Managers preview England v Spain final

Top managers feel this Women's World Cup has been the biggest and best yet ahead of the final.

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00:00 [Music]

00:07 It's great, first day, a Dutch manager, right?

00:10 She's doing a great job for England.

00:12 So I'm very proud of her, coming from a Dutch school.

00:17 But of course, I'm a supporter, I'm a fan from the England women's team.

00:23 And I really cross my fingers and hope that they return with the World Cup.

00:28 February is the greatest notice for the future women, girls' generations for the football.

00:34 I think they arrived to stay.

00:35 What they have done since the United States of America,

00:38 with many, many Megan Rapinoe and other important figures there,

00:44 demanding a position in the world football that they deserve to be.

00:48 So, to see the stadiums in Australia how full, to see the semifinals, both Spain,

00:54 and especially Australia, as a home team, a local team against England.

01:00 And it's so nice.

01:02 I can imagine that all the 12, 13, 14, 15-year-old girls,

01:07 like they see now Russo or Lucy Brown or Hole,

01:13 and all the care, all the fantastic women, girls playing football,

01:18 maybe they dream to play there.

01:20 I support in general the World Cup and obviously those two things that are very related to me.

01:26 But it's just phenomenal.

01:27 It's phenomenal for England and what they've done again in two consecutive tournaments.

01:32 It's just remarkable what they are doing.

01:35 And Spain are really happy as well because we had so many issues in the last year or so with that squad

01:40 and a lot of things that happened there.

01:43 And it's a great way to show as well the spirits and the characters of the Spanish people

01:49 to say, "OK, against adversity, we will reveal that we are in the World Cup final."

01:53 So I'm ready to enjoy it.

01:54 Obviously, I'll wake up to watch the game.

01:59 It's a big moment for English football.

02:03 I think that's a credit to the ladies as well because it's not always been the case,

02:12 where there's the interest around the tournament.

02:15 But I think now there's so much interest in it.

02:20 And I think the girls throughout the last few years have created that atmosphere,

02:28 that excitement.

02:31 And it's a massive moment for English football.