelly Smith's will be really prominent. She is making her voice

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heard in the Team GB huddle. Sweden are just as experienced as side.

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They will fancy their chances of meddling for the first run at the

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Olympics. They have played at all previews four games at which

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women's football has been played but they haven't yet managed as

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facture of the fruit in March. She has briefly appeared for Arsenal

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since then. -- Fracture of the people get him to try to watch two

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tremendous games of football. It will give us a taste of what we can

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enjoy once the Olympic games get under way. You wanted to get your

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boots back on. It is a tremendous honour to be selected. What a great

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atmosphere! A good Test against Arsenal player these days. She is

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from a bit further north east. is actually from Sunderland. Bitter

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will be dying to get involved. She will be a key player. She has a

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tremendous left foot. She has not really started her third spell

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where Arsenal. She played in the Cyprus match and got an injury in

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That will be her proudest moment to date. This is Ifeoma Dieke. The

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Houghton with that. The game will start off with Team GB being a bit

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nervous. We eyed days away from the start of the Olympics. -- week our

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days away. The point has been made about the crowds. It all starts on

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Wednesday with Team GB against New Zealand. A crowd of over 40,000 is

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expected. They have not played in crowds of that size at home. To do

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it regularly you get used to it. Once in a while, you cannot hear

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the ball in. She is one of the number of players in the Team GB

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squad who is all set for another year in USA but that had to be

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cancelled in January due to a lack pitch for both sides. Not the

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midfield when she can. She is a tall presence. It will be

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interesting to see how Kim Little integrates into what is essentially

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an England side. She is Scott and a past appears best player Foster she

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is a clever player. -- Scot land's best player. She will probably be

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one of the star performers. It is a home from home. That was well

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but it was always well wide from Ellen White. That was a good break

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by Team GB. Ellen White is a great striker of the ball but probably

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not one of the best. The full-backs Straight on to the head of Steph

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Houghton. Hope Powell has coached for 150 games. Matt is a record for

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England. She has played a key role in revolutionising women's football

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She loves to do that for club and country. Ellen White in the box

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with a clever little ball. That was well-defended by Sweden. Good

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experience! They will be looking to tried to get the ball to Ellen

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the field. Team GB plays a similar formation to Sweden. The wide

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players of pushed a bit further forward. It is extremely attacking.

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it a bit. Sweden are allowing GB to come forward a bet. She happily

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accepted the close attention of Nilla Fischer. That was a bit too

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close! Kelly Smith managed to get her body in front of her and the

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ball and she got that foul. It is problem at all for Hedvig Lindahl.

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She needed her team-mates to make their runs a bit quicker so they

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could get a touch. In the end it was easy. Another free kick

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conceded by Nilla Fischer on Kelly Smith. That is probably a tactic of

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Sweden, up looking after Kelly's net. They are targeting have as one

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of the dangerous players. -- Kelly Smith. That was just the wrong side

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bounce of the ball. Definitely more junior teams and she is a good

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player. Ifeoma Dieke has had a lot of work to do at the back so far.

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One reason she is in the squad is the experience she has in some of

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the top leagues in the world, playing against the top players.

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You can cope at this level. 90 caps for Scotland. She missed at that

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time. -- alt. -- out. Scotland are ever improving in terms of the

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women's international team. They are up to 21st in the world

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rankings. The last time they played England they beat them as well, in

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She lost the ball. The Swedes are set up with two screening

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midfielders. They are more protective than England. Sweden are

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trying not to concede that many goals by having two enforcers in

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front of the back four. It would take something especially serious

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for a referee to take cards out of the pocket. A different scenario

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next week! One eye on next week but you have still got to play the game

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as you were it because you want to place next week. The ball nearly

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had enough weight to beat Casey Stoner a. Good defending. -- Casey

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Stoney. She is right but it and that little balance helps. That is

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a great challenge. Kim Little kept week and that it was a rare

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occasion. She scored for Lincoln. A reverse pass into Ellen White which

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away again. Ifeoma Dieke heads clear. A smart turn from Casey

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Stoney. The ever increasing crowd. A lot more people have come in

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since the whistle. They are fully behind Team GB, which is good to

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see. A little bit more fluidity about the position. I have seen Kim

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Little picked the ball up in her own half and switch with Jill Scott.

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We have good players who can switch positions. She seems to be playing

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quite deep. She likes the ball at her feet and she has not been

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getting it. Players like that can unofficial training game for Team

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GB against South Africa. Good work from a Kristin Hammarstrom. Rather,

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that was Sofia Jakobsson with the effort. Sweden are attacking in

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numbers. That was a waste. She she stood on Steph Houghton's foot.

