– It’s an exciting development, things are moving much faster, states news’s football expert, Carl-Erik Torp. Many people have talked about the development in women’s football. Audience records, income records and transfer records have been lined up in recent years. But perhaps the biggest development has happened out on the field. – When I sit in the stands and watch the games, I find them extremely entertaining. You see a high level of play, technical performance and physical performance, says Jill Ellis to news. FIFA TOP: Jill Ellis is head of FIFA’s “Technical Study Group”. Photo: AP The 56-year-old knows what she’s talking about. She is a former national team coach for the USA and has led the nation to gold twice. The distinguished ex-coach is now leading the effort to collect data from the matches in the World Cup. Among other things, it will provide answers to how the development of the level since the previous championship in 2019 has gone. – We see a higher quality of the game, the goalkeeper’s play has improved and the defensive organization. All this means that the numbers point in the right direction, says Ellis. Faster, stronger, better Back in the penalty shootout, England star Chloe Kelly is at the chalk mark and shoots the ball hard at goal. Nigeria’s keeper comes across it, but the shot is so hard that she is unable to stop the ball. And the measurements show that it has a speed of an insane 110.79 kilometers per hour. Fifa wrote after the goal that it was the fastest that has been measured on a score during this year’s World Cup. SEE THE RECORD KICK: Chloe Kelly set a new World Cup record with this penalty kick. But it can also be compared to men’s power. In the Premier League last season, West Ham player Saïd Benrahma won the award for the Premier League’s most powerful goal last season from outside the penalty area – a shot that had an average speed of 107.2 kilometers per hour. Kelly’s shot is a typical picture of progress in international women’s football. After each World Cup, FIFA produces a report, and it shows that from 2015 to 2019 development has gone at record speed. The pace has become much higher and the players run longer distances with high intensity. At top speed, the players ran almost 30 percent longer in 2019 than in 2015. FIFA’s definition of top speed is a speed of more than 23 km/h. And at the high speed, the players were also able to do much more with the ball than before. In the four years, the number of ball treatments at top speed had increased by 24 per cent. Time travel in speed Hege Riise is watching a video clip on his mobile phone. Today’s national team coach became a World Cup hero in 1995. We travel 28 years back in time to see the goal she scored against Germany in the final. On the eve of the first half, Riise hits a tunnel, pulls past a German player and puts the ball into the goal. Seen with 2023 eyes, things are going slowly. From this year’s WC we find another goal against Germany, scored by Colombia’s Linda Caicedo. Both pace and skill level are significantly higher. See for yourself and compare the two goals: WATCH VIDEO: Hege Riise’s goal for Norway against Germany in the 1995 World Cup. WATCH VIDEO: Linda Caicedo’s goal for Colombia against Germany in this year’s World Cup. Norway’s national team manager has been close to both Norwegian and international football after the World Cup achievement in 1995. – I think tactically speaking, we were very good at that time. Physically, we were fine. But in terms of pace and skill, women’s football is on a different level today, says Riise. The pressure increases The game has also changed tactically. UEFA makes technical analyzes during each European Championship. Last year’s report from 2022 showed a startling change from the EC in 2017: The ball is now recovered much higher up the pitch. The pressure has moved significantly further up into the opponent’s half of the pitch. The players’ physical level is now so high that the team can play for a long time with high pressure. – Many “wow moments” For four weeks, the football world has witnessed an entertaining and intense World Cup with many more sensations. One great nation after another has been knocked out by supposedly weaker opponents. Jill Eliis states that the gap between the nations has become much smaller. – In the WC, we have seen the giants fall: Germany, the USA, the traditional superpowers, they are not among the eight best teams. So it definitely shows that it is more even between the nations. The tough competition pleases the former national team manager’s football heart. – What has pleased me the most is that the nations making their debut in the World Cup have done very well. So the big picture is that the sport is growing in a global context. We see Morocco, Portugal, all these new teams coming. They don’t just show up, they come here and compete. EXPERT: Carl-Erik Torp, news’s football expert. Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad Carl-Erik Torp has said that he has occasionally sat wide-eyed in the commentary box. – I think that the World Cup we are in now is the most fun World Cup on the women’s side ever, he says and adds: – We have had Jamaica progress from the group stage, we have had Morocco beat Germany. There have been so many wow moments and amazing moments in terms of women’s football globally in terms of recruitment, in terms of reputation, in terms of interest which has been absolutely fantastic. Correction: news first wrote that Kelly’s goal was more powerful than any goal in the Premier League last season, where Saïd Benhrama was the closest with 107.2 kilometers per hour. The correct thing is that Benhrama won the award for the most powerful goal from outside the penalty area.
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