Women's Football - England v Holland

:00:39. > :00:43.Welcome to the inner sanctum of Salford City Stadium where, in a

:00:43. > :00:47.matter of minutes, hope Powell will be giving her final team talk to an

:00:47. > :00:52.England team trailing the Dutch in the race for the European

:00:52. > :00:55.Championship. Win this evening and top spot will be back firmly in

:00:55. > :00:59.their sights. Biggest game of the year so far.

:00:59. > :01:04.Probably the most important game in the group. A massive game. We need

:01:04. > :01:07.three points. We want the win. finish top, make sure we are the

:01:07. > :01:10.best in the group. Live on BBC so really looking forward to it.

:01:11. > :01:16.Everybody had to really focus. to give everything out there.

:01:16. > :01:20.want to go to the euro finals more than anything. We need to take our

:01:20. > :01:25.chances. That's all that matters, to win. A big test on Sunday. We

:01:25. > :01:28.are look forward to it. We need to watch out for them tricky players

:01:28. > :01:33.and the threat they can cause us. It will be a tough challenge, one

:01:33. > :01:36.we are ready for. We are delighted you could join us for this crucial

:01:36. > :01:40.European Championship qualifier between England and the Netherlands.

:01:40. > :01:45.The Dutch are expected to provide strong opposition for Hope Powell's

:01:45. > :01:49.side. Two of the country's most decorated footballers joining me

:01:49. > :01:54.now, over 180 caps between the three of us in fact. Faye White and

:01:54. > :01:58.Sue Smith. You have a decent excuse for not showing up on the pitch?

:01:58. > :02:03.Yes, an ever growing bump, six months pregnant so they don't want

:02:03. > :02:07.me on the field tonight. Well see how they get on! Sue, you have a

:02:07. > :02:12.fairly more traditional reason, you have done your ACL, so you are out

:02:12. > :02:17.with your knee, but what's the target now, I'm guessing the Euro?

:02:17. > :02:20.Yes, I want to get back fit, then play for Doncaster Bells and

:02:20. > :02:25.fingers crossed to get Pickford England, that would be amazing.

:02:25. > :02:30.group table says it all. More margin for error. The Netherlands

:02:30. > :02:33.five points clear and England have a game in hand. There is an outside

:02:33. > :02:37.chance that England could progress as the best loser but they won't

:02:37. > :02:41.want to leave anything to chance. Looking at that table, they can't

:02:41. > :02:45.leave anything to chance. Wintonite and it's in England's hands. Well,

:02:45. > :02:50.there is very little between the two sides in their first meeting in

:02:50. > :02:55.October. It was 0-0 in Holland. England just managed to get past

:02:55. > :02:59.them in the Euro 2009 semi-finals. What do you expect from the Dutch?

:02:59. > :03:02.Nfrpblgts 2009, the Dutch were defensive -- in 2009, the Dutch

:03:02. > :03:06.were defensive. They've got a new coach. They look to play out from

:03:06. > :03:09.the back a lot more, very much more comfortable in possession through

:03:09. > :03:15.all of the field so I think they'll be confident. They are top of the

:03:15. > :03:18.table, they'll come here thinking we'll probably sit back, soak the

:03:19. > :03:22.pressure up for us and we'll hit them on the counter because they

:03:22. > :03:28.have forward thinking players. You have been in the dressing room with

:03:28. > :03:31.Hope Powell lots of times. What is she like in this situation? She's

:03:31. > :03:34.very experienced and has played at the highest levels. Hope without a

:03:34. > :03:38.doubt will be very calm and relaxed with the players. I think she'll

:03:38. > :03:42.tell them to go out there and enstkwroi whole occasion. They are

:03:42. > :03:45.good enough to win the game -- enjoy the whole occasion. That's

:03:45. > :03:49.hard to enjoy themselves but they can do it and she'll instil that

:03:49. > :03:52.belief into them. It's a little over ten minutes before kick off,

:03:53. > :03:59.so it's time we got to know England's starting 11, with a

:03:59. > :04:04.little help from the boss. Rachel Brown, Everton ladies, goalkeeper.