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Houghton has broken legs and things like that in the past and when

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somebody challenges like that, you are very aware. Especially on the

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eve of a major tournament. Which has happened to her twice. I think

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Aluko thought that maybe Kelly could have gone for that. Aluko

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attacks at speed. Killeen knew she was given to be offside. -- Kelly

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knew. She wanted it a little bit it physically and difficult to get

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then well and truly flattened by Karen Bardsley. The assistant

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referee caused a bit of drama by not raising the flag but it is

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obvious that it was offside. Karen Bardsley is a tall girl. Caroline

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Seger has had enough of them in her As close as we have come. Aluko

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spotted for Team GB but way to go and finish it. -- but White. Great

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pace from Aluko. It fell to Ellen White but it was just wide,

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unfortunately for Team GB. A good opportunity though. Ellen White has

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only scored one goal in her last thwarted by Karen Bardsley anyway.

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Jakobsson is busy, she wants to make those runs. She is getting

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closer to time it right. -- timing that she can't get hold of the ball

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there. Those Swedish midfielders the Swedish side, has been in

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Jakobsson. That looked tight again. Sweden are cantering extremely

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wealthy. -- countering. Conjuring extremely well. I think Jakobsson

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it will cause a problem at some the centre of defence for Team GB.

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Maybe they need his game to get Smith is looking sharper. Often the

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case. She has just come back from Jill Scott was not happy with the

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execution. If it is in front of the Swedish defence, it is easy for

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them. Team GB are just getting themselves into this game now. They

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need to look for that last pass into the final third, for that to

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play left back, I have seen her play just about everywhere else.

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She is talented. She is technically very good and strong in the air and

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Bardsley yet -- nothing to relieve American professional soccer.

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Who wouldn't? Playing football for it living sounds good to me.

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latest incarnation of the professional game there has hit

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hard times. But the American public have a great attitude to female

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athletes. You are expected for what you are, as a good athlete, female

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and male. These players who have played out there will probably say

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direct play, Sweden. They lost three world class players a few

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years ago. They are now a passing team. The formation they play lends

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itself to patient passing. They are a good passing team. Four in the

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FIFA world rankings. A mistake from Seger. One of the Swedish side you

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would normally put good money on across to Caroline Seger and she

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will wonder what she did there, you would have expected that to have

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tested Karen Bardsley. It was a tired and lazy shot. In the heat of

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Middlesbrough! It is warm. I have expression with her shoulders when

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the ball is not exactly where she wants it. She couldn't quite reach

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it. Sir Clive Woodward is here, director of sport. He was there to

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greet the girls in the Olympic village this week and speak to them

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and he was quite inspirational, as was Dame Kelly Holmes. He was not

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in the Portakabin earlier! With two games today, the women and men have

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been forced to change in a Portakabins. Brazil and Sweden have

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got the star treatment. But it is not what everybody is imagining.

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has been the start of the FA Superleague this year? Yes. She is

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a clever little player. It is difficult for the defender and

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midfield to pick her up. I would love to see her get the chance to

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get forward into a goalscoring position for Team GB. I am sure it

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goalkeeper was not 100% sure! That was a lovely ball from Kelis Smith.

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Houghton instinctive leak struck it but just a bit over the bar. It was

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an instinctive strike and it was the closest come.

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wonderful try! She just went for it. Not too many players in women's

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international football would think about trying that. I have seen her

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escort two or three like that. technique. It just drifted to the

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right. From where we were, it looked like it was going in. She is

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probably disappointed with herself but it is not on target. She sets

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has a very high standards. -- that Stoney. That one is guided back to

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Karen Bardsley. It is a good central defensive partnership.

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Sophie Bradley is an extremely good player as well. Back to Karen

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Bardsley. That was touched on to Caroline Seger. They allowed the

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goalkeeper to come and get it. Ifeoma Dieke used all her

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experience as centre half to stop that shot on goal. That was good

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not been on the ball match. She has been on the ball less than British

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players. When she has, she has diver was for the cameras really.

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That was for the slow motion really. They were never really troubling

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starting it all from a deep position. One of the goalkeeping

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substitutes is Kristin Hammarstrom. You will be able to tell them apart

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because she has gloves on, she is the goalkeeper. She is the twin of

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out a bit earlier. Good goalkeeping from Hedvig Lindahl. Counter-

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situation. -- do a lot. From the Team GB attack, you are looking at

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runs being made. A bit too quick. From both sides. No problem with of

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sideburns. Steph Houghton was always in front of her. -- offside

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there. Caroline Saker for Sweden is just dropping in. -- Caroline Seger.

