Edition 58

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The Lionesses were back in action last month for the international break. It was a mixed bag of results, seeing them beat South Africa 2-1, but lose 4-3 to Germany at Wembley. Both games saw squad rotations and we’ve taken a look at some of Sarina Wiegman’s biggest breakthrough stars.

Although Arsenal’s Renee Slegers has confirmed she’ll remain as interim head coach until the start of December, it has been revealed that Nick Cushing is the club’s ‘primary target’ to succeed Jonas Eidevall.

Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati was crowned the winner of the 2024 Ballon d'Or Feminin, seeing her become the second female to win the prestigious award back-to-back after Spain teammate Alexia Putellas.

Emma Hayes’ phenomenal year as head coach for Chelsea and the USWNT saw her named Women’s Coach of the Year at this year’s 2024 Ballon d’Or Feminin. She won her sixth consecutive league title with Chelsea and Gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics with the US National Women’s Team.

The 2024/25 Barclay’s Women’s Super League was put on pause for the first time this season because of the international break. We took it as our chance to have a look back at the first batch of matches and put together our biggest takeaways so far.

It’s still uncertain as to when striker Vivianne Miedema will be back on the pitch for Manchester City, after the club confirmed she underwent ‘successful’ knee surgery last month.

Chelsea’s Sonia Bompastor has called for goal-line technology after Tottenham were awarded a controversial goal before the international break at Kingsmeadow. Do you think the women’s game is crying out for this to be introduced?

The group stage of the 2024/25 UEFA Women’s Champions League may have only got underway, but nations are already placing their bids to host the tournament’s final in 2027.

Corinthians won the women's Copa Libertadores for the fifth time?in its history (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024) on the 19th of October,?after beating Santa Fe (Colombia) 2-0, at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco, in Asunción, capital of Paraguay. In addition to the cup, the team received a prize of 2 million dollars. This was Corinthians' first continental title under coach Lucas Piccinato and the second title in less than a month, after winning the Brasileir?o at the end of September. The team also won the Brazilian Super Cup in the first half of the year.

After the Cup,?Corinthians' players published a video?reporting and exposing the bad conditions of the tournament, such as structure, stadiums and more. They asked for more respect for the women's game.?

In the Women's International Break, Brazil played two friendly matches against Colombia. In the first one,?1-1 with a great performance by star Linda Caicedo. In the second match, Brazil won 3-1. We wrote about the highlighted players?here. The Brazilian Women's National team plays again on November 28th and December 1st, against Australia.?

90min Highlights

England international Jess Carter opened up to 90min about the importance of Black History Month and her experiences of playing with for Chelsea and over in the United States for NJ/NY Gotham FC.

Former Lioness Jill Scott sat down exclusively with 90min about UEFA’s new women’s football strategy; the challenges she faced playing as a young girl; and how the lasting impact of the Euro 2022 final.

Girls on the Ball and 90min’s women’s football team Megan Humphrey and Jamie Spangher broke down the winners and losers from the international break in the latest episode of 90min Talks.

Business Corner

Sky announced a historic five-year partnership with the Women’s Professional League Ltd that secures the rights to show 90% of all WSL matches from the 2025/26 season until 2030.

The FA plans to ensure 90% of all schools deliver equal access for girls to play football, as they unveil a new strategy to transform grassroots football for young women and girls.

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