Our panel of World Cup experts pick the best of the best from a thrilling tournament
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Defensively, her partnership with Eriksson led to Sweden only conceding three goals throughout the tournament, and her overall positioning and reading of the game helped Sweden make a deep run. During the third-place game, Ilestedt was at her imperial best and regularly put in challenges to stop Australia from building any momentum.Ilestedt finished the tournament with four goals and was vital to Sweden’s set pieces.
Despite the way the U.S. went out of the tournament, Girma deserves every bit of praise that comes her way. She is now a mainstay for the American backline, and will be for the foreseeable future.Only two defenders from any nation created more chances during the tournament than Batlle’s nine from the Spanish right flank, with her sole assist coming on Spain’s second goal against Costa Rica with a perceptive ball recovery and quick pass being rewarded.
Bonmatí truly shined against Switzerland, which came into the round of 16 with a reputation of being very difficult to break down. but Bonmatí found a way through them whenever she was on the ball in a dominant 5-1 win. Against England in the final, Abelleira was supremely in command. When England tried to pass around her, she stepped into the passing lanes to prevent that. When England looked to be more physical, she won those battles as well. On top of that, her interchanges with the backline and midfield made England’s press obsolete. For a player who had only featured sparingly as a No. 6 before the World Cup, Abelleira was key to everything Spain did right against England.
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