The best of the Women’s World Cup group stage from social media

The Womens World Cup group stage has come to an end, and while all eyes have been on the games, social media has produced its fair share of intriguing moments too.The players have been active off the pitch as well as on it in entertaining the fans South Africas rendition of this Whitney Houston classic for example was hard to ignore.Post training vibes. Ladies and gentlemen we present to you Whitney Houston wannabes, @jermaine109 @Kaylin194 with @LeAnDrA_sMeDa as a backup singer. Take it away ladies @Banyana_Banyana #DareToShine #fifawwc #BanyanaBanyana #LeMomentDeBriller @SAFA_net @bafana_bafana #Rsa pic.twitter.com/NABH0KjE2u Banyana_Banyana (@Banyana_Banyana) June 12, 2019Music and dance has been a theme of many teams experience in France, with Nigeria in high spirits ahead of their game against the hosts.ICYMI: #NGA were in great spirits yesterday ahead of their game against hosts #FRA @FIFAWWC_NGA | #FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/M8FklQxSH6 FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 17, 2019Even immediately before kick-off the Jamaica players could be seen enjoying the light-hearted side of the tournament.Reggae Girlz bounce their way into Stade des Alpes. Less that 2 hrs to game time.#FIFAWWC #DareToShine pic.twitter.com/rtfglu54Hh Kayon Davis, FIFA (@FIFAWWC_JAM) June 18, 2019And in celebration the music continued to flow here Nigeria react to the news that they had progressed to the knockout stage of the tournament.Finally the LORD have done it finally The journey continues #FIFAWWC we keep moving @NGSuper_Falcons pic.twitter.com/2HuBIeKBMV ngozi okobi (@NgoziOkobi) June 20, 2019But its not just the players who have been enjoying the party atmosphere. The Holland fans have made a name for themselves with this sort of thing.Met meer dan 10.000 fans van Links naar Rechts! #OnzeJacht #NEDCMR pic.twitter.com/GXaFG3PE5Q OranjeLeeuwinnen (@oranjevrouwen) June 15, 2019The magic of the World Cup meanwhile was not lost on the younger generation, who were spotted enjoying Englands group game against Argentina.Awwwwwww #ENGARG | #DareToShine pic.twitter.com/hQgZ9y2PRp FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 14, 2019And more famous faces were on hand to inspire their teams too, with Caster Semenya offering her support to the South Africa side. Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya (@caster800m) stopped by to pass on support to @Banyana_Banyana ahead of #RSACHN @FIFAWWC_RSA | #FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/89VGcBvI7a FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 13, 2019The fun extended to training too, where players exhibited their skills in between matches.Reggae Girl Trudi Carter shows off her skills ahead of tomorrow's game. She was not in the starting 11 last time. Do you think she should be in the starting lineup tomorrow? pic.twitter.com/lpbyCC5fuR Kayon Davis, FIFA (@FIFAWWC_JAM) June 17, 2019Yeah weve been watching this on repeat from @emslie22 pic.twitter.com/webT0K3EHY FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 18, 2019Try this one at home with @lucystan37 pic.twitter.com/Srr5XXoIuU Lionesses (@Lionesses) June 18, 2019Meanwhile some training methods were more orthodox than othersFootballs x cones = fun in #JPN training #FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/XFV369uhlA FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 17, 2019But it was Brazils Marta who produced perhaps the most profound piece of group stage social media, singing a song about football being for women as well as men.Multi-talented Marta When not being the #FIFAWWC all-time leading goalscorer, you can find her playing the cavaquinho @FIFAWWC_BRA | #DareToShine pic.twitter.com/9K05iFMz0D FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 15, 2019What will social media produce in the knockout stage?(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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