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Sometimes in life you have to stop, take a deep breath and reflect on what you’ve achieved and how far you’ve come. When the final whistle blew at Kingston Park last Sunday it meant a 3 – 3 home draw for NUFC Women against Charlton Athletic Women.
The overriding feeling when the referee blew for no side was one of sheer frustration and disappointment. After all, with Wor Lasses 3 – 1 up with two minutes of injury time and conceding twice meant it felt like two points dropped rather than a point gained.
In that moment it felt more like a loss than a draw. United had put in a great shift for 90 + 3 minutes and looked to be heading for a significant win over a Championship contending rival.
But a late, late, late Athletic showing saw The Londoners face a far more pleasant long journey home than it had looked likely before the astonishing comeback. But as I say, perhaps United need to stop, breathe and reflect.
Last season when Becky Langley’s side were going for promotion so were Charlton. At the end of the season as we know Newcastle achieved their goal.
Charlton on the other hand didn’t failing just short as Crystal Palace edged The Championship by a single point to take their place in the promised land of the Women’s Super League.
It meant that the two sides could come together and face each other in the Championship last Sunday. Charlton strode into Kingston Park having made a great start to their campaign.
They led the League early although a draw against Sunderland and a defeat at London City Lionesses had meant they’d been replaced at the top by Birmingham. Incidentally the defeat at London City had been their first reversal away from home for 539 days!
So, perhaps at the end of the day, reflecting positively was and probably is a better way to look at things for Becky Langley and her players. Of course their attention would be focused on those last three minutes but they also need to look at the other 93.
Those minutes had shown Langley…
Source link : https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2024/10/27/heartbreak-for-newcastle-united-women-ahead-of-huge-test-on-sunday/
Author : Jeff King
Publish date : 2024-10-27 08:11:15
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