One hundred days before the Women’s World Cup gets underway, one of the favourites suffered a setback. Not just one of the favourites in fact, but the newly crowned world champions - of a tongue-in-cheek fashion at least.
England beat Brazil on penalties in the Finalissima last week, asserting themselves as the top international side between Europe and South America - though unlike in the men’s game, where every single World Cup winner has come from one of those two continents, it’s 16 years since the elite end of the women’s game saw a nation triumph from either one. Instead, Asia and North America - Japan and USA, to be specific - have shared the last three iterations.
