"Women are more sensitive than men, so they absorb a lot of goals"

Northern Ireland coach Kenny Shiles explained his team's defeats and caused a stir: "This is the thing about women's football, they do not get good goal absorption '

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13/04/2022

Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 11:53

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The coach of the Northern Ireland women's national football team, angered quite a few people on the British Isles when they hung on to the 5-0 defeat to England in that women are more sensitive than men.

Kenny Shiles, 65, is highly regarded for the way he has promoted the team over the past three years, but today he woke up to a morning of headlines he did not pray for.

"I noticed - and I'm sure you also noticed the pattern - that in women's football when a team absorbs a goal, many times it absorbs quickly again. This happens because girls and women are more sensitive than men. They do not take good goal absorption, they have a hard time recovering. , "Shiles said after the game.

The Northern Ireland team has fought with Austria every ticket to the play-offs for the promotion to the 2023 World Cup - on the assumption that the strong England will win the automatic ticket.

At the weekend she hosted on the outskirts of Vienna for a game on six points and surrendered to the Austrians 3: 1, after conceding three goals in the 48th, 55th and 57th minutes.

Last night a spectator record was set for a women's game in Northern Ireland (15,348), when England arrived at Windsor Park in Belfast.

The local team trailed 1-0 from a goal in the 26th minute, but managed to make it difficult for the preferred opponent.

But in the 52nd minute England went up to 0: 2 and then scored again in the 60th, 70th and 79th minutes.

0: 5 at the end after a blitz.

Shills said after the game: "I felt that England had a hard time breaking through our line-up, until it went up to 0: 2 which is already a big psychological advantage in women's football. When we fell behind 1-0 we managed to slow down the pace of the game to avoid the emotional imbalance. "Not just in Northern Ireland, but all over the world."

He then said, "I should not have told you that."

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Northern Ireland Women's Coach Kenny Shills (Photo: GettyImages, Charles McQuillan)

Shiles has hung the goal-absorbing over-sensitivity, he is an emotional coach himself and that is one of the reasons for his appreciation for him in his current job.

A year ago he marched the Northern Ireland team to a historic performance at the European Women's Championships and after beating Ukraine in the playoffs, he said that "this is the greatest sporting achievement in the history of the British Isles".

The Northern Ireland national team is Shiles' first job in women's football.

After a semi-professional football career he coached for a variety of teams in Northern Ireland, worked for a time in Scotland, was the youth coach of the English Tarnemir and even coached in the Thai league for a few months.

His son, former footballer Dean Shiles, has played for the Scottish Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team, among others.

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