00:00Sunderland managed to battle for a point at home against Aston Villa in the Premier League
00:07on Sunday afternoon, despite having played most of the match with ten men when Ronaldo
00:12Mandava was sent off. Villa did take the lead, but Sunderland fought back to draw.
00:17Yes, it's a good point, with two different scenarios. I think we started well, we managed
00:26the first part of the game properly according to our game plan, and this red card changed
00:33the whole dynamic. It wasn't obvious to react properly, but we kept the score until the
00:42half-time, and we had the opportunity to change this game plan. It was obvious that the second
00:49half was connected with deep luck and opportunities through set plays, and I think it went well.
00:58The first 20 minutes, I think, were even dominant during this part of the game. We considered
01:04this goal, and I really liked the reaction, because it could have been the end of the game.
01:13And in the Women's Rugby World Cup, England reached the final, defeating France in the semi-final
01:18by 35 points to 17.
01:20I think you need to give France respect in the way that they are always going to respond
01:24after the adversity that they experienced. I thought they were fabulous, they were very
01:29emotional in their warm-up. We always knew that they were going to come with that, and
01:34you have to respect the World Cup semi-final. We had to work our way to be able to create
01:42pressure back on them. They were starting to create pressure on us, probably more through
01:47our own doing through cumulative error. We weren't quite as accurate as we needed to
01:51be at that point. But it's a credit to the girls, the way that they came out in the second
01:55half and broken. I always said to the girls, this game would take a lot longer.
02:02It was a lot about just sticking to our process. I think that was the main thing that we've
02:05kind of been speaking about all week. And it was just staying calm. And like, we know
02:10how to beat France, we know how to beat France, but we just had to stick to that process and put it into
02:14plan.
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