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The midfielders are behind her. She is picking it up and putting the

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developed for Sweden. If you have a kick out of Nilla Fischer, you want

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to be as far away as possible when she turns round. These teams are

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housed in the same block in the Olympic village will start she

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loses add to Annica Svensson. -- Olympic village. I like that side

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of Kellie Smith. She has a spark. - - Kelly Smith. She is aggressive.

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Kim Little looks like being her heir apparent at Arsenal. There are

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11 years difference between the players. She will only be 22 soon.

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She is on the ball now. She scored against Sweden when they lost --

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when Scotland lost to them. She is capable of filling the shoes of

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Kelly Smith. Kelly Smith is 33. You would not think there would be

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another World Cup in her. She might have another euros next summer.

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do not see why not, if she keeps herself fit. Injuries do tend to

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take their toll, particularly late thirties. Speaking from experience.

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Why did you flex your knee when you block it. A corner for Sweden. The

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first of the match. That was a great run. Steph Houghton got in on

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the end of it but it was not kept out. It is difficult to score from

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there. The first set piece for Team defend. It was rolled out to Kelly

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Smith. Eniola Aluko did not put the brakes on quick enough. They could

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have cantered very well. She came out to collect. She collected it

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well. That cross was over everybody. I do not think they expected her to

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throw it out. It is a wasted opportunity. Team GB have been

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doing what Sweden has been doing to Little was blocked out by the

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strong figure of Nilla Fischer. Ifeoma Dieke has won more than she

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has not. She has got herself a free kick. Together with Casey Stoner a,

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they have done really well. They have not played together match. --

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Casey Stoney. They have done really well today. It is her second spell

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in Sweden. The United States mostly. She is from the United States

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initially. She moved to Scotland at the age of three. That is why she

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is not bothered about wearing No. to find Kelly Smith. She is

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delaying the past. Maybe holding on to long. One reason she came inside

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her is because she could see Eniola Aluko. Maybe a waste of a final

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trap. It is the first time she has beaten the trap. Thankfully it was

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when she was in a wide position. She held her Ramphal stub she

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looked like she was clear. -- she held her ran. Team GB with a chance

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to break. That was collected well buy Kim Little. There was a really

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good tackle. Emma Berglund got it back for Sweden. This is game one

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of the Team GB double-header. 7:45pm kick-off tonight with Team

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GB against Brazil. Karen Bardsley did not have to bother with that.

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Looking at the chance for GP, she tried to get it wide for Ellen

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White but it ended up at the feet of Kellie Smith. It really felt on

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her left foot to poke at it. Team GB has not really got behind the

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Swedish defence. It has all been in front of them and easy to defend

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 117 seconds

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good finish but it won't matter of. at the Riverside Stadium will stop

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I think it has been one that has is respected in the school. -- in a

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People coming home are looking up forward to a double-header of Team

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GB, the men are playing Brazil later. What did you make of that

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first half performance? Especially the way the Scottish players are

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blending into a solid England line- up? Hope will be pleased with the

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possession that Team GB have had. Or the back has been quite solid. I

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think Kim Little needs to get in the game a little bit more. In the

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game they had on Sunday, there was struggling to find her but we saw

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when she did at the end, she opened up the defence. She has shown

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flashes where she gets on the ball and make something happen. Casey

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Stoney has done well. Sweden are looking to sit back, but quite

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happy to allow Team GB the ball, playing on the counter. Our

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mistakes have allowed them him. Flashes of good stuff from Team GB.

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A Kelly Smith and Kim Little, if they can work well together, that

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She has looked lively and powerful. apart from school. She is more of a

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natural centre forward. -- apart from score. She works hard for the

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team. She will always support the The Arsenal lady had a good chance

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as well. She has been on the left, Steph Wharton, and that is not

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unnatural side, but she has a cracking technique and her passing

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with her right honourable friend is you broke, one of the best in the

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She is another utility player. It shows what a class player she is

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that she can play anywhere. Kelly Smith's ankle has caused a problems

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in the last few months. She did not show any signs of being rusty.

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said in training she has been blowing a bit! Kelly it is about

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her vision and confidence to try things like that. In 2009 against

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Russia, she scored a goal from the halfway line like that. She is not

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scared to try things when she gets a little bit of space. This is the

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snap shot. This is where you see Kim Little and driving at defenders

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and picking the ball up. It is a lovely little ball and she was just

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offside. It was a nice finish. Problems for the Swedish defence at

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the other end of the pitch. We need to keep an eye on Sofia Jakobsson.

