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LIVERPOOL LADIES WIN

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Liverpool Ladies recently managed to beat Sunderland 2-1 in the FA women’s cup, which ensured their progress into the semifinals of the competition. However, Liverpool captain Gemma Bonner has said that there is still a lot of room for improvement within the team. She has said that the team are certainly not the finished article yet. Liverpool signed as much as 12 players during the transfer window in order to strengthen the team. Gemma Bonner was one of the high-profile rivals to the club in the winter.

They have done this raft of signings in order to improve the team, which has been struggling in the FA Women’s Super League. As a result of the huge number of signings, there are expected to challenge for the title this season. Bonner was signed from Chelsea after two successful seasons with the West London outfit. The 21-year-old has said that there is still a long way to go before Liverpool can be considered as title contenders. Since the start of the new season, the club has managed to victories and a draw.

However, the victory against Sunderland was a hollow one because they were playing against a team one division below them, but they still could not dominate the match. Liverpool’s England midfielder Fara Williams has said that the team struggled to take the opportunities against Sunderland.

“I think we’ve a long way to go yet. Against Sunderland we weren’t at our best, but we’ve come away with the result. We need to push on and improve to get the best out of us. I don’t think we approached the game any different. Sunderland are a great side and are used to winning games. So all credit to them, they gave us a test. We needed to stand up and be counted and we stuck at it and we came away with the result,” said Bonner.

STONEY HAPPY WITH FRIENDLIES

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The captain of the England Women’s national football team, Casey Stoney, has said that she is very happy that her team will play the friendly matches against Japan and Canada before the European Championship finals which will take place in July.

England will first face Canada on 7th of April at Rotherham and then, will face Japan on 26th of June at Burton.

When asked about those two upcoming friendly matches, Stoney said, “It’s great that we will face a couple of very strong teams before such a big tournament.”

“Canada had defeated us in the Olympics. But, they hadn’t outplayed us in that match. We had our chances, but, we couldn’t capitalize on them. We have learnt a lot from that match and now, we are ready to avenge that loss.”

“Japan is a very strong side. They have a lot of class players and they are one of the best sides in the world at the moment. So, if we manage to defeat them, it will certainly make us more confident before the European Championship finals.”

“We had defeated Japan in the group stages of the World Cup 2011 and we are capable of doing that again.”

England had beaten Japan by 2-0 in a Group B match played at Impuls Arena, Augsburg on 5th July, 2011.

Before these two friendly matches, the England team will take part in the Cyprus Cup which is going to be played Next month. In that tournament, England will play against New Zealand, Italy and Scotland in the group stages.

When asked about her team’s chances in the Cyprus Cup, Stoney said, “We had won this competition in 2009 and we can do that again if we play up to our potential. But, right now, we are concentrating only on the group matches. First, we want to qualify for the knock out stages and then, we will see from there.”