:04:04. > :04:08.Experience, dedication, hard work and very, very brave. Alex Scott,

:04:08. > :04:12.Arsenal, defence. Athletic, versatile, could run a

:04:12. > :04:17.marathon, brings a lot to the game, can get up and down the pitch. Can

:04:17. > :04:23.score and can defend. Sophie Bradley, Lincoln ladies defence.

:04:23. > :04:28.One of the youngsters up and coming. See her having a very bright future.

:04:28. > :04:34.Good defender. Very physical and very capable. Casey Stoney, Lincoln.

:04:34. > :04:37.Defence. Captain, good leader, game understanding, fantastic positional

:04:37. > :04:43.awareness second to none and very clever.

:04:43. > :04:48.Steph Houghton, arge, defence. play midfield and anywhere along

:04:48. > :04:53.the back -- Arsenal. Fantastic left and right foot and good in the air.

:04:53. > :05:01.Jill Scott, Everton midfield. marathon runner, can go box to box

:05:01. > :05:06.ah good athlete, good technician and goal skeerer. Faye William,

:05:06. > :05:14.Everton midfield. Our most creative player can hit a 50, 60 yard ball

:05:14. > :05:18.on her day with accuracy. A creative player.

:05:18. > :05:23.Karen Carney, Birmingham City. Creative player, can open up the

:05:23. > :05:28.play with through balls and can score as well. Eniola Aluko,

:05:28. > :05:37.Birmingham City, forward. Plays anywhere along the front line. A

:05:37. > :05:42.very quick and good eye for a goal. Rachel Yankey. Arsenal. Crosses

:05:42. > :05:48.well and has good pace. Rachel Williams, Birmingham forward.

:05:48. > :05:52.call her the tank. Physically one of the strongest players. Works

:05:52. > :05:59.hard. Will get into a tangle with any player probably win the one-to-

:05:59. > :06:03.one battle and is a natural goal scorer. So a new permanent England

:06:03. > :06:07.Captain tonight, Casey Stoney. Faye, what sort of Captain is she? She's

:06:07. > :06:11.very good at reading the game, very vocal in the changing rooms and on

:06:11. > :06:16.the field, can see things before other players and a very good

:06:16. > :06:21.organiser. She reads the game well for herself for her own position.

:06:21. > :06:25.She'll be talking about Sophie Bradley. You know Sophie well from

:06:25. > :06:29.your Lincoln an Leeds days. An important partnership. But she

:06:29. > :06:35.hasn't played much football. Will that affect her? I don't think so.

:06:35. > :06:40.She's very young and fit. You would say she's experienced for a year.

:06:40. > :06:43.She knows this level, she actually played when we played them away and

:06:43. > :06:46.did fantastically well against their forward so we know she can do

:06:46. > :06:50.it. Tonight she'll go into the game with a lot of confidence. There's

:06:50. > :06:54.no Kelly Smith. We are hoping she'll be fit for the Olympics.

:06:54. > :06:58.She's on track at the moment. Rachel Williams gets her chance,

:06:58. > :07:02.Birmingham player in fine form. What sort of player is she? Strong

:07:02. > :07:06.and powerful. She'll run for the team, works hard, very good eye for

:07:06. > :07:10.goal. Sometimes scores when you don't realise that she has an

:07:10. > :07:14.opportunity. Last season she had a fantastic year in the WSL and a lot

:07:14. > :07:18.of people were asking why she'd not been Pickford England and this is a

:07:18. > :07:24.massive game for her tonight to show what she can do at this level.

:07:24. > :07:32.I think it just shows with those sorts of goals that Rachel's very

:07:32. > :07:37.different, very hard to mark. She scores great headers which is hard

:07:37. > :07:41.for defenders. She's variable, you can put nit the nine, 11 or seven.

:07:41. > :07:44.She's quick and powerful. It will be a tough physical battle for the

:07:44. > :07:48.Dutch defenders because she uses her body well to protect the ball

:07:48. > :07:53.when she's come in short as well. Manon Melis looks to be the key

:07:53. > :07:57.player for the Dutch. 89 caps, 42 goals, she knows where the back of

:07:57. > :08:01.the net is. But apart from that, what does she bring to the side?