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Sweden are using their wealth. seem to be sitting back. -- using

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her well. Jakobsson and Seger look dangerous. Every time she gets on

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the ball, you can see her movement. But a couple of offside decisions.

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Seger is just dropping in. Centre halves do not want to go with her

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but Jakobsson is stretching them. She is like lightning. She turns

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Casey Stoney. Seger should have sloppy and allow women to get

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through. We need to watch Jakobsson. She looks the most lively. She is

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only young and she is out to impress. She has done that so far.

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What do you think she will do in the second half, Hope Powell?

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would have thought she would make some changes. I don't think Kelly

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will last the whole game because she needs to build her fitness. It

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is a friendly, so it is seeing what other players can do when they come

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on. They need time to gel and play We have got players in midfield and

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up front that can come on. It is goalless at the Riverside but later

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this evening, Britain's men take on Brazil in their Olympic warm-up

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game. It will be a tough test for Stuart Pearce's team.

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It might be fashionable to criticise football in the Olympics,

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but Stuart Pearce's squad are relishing the opportunity to play

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in tournament football. They are also revelling in being a part of

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the Olympic experience. It has been brilliant. I have really enjoyed it.

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I knew certain things were going to happen and this is such a big scale.

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To be involved in it and to see it for myself has really opened my

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eyes. It is something I am not used to and some think I am enjoying.

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The training, the banter, the set up, I am really enjoying it. Given

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that support has get paid a lot of money, here we are all treated the

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same. -- given that footballers get paid. We are in a two bedroom

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apartment and we have a single bed! It has brought us right back down

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to earth! It is good. It is good that athletes are treated the same.

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We are eating in the same canteen as every other athlete and it has

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been special, I have really enjoyed it. I have tried to embrace it and

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I am so glad I have done this. GB have not featured in the men's

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tournament since 1960 but there is no doubt the major nations of the

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game taking very seriously. Argentina have won the last two

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tournaments, with Carlos Tevez and Ian will messy at the heart of

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those sides. -- and Lionel Messi. People little bit but wait until

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the tournament starts and you can see the preparation and the

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magnitude of the other teams and their preparation they have done --

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people belittle it. Representing your country and Team GB and the

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Olympics... I think only the World Cup gets bigger than that. We play

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Uruguay in Cardiff in a couple of weeks and it has been sold out for

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a couple of months so the world public have shown up the support,

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it is there. And the support I had in Cardiff in the last couple of

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weeks was really positive and. It makes me proud to be involved.

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Along with Senegal and the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay are in Team

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GB's group. Spain have selected three Euro 2012 winners, as they

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look to we met yet another competition. -- look to win. Brazil

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arrive as favourites for surprisingly a competition they

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have never won. The magnitude of the Brazilian and the Spanish squad,

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:09:58.:10:00.

to Lindahl, they are hell-bent on winning. -- to name but two. We did

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not have a qualification period for a week. To put that into context,

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the UAE have played 17 preparation matches. The teams will be very

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good. We want to mix well in training and get to know each other.

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They come with a great reputation, Brazil, and it is good to test

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ourselves against the best. This Team GB squat Features many players

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-- Team GB squad features many players. We are preparing this got

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to win the gold medal. That is why I have picked the best available

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squad. I train them and I prepared them to win gold. We are going for

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gold because we do not come to the event and aim for any low well.

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are here to win. We have plenty of talent in the team. It would be

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tough because a lot of the team have been together for six weeks.

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We have trained really well. The preparation has gone well. We have

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plenty of talent within the squad to go far. You can watch Great

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Britain's men take on Brazil some 7:30pm on BBC One. Let's look ahead

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to the women's tournament in the Olympics. The United States remain

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favourites having won gold in three of the four since women's football

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was introduced, but there is plenty of tough opposition. The top two

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from each of the three groups and the two best third-placed teams

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going on to the quarter-finals. Japan have won last year's World

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Cup final in Germany. A rare blip for Germany, who won their five

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qualifying games with 38 goals The Wembley Team GB haven't Brazil

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showdown comes on July 31st. -- Team GB-Brazil. Team GB's women

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start two days before the opening ceremony, Wednesday. It all comes

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thick and so fast. We have picked out a few of the teams to watch and

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certainly the players to watch. Abbey is one of the top places, 138

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goals for her country and so You know that America want to win

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every single game and every single tournament. Their preparation has

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been fantastic. Since they qualified in January, they have

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been away for three weeks of every month. That preparation will

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definitely stand them in good stead. It it comes down to Team GB needing

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a result in that final game against Brazil, let's talk a bit about what

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Brazil will pose. Martyr can win a game on her own. They are ranked

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higher than us. They have been in the last two finals of the Olympics.

