Having moved Leah Williamson back to central midfield against South Korea, Wiegman’s decision to move Daly back up front was instantly vindicated danielstorey85 reports:
, she surprised us all by picking Leah Williamson, the midfielder she converted into a central defender, in midfield again. In the aftermath of that win, Wiegman reinforced the same point.
“You want players to be exceptional in the position they play in,” Wiegman said, slightly stating the obvious. “But if they can play in more positions, then we have more opportunities in the team. That helps us whenever we have to change and that we have opportunities to stay really strong with changes either on the pitch or when players are substituted in.”
The message is clear: show me you can be multifunctional while maintaining high function and I will cherish you like my own. And so, because everything Wiegman touches turns to goals, England are making that versatility their thing. England’s head coach has specialist strikers and dependable goalscorers. Now she has converted her starting left-back at the Euros, Aston Villa’s Rachel Daly, to a centre forward who scored both goals to beat Italy. At various points during her tenure, it has felt a little like Wiegman has the cheat codes.
In the case of Daly, of course, this is the re-reinvention of the wheel. Daly has long played as a striker at club level. She was used by Wiegman as a left-back during the Euros because the coach believed that England could create a double threat down the left that could help them break down teams who sat in a low block. If the doubts surrounded her defending, Daly had always been a willing runner and proved herself capable of at least standing up an opposition winger, if not dispossessing her .
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