England’s latest opponents Denmark will come out fighting says Arsenal’s Wubben-Moy | OneFootball

Arsenal defender Lotte Wubben-Moy says that England’s next FIFA Women’s World Cup opponents Denmark will come out fighting.

The Lionesses face the Danes in their second Group D match in Sydney on Friday. Both teams started the tournament with 1-0 victories in their opening matches last weekend. While England stuttered against Haiti, Amalie Vangsgaard’s 89th-minute goal for Denmark gave them a 1-0 win against China.

Given the nature of their opening victory, Denmark arguably go into Friday’s meeting at The Sydney Football Stadium with the greater momentum. England defender Wubben-Moy expects the Danes to come out fighting, although she believes that the Lionesses can also impress.

“Like in any tournament game, we know the opponent will come out fighting and playing their best football,” Wubben-Moy said when speaking on Lionesses Down Under.

“We’re going to go in understanding what we need to do, what our roles are but more importantly, we’ll go in to enjoy it and know that we’ll also play our best football.”

England’s previous opponents Haiti grabbed the headlines in the opening group match with their dynamic and well-organised performance from the first whistle to the last. Wubben-Moy is pleased to see some of the lower-ranked nations impress at this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup.

She said “I think it’s really important to note that the gap is closing. Even seeing Haiti, how competitive they were, it was pretty amazing and likewise with Jamaica. We want every World Cup to be as competitive as possible.

“In the last World Cup, we saw 13-0 scorelines. I’d like to think we’re not going to see many of those this year. As much as we can see the gap closing is really encouraging. It’s what people want to see at home, they want to see competitive games and I’d like to think this World Cup will continue to give that.”

England’s second Group D match against Denmark kicks-off at 9.30am on Friday morning.