:08:01. > :08:06.She's so quick. That is the main strength of her game. She loves to

:08:06. > :08:12.get in behind. We can see she scores goals with her record. She's

:08:12. > :08:15.experienced despite being only 25, she's played in lot of games and

:08:15. > :08:21.Sophie Bradley will be trying to pick her up. She did well away from

:08:21. > :08:24.home and she'll be carrying on from that hopefully. Rachel Yankey is an

:08:24. > :08:29.experienced player but is up against somebody she's played

:08:29. > :08:33.before, an extremely strong player in Dyanne Bito. How be will that

:08:33. > :08:39.pan out? Rachel is one of the most senior players. We'll look to her

:08:39. > :08:43.to lead the line and Bito is a very strong player and Yanks has the

:08:43. > :08:47.experience to know how to manage that speed of Rachel. She'll have

:08:47. > :08:51.to mix her game up to see how she's going to get past her and be

:08:51. > :08:55.physical. Sue, apart from the obvious, what do England have to do

:08:55. > :08:58.to beat the Dutch? I think it's going to be tough but we know that

:08:58. > :09:01.Holland are direct, they like to play football, they have mixed it

:09:01. > :09:05.up but we know that that is their strength, that they look for the

:09:05. > :09:10.pacey players in behind. We've got to try and soak up the pressure and

:09:10. > :09:13.start to play football. I think that's what we are good at. We are

:09:13. > :09:19.good at, get Fara on the ball out wide and get the wide players in

:09:19. > :09:23.there and get the ball in the box for Rach Williams because she can

:09:23. > :09:27.score. Same again really, yes. Sue's wrapped it up, but I think we

:09:27. > :09:32.have to be confident and take the game to them. In the away game back

:09:32. > :09:36.in October, I thought Holland were the best team for much of the game

:09:36. > :09:41.and the players were very disappointed with how they

:09:41. > :09:43.performed. Fara missed a penalty so it didn't go for us quite that

:09:43. > :09:48.night. Home advantage tonight. The players seem up for it so they've

:09:48. > :09:51.got a good job to do. It's a must- win game in terms of keeping the

:09:51. > :09:56.qualification in their own hands. A lot of experienced players out

:09:56. > :10:01.there. If it doesn't go to plan, at least they have good experience, is

:10:01. > :10:04.that an advantage? You wouldn't even want to get to that point

:10:04. > :10:07.though because Kelly's not playing and some of the girls have a few

:10:07. > :10:11.injuries, but we should be better than that now, we should be

:10:11. > :10:15.expecting to win these games. The expectations are in the players but

:10:15. > :10:18.they have to be good enough now, we've played at big tournaments and

:10:18. > :10:21.quarter-final level so they have the experience to get the job don

:10:21. > :10:25.tonight. Steph Houghton will be playing at left back, an unfamiliar

:10:25. > :10:29.role for her. Is that something the Dutch will target, bearing in mind

:10:29. > :10:31.she's a right-sided player? I think they probably will, but I don't

:10:31. > :10:36.think it will be an advantage for them because Steph can play

:10:36. > :10:40.anywhere in the back lines, she's a good technician so can use her left

:10:40. > :10:44.foot just as well. She's in there for her pace. She's very quick and

:10:44. > :10:50.Holland have a pacey front line so she can get back and cover. I think

:10:50. > :10:53.Steph will do really well. Got the Olympics coming up this summer,

:10:53. > :10:55.Team GB with our only chance to shine and a lot of the players will

:10:55. > :11:01.know already but another opportunity for them to try and

:11:01. > :11:04.convince hope that they need to be in there? Yes, first and foremost

:11:04. > :11:07.they'll concentrate on getting the win in. The back of their minds

:11:07. > :11:11.they'll be thinking I want to play well and I need the confidence.

