England midfielder on waves, sunrises and the training game in the run-up to the Women’s World Cup that is amusing the squad
Ella Toone breaks into a big grin. “No idea, but I absolutely love it,” she says in her thick Lancashire accent. The 23-year-old midfielder has been asked the name of the game England have been playing in training at the Sunshine Coast Stadium. “Four teams, one big ball in the middle and you’ve just got to whack the ball with your football, and it can’t go over to your side basically,” she says. Hilarity ensues when Sarina Wiegman sweeps up the ball, which is almost as big as she is, at the end of the game and comically runs, or waddles, to the side of the pitch with it.
“This is the first time we’ve played it in Australia and it definitely brings up a lot of laughs,” Toone says. “It’s a fun game to get us going and start the session with.”
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