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They have got to the World Cup final, in 2007, and lost out.

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Sheasby heads the team. They have a lot of flair and attacking

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brilliance. I think personally it will come down to that game. Even

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if Team GB have done well. If you look to the next stage, the winners

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of the group will play a third place of Group F and Group G, so

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you would think that would be easier than playing the second

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place of Group F, which could be Sweden or Japan. And New Zealand?

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Babel beat us. We have played them before. -- they will be tough. Hope

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had that in the back of her mind. She has played them before and

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experienced how we will set up and play against them. We should win it,

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I would say. They have just had a change of manager but it is their

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assistant manager so you think they would play the same. They tend to

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play a diamond midfield, which is a bit tighter than the 4-4-2. A how

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much do you think those tactics that Hope Powell will employ a,

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what do you think? Today is a chance to get the other players

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have an opportunity but with Cameroon in our Group, we have

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never played them before. We have never really played Brazil. We can

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look at their previous formations and results, because they have

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always played in the big games, but she has got a good squad and if you

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look at the likes of Williams, Yankey, Carney on the bench.

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Williams has 100 caps for herself! You s. The play is you can bring on

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can make a difference and that is exactly what you need in these

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sorts of games. It is certainly built as the... There is Rachel

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like she is ready for action. The crowd has certainly built. Brazil

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are taking on Team GB a bit later on. We have the second half of this

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game where we will hopefully see some goals from Team GB. We are all

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set a poor the second half, which will begin with a flurry of

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substitutions. For the second half. Annica Svensson has come off the

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pitch will start there will be three Team GB changes. -- off the

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Team GB. It will be a good run out to more important players. This is

:17:31.:17:41.
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the final and only proper warm up match. Fara Williams is a veteran

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of 105 England games. She gets her first run out in an official Team

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GB International. Rachel Yankey can trump that. She has played for

:17:54.:18:04.
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England 119 times. Rachel Brown has more international experience than

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anyone allows. She made her debut back in February 1997. -- anyone

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else. What did they have to do to try to break down Sweden? They are

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very organised and experienced. They need to try to get the ball

:18:34.:18:43.

behind defence. They did not do that match. I am sure that is what

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they will be looking at. Away we go. Kelly Smith is immediately on the

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partner back. She is used to playing with Fara Williams. Each of

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these players will be looking to cement their place, to get a place

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:19:50.:20:02.

in the team. Asllani Macro ran quarter-finals current semis and

:20:02.:20:10.

final. Everyone in the squad needs to be ready. You need to be able to

:20:10.:20:17.

slip into this formation. Everyone is top quality of. Nilla Fischer is

:20:17.:20:27.
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an absolute certainty to be Kelly Smith ball went -- for it.

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ball was left by Caroline Seger. A much more open field to the start

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of the second half. Rachel Yankey will add to the pace if she gets a

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chance. Kim Little is further forward for the British team. The

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cross was too close to the goalkeeper. It already looks a

:21:37.:21:42.

little bit better. The game will become stretched as we go along.

:21:42.:21:46.

New players will come on who want to prove a point. Rachel Yankey

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:21:56.:22:13.

will add to that on the left-hand away from Asllani. Kelly Smith gets

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back on side. You can hear small moans and groans from the crowd as

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more people arrive at the Riverside Stadium. -- more moans and groans.

:22:32.:22:42.
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GB men play Brazil live tonight. Hope Powell and Stuart Pearce could

:22:44.:22:50.

not have picked two up more stern tests. You need to be tested. You

:22:50.:22:56.

need to know what it is like against the top teams. For but the

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men and women, this is a test. -- started this second half with a

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purpose. She picked the ball up. She could have gone a bit further

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forward with it and made a pass. I am sure that Hope Powell will have

:23:25.:23:35.
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said, Kim, get yourself into a striker. Sofia Jakobsson plays in

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Russia. She plays like a player with an air of confidence that does

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not seem to faze her at this level. Hope Powell is taking notes, as

:24:03.:24:09.

ever. If you are planning on making a lot of changes, it is very

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 117 seconds

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different -- difficult. A throw for the match by Casey Stoney. --

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mistake. That is the first involvement for Rachel Brown. It

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laying a claim to be the player of the match will Great Brittain.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 117 seconds

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she lacks in stature, she makes up from Fara Williams. She will not

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like having been left out of the starting line-up. Sweden are

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looking strong whip Nilla Fischer. That is the second test for the

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Everton goalkeeper and has she -- and she has been up to both of them.

