The tipping point may have been England’s 20-0 evisceration of Latvia, a match so pointless that even the winning manager was unhappy. Or maybe it was Belgium’s19-0 butchering of Armenia, Sweden’s 15-0 romp in Georgia, or any of the16 other 2023 Women’s World Cup qualifying matches in the European zone that ended with one team scoring double-figures and the opposition zero.
Most likely it was an accumulation, but the upshot is such mismatches, of no real benefit to either team and unhelpful to the sport’s image, should now be a rarity as the qualifying process for major tournaments has
