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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Meticulous Sarina Wiegman learns plenty for England’s flight path

Sarina Wiegman has plenty of options in attack for England’s World Cup campaign.
Sarina Wiegman has plenty of options in attack for England’s World Cup campaign. Photograph: Naomi Baker/The FA/Getty Images

When it comes to foreign travel there are two types of people. The first leaves things late, hits the check-in desk just before closing, takes foreign currency from the airport cash point and forgets to print out the car hire voucher. The second, well, suffice to say that this group would include Sarina Wiegman.

A friendly stalemate in the benign surrounds of Milton Keynes is unlikely to offer much in the way of insight as to how the Women’s World Cup will pan out when it kicks off this month. But it did show the England head coach placing an emphasis on match fitness and flexibility before her team step on the plane to the antipodes. It seems inarguable she’d also leave enough time to get through airport security.

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