Tottenham Women 0 - 1 Aston Villa: Petzelberger punishes Spurs for missed chance
Written by sidhnata
Written by sidhnata
Tottenham Hotspur Women fell 1-0 to Aston Villa Women in Spurs’ first game back after a Covid outbreak at the training ground.
Ramona Petzelberger’s late goal capped off an evening of missed connections and dashed Spurs’ remaining Champions League aspirations,
Coach Rehanne Skinner made just a few tweaks from the March 13th loss to Manchester City,
Jessica Naz coming in for Cho So-Hyun, and Ashleigh Neville returning to fullback after her fruitful adventures farther up the pitch, and Ria Percival moving up into midfield.
Much of Spurs’ early possession ended in mishit passes and dribbles into pressure, not least because Villa double and triple marked Rachel Williams,
Spurs’ own press was uncharacteristically disorganized. Villa had no trouble playing through it, though they looked equally toothless and never created any real threat.
Much of Spurs’ early possession ended in mishit passes and dribbles into pressure, not least because Villa double and triple marked Rachel