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That was easy enough for Rachel Brown. The opportunities of getting

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there for Sweden. Asllani poked one through for Sofia Jakobsson. GB has

:27:38.:27:48.
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Jill Scott. She won it back cleanly. Alex Scott brakes inside. That

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Cross is going nowhere. That looked a promising break for Team GB.

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Quite a few choices. That was not ball over Rachel Brown but the

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goalkeeper did enough. She is definitely the most dangerous

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player for Sweden. She did not get enough on it to cut it in. She is

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 117 seconds

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occupying both team-sheet -- Team was bow before that but she was

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complaining. She got beat Farrell. -- fouled before that. She was

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impeded again and again. Kim Little again. Rachel Yankey was strong to

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withstand that push. Kelly Smith was trying to gain ground. She did

:30:27.:30:33.

well. That is not where she wants the ball. She is so effective when

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running with the ball. She closed likely to score at the moment.

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looks like Jakobsson will create its or score. That is Thomas

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Dennerby's 5th major tournament in wires crossed. Thomas Dennerby is

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making a change, he will take off Dahlkvist. It will be John Al Green

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who will come on. She played at the Olympics four years ago but did not

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make the last two World Cup squads, rather famously for those of us who

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follow the games. She was proposed to by Ronald de neo- in the last

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Olympics. -- Ronaldinho. It didn't Carney to get ready. All these

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changes are expected. One -- Carney is a regular and she will be coming

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on determined to show that she upon by Aluko and Smith. -- gang up

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on. Clever play by Sweden, they get out of tight situations in touch

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neither team has a grip on proceedings. I think when you start

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to make changes, there is a lull. We have to remember, this is a

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warm-up match. Ready for the real thing. The Olympics of 2012. It

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will be kicking off in Cardiff next Wednesday, Team GB against New

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Zealand. Alex Scot! Nick you collected by Hedvig Lindahl. --

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had to take the action of not doing it. She did well to direct the

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header for a throw-in and not a corner. A bit of confusion there

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but that was a great defensive header under pressure. We only have

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two substitutions. Kelly Smith put in a solid performance at

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centre-back, and Sophie Bradley is on for her. Dieke has definitely

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staked her claim for next Wednesday's game. Sophie Bradley is

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another good young player, used to playing in tournaments. Perhaps

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doesn't have the physical stature inside. Not enough to trouble

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Rachel Brown. She has had more to do in the second half and Karen

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Bardsley had in the whole first half. I think she will be glad she

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she turned into whether congestion was. Another easy one for Rachel

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Brown. Jakobsson made the run and to create the space, and then she

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ran straight into it! I am impressed with Jakobsson though.

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Aluko was offside. This is where Aluko is strongest, down the middle,

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Goransson, both attacking players. Hammarstrom is the first number up,

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plays for the team that is top of the table in the Swedish Women's

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in the Bundesliga in Germany for preparations for Team GB. --

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Knowstone. They went on a tank driving exercise last week, to help

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with bonding. I don't know how these things work. I have seen lots

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of pictures of it. They painted their faces and went in a tank and

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got muddy. Make of that what you will. It makes you better at

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football. You get to know each other. It is all that one Team GB

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stuff. They need to drive a tank and Lord Moynihan as well from the

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British Olympic Association. Andy Hunt was there earlier from the

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British Olympic team. Rachel Yankey was at the heart of it.

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good run by Rachel Yankey. What a great striker, she just hit it too

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true. That was unlucky. In that position you would bet on her

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scoring. That is pass of the match from Karen Carney. Absolutely. That

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is what be game needed. A bit of a spark with the changes. Better if

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it had gone in. We will see whether nearly claiming and assist with a

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quarters ball. Houghton. -- with a limit is better next week -- with

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that Schelin is better next week. One of their most experienced

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players. Sweden's group consists of Japan, or what champions, and

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Canada, which is not easy. -- world champions. Casey Stoney had a hold

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of Madelaine Edlund there. assistant referee could not see.

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She let go of her in time. There is Jill Scott... Team GB have come

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closest to scoring, hitting the post to Rachel Yankey. Just over 80

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minutes to try to find a morale- boosting win to take them to the

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that is ranked above Brazil. -- it would be a boost. Sweden are

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traditionally a powerhouse in women's football. To beat the team

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like them is a real coup, particularly for Team GB in the

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run-up to the Olympics. Sweden managed to fire ball towards goal

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more often. I suppose that is what really matters. What review matters

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is getting it in. -- really matters. That is the hardest thing in the

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game. Her first speaks a striker! We are at the stage of the game

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where we have to think of players of the match. No one has really

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stood out. -- player. No one has rarely stood out. Alex Scot is

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always effective going forwards. -- really stood out. Karen Carney has

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looked sprightly since leaving the well. They have. It is a big thing.

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It is what they want to do. They want to play next week. Karen

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Carney was probably disappointed not to start today. She was dragged

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off the ball by Antonio Goransson. It takes a lot to bring Jill Scott

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the Swede will stop I was thinking it was a free kick. -- the Sweet.

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15 minutes to find a goal for That was a big opportunity for

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Sweden to take the lead. It was given away. It was wildly off-

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target. That was a great ball in. She could not get her leg over the

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port and direct it towards goal. I that and restrained herself. She

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has not really been troubled in the second half. I am struggling to

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think of a save she had to make. The Swedes have defended really

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well. Is that what the British team is like? I think so. It will mean

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playing together now will help in the three group games and further

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on in the competition. It is positive for Team GB. I know what

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these players are capable of, going think that Sofia Jakobsson looked

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up before she put the ball in. As the striker you make different runs

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to each other. That was a great challenge by soapy Bradley. She was

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struggling to get to her feet. -- Sophie Bradley. It lacked a bit of

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enough. That is the confidence of Karen Carney. Hedvig Lindahl was

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worried about that. Karen Carney is well capable of theirs. She

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struggled back a bit but it was too high. Worth an effort. Up Kelly

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not even trouble the side of the net. The shops up being fired in.

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bit more positive. -- the shops are being fired in. I do not know

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in spring of last year. That was in an England win against Sweden.

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was a good win. Sweden were by far the best team. They defended well.

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Sweden could not really understand how they lost the game. It is their

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dubbed she had three defenders around her. -- off balance.

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usually sets herself extremely well in that position. I think she was

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muscled off the ball a bit by the defender as well. Rachel Yankey is

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great going forward, with her pace. A substitution for Sweden. Susanne

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Moberg is coming on. She is not in the 18 squads for the Olympic games.

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-- squat. I am not sure if the cut- the best chance of the match by

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some distance. -- nest. What a terrific ball! Right behind the

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centre-halves. She will definitely go back to the hotel and think

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there is definitely was not heard day to score a goal. She did not

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expect it. -- her day. The touch she got was not good enough.

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have had chances but we have not had goals. You can see the promise

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of goals in both these teams going into the Olympics. It has not

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materialised today for varying reasons. Both teams are nervous.

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Players have enough minutes on the pitch to be effective when called

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upon next week. Casey Stoney has presented the ball to and the

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Swedish player. She is strong again and plays it against her for a goal

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kick. Casey Stoner recognises the initial mistake. -- Casey Stoner e.

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-- Casey Stoney. The captain is making way. Claire Rafferty is

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going to come on. That would just leave the Birmingham striker

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without any match action. She is a natural left-footer. Steph Houghton

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will play anywhere and is good anywhere. She switches to centre

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it is a throw-in for Team GB. Claire Rafferty will take it

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to slide in and put the ball out for a throw-in. She was stood on

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chances are coming for Sweden. has been building momentum for

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Sweden. That was an excellent block by Jill Scott. In the end it was a

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got to that. A bit of the zip has gone. That has not really been in

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the game. I said a number of times, changes do not help the flow of the

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game. I think Hope Powell will be happy with a lot of the game and

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the way they had defended and some of the sparks of the attack. Who is

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your player of the match? I think, Ifeoma Dieke will stubbed her

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positioning is very good. She is strong. -- Ifeoma Dieke. She has

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done extremely well. She can have players of the match. Ifeoma Dieke,

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the Scotland international. She gets the vote for player of the

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match in this warm-up game. She plays in Sweden. No surprise you

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with give it to a central defender. Like I said before, her and Casey

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Stoney had done well. She edged it growing side of Team GB supporters

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in the ground. The eye think Yankey expected Aluko to be in a certain

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attempts of Smith and Carney. was a poor effort but Williams is

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well capable of scoring from that distance. Left and right foot.

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think your choice went well, judging by the player of the match

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was not sure whether Hedvig Lindahl like to see just a little bit more

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from Kim Little when the Olympics gets under way. She is settling

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into the squad. I'm sure she will be fine. Once she gets used to this,

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playing in the tournament with different team mates. That is the

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thing. Dieke has done well. The other Scott. Kim Little as well,

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the first major tournament for her. All the England players have seen

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this before. This is a massive. This is going into the Olympic

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Games. It is difficult for people to understand how proud these girls

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are to represent their country. British team ending stronger. Three

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done well and physically worked hard. A last-gasp Swedish

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substitution. Nilla Fischer has Sembrant into Fischer's role on

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best chance for either team to win opportunity had it been left to

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Linda Sembrant, behind Emma will finished Gaullist -- Claire

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Rafferty's cross is behind an this game will finish goalless. The

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British men, led by Ryan Giggs and coached by Stuart Pearce, against

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Brazil. Later tonight. A mouth- watering prospect. There will be

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some goals in that one. FINAL WHISTLE.

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We haven't had anything to trouble by a vet met today. Hope Powell

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will be happy with the way the team has played. They should do enough

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to get out of the group when the Olympics start next week. Sweden

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have been as strong as ever. Sweden always proved to be a tough nut to

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crack for any British International team. Full-time full game one in

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It wasn't perhaps the scintillating, competitive encounter that we have

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seen from England in competitions before, having watched England in

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quite a few tournaments. To see those players not performing at

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that high a level, the competitive edge is missing. And you could tell

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at times. The players were standing back a little bit. They think about

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the Olympics. Maybe they don't want to give too much away before the

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first game and they don't want to get injured, but a goal was missing.

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We were close and Sweden were close. I think that might have opened the

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game up a little bit. But it could have gone either way. The some good

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signs, especially the centre half's pairing. Dieke, a very strong

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addition to the side. We could shoot week, Hope Powell? Dieke was

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rightly it player of the match. I think that back line will be set

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from the first half performance certainly. Midfield, she has a good

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idea. But maybe at the front line, she could change it. Kim Little can

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even go up front but Rachel did Rachel spotted the place in between

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and for his centre half, that is always the hardest run, when the

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forward comes in. She hit it well and that could have probably gone

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in. Yes, up when they make the run in between the two centre halves,

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it is so difficult. Rachel Yankey did really well. If we look at the

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players who came on in the second half, Carney, Bianchi, Bradley,

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difficult to choose from. You both seem to think the team that started

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the game are the preferred 11. Maybe front line. Rachel has done

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well. She has got options with Karen Carney and Ellen White. Ellen

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White is more of a number nine for me personally, but with someone

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like Smith in your team, you would put her there. But that is the

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beauty, the options she has an that players can interchange. You saw in

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the first half, their knowledge in their positions, they make sure the

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team shape is always the most important thing. K Lee Smith came

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through a test. She has not had much club football -- Kelly Smith.

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For her to come through a look-in match fit, that is good for Hope.

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Of course. It was nice to see her. I think Hope Powell is ready to

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Hope, this was your only chance to watch Team GB In a competitive

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match before you go live next Wednesday. What did you make of it?

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Very good contest. Pleased about that. I think we were a bit nervous

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to begin with in the first half. We played some good stuff. The second

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half disrupted it a bit. An even contest. We had some opportunities

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and so do they. We didn't lose but some lessons learned. It gives us a

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barometer to work with. We have some work to do. What have you

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learnt today? Casey Stoney did well. Kim Little obviously, coming into

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the side in that role. Her contribution was good. I think she

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was a little bit nervous and could offer a bit more. It is about

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getting a team playing together. It is a new squat so we have to be

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pleased with a draw against bronze medallists. How clear are you about

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just starting line-up on Wednesday? Everybody has put themselves in a

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good position to start. We have to see in terms of sickness and make

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sure everybody is OK. -- in terms of fitness. There is a lot of

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choice and it makes it difficult for me but when you have that depth,

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it means you can bring them on with quality. Hopefully they will do a

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good job. They will head down to Cardiff now, for the game against

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New Zealand. The atmosphere in the squad is fantastic. Giving us a

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different kind of sense of an international experience? A lot of

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the players are used two World Cups and European Championships, but it

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is a whole Team GB, and they are in the same hotel as the guys. It is

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togetherness and they are really enjoying it. They can't wait to get

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out and start. Today, they will take quite a lot of confidence from

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this performance. That would be great for them. Great to see you

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both as usual and I will see both on Wednesday. I will need to add

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the Olympic Park. It is good turn of the men on the Olympic stage for

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the first time in 50 years. Who better to test themselves on than

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the mighty Brazil, work �300 million -- worth �300 million? We

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