:11:11. > :11:14.Their positions are certainly not picked and the squad's only 18 so

:11:14. > :11:19.there's an even harder chance to get into the team, so there's some

:11:19. > :11:24.on the fringe that might think, I can make it, I'm young, upcoming,

:11:24. > :11:29.you know, Sophie Bradley, Clare Rafferty, people like that, if they

:11:29. > :11:32.get a chance. They've got to take the chance and perform how we know

:11:32. > :11:35.they can. OK. Please do get in touch with out

:11:35. > :11:40.throughout the match on Facebook and Twitter. At half time, we'll

:11:40. > :11:45.have the latest from the England men's camp, including an interview

:11:45. > :11:50.with Wayne Rooney. The teams are coming out of the tunnel. It's time

:11:50. > :11:51.to join the commentary team, Lucy to join the commentary team, Lucy

:11:52. > :11:55.Ward and Nigel Adam. 12 months ago England were

:11:56. > :12:01.preparing for what turned out to be a dramatic disappointing appearance

:12:01. > :12:06.at the World Cup finals in Germany. Here today, they know victory would

:12:06. > :12:10.help them plant firmly one foot in the European Championship next weir

:12:10. > :12:18.next year. They'll be aware that Holland have plans of their own.

:12:18. > :12:28.Three points would book their place in Sweden straights away for them.

:12:28. > :12:28.

:12:28. > :14:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 97 seconds

:14:05. > :14:09.Before the action, we'll have the GOOD DEAL MORE TEMPERATE THAN THEY

:14:09. > :14:14.WERE FOR TRAINING YESTERDAY WHEN BOTH Teams experienced something

:14:14. > :14:18.akin to a monsoon here at the Salford City Stadium. The England

:14:18. > :14:23.coach Hope Powell has been forced into making big decisions today

:14:23. > :14:27.with her team selection. Brown is in goal due to Bardsley's broken

:14:27. > :14:31.finger. Houghton replaces Unitt to help cope with the pace of the

:14:31. > :14:35.Dutch attack, while Sophie Bradley will be alongside Stoney, the

:14:35. > :14:43.captain, despite playing only 45 minutes since March. Rachel Yankey

:14:43. > :14:48.also returns, to win her 118th cap and has a first start in nearly a

:14:48. > :14:58.year for Aluko. Ellen White is only fit enough for the bench so

:14:58. > :15:05.

:15:05. > :15:10.able to field a settled team for much of the campaign. They key

:15:10. > :15:15.player, as you have been hearing, could be striker Manon Melis. She

:15:15. > :15:22.is Holland's all-time top scorer at the end that -- tender age of 25

:15:22. > :15:27.and six of her 42 goals have been netted him how last four qualifiers.

:15:27. > :15:37.Who can Dyke is the one player with the experience of playing in

:15:37. > :15:40.

:15:40. > :15:45.Stoney. It is, she has and the right to step up as captain. She

:15:45. > :15:51.will follow the lead off Faye White, who has retired, and this is a

:15:51. > :15:55.tough game, Holland are it Cup team and they have been 100% for the

:15:55. > :15:59.qualifying campaign -- a tough the team. Steph Houghton has had a

:15:59. > :16:03.rotten luck with injuries around major tournaments, but real

:16:03. > :16:06.responsibility on her shoulders today. She has missed out on a

:16:06. > :16:10.couple of major championships because she has got injured just

:16:10. > :16:15.before, but she is a good player, she is athletic and physical, good

:16:15. > :16:20.in the air and technically very good, so she should be all right

:16:20. > :16:26.and I think they expect the Dutch forward to cut inside on to Steph's

:16:26. > :16:30.right foot, her strongest for it. And Aluko has barely featured since

:16:30. > :16:34.the World Cup 12 months ago, but Hope Powell clearly has they then

:16:34. > :16:40.have. England look that the Dutchman saw how high the full-

:16:40. > :16:49.backs played so they have their to quickest players out wide with her

:16:49. > :16:53.and Rachel Yankey. The referee is Swedish and Sweden is the intended

:16:53. > :16:58.destination for both of these teams, as England, in all-white, get the

:16:58. > :17:02.game under way. It is a reminder that basically it is a game they

:17:02. > :17:12.have to win. Three points for Holland and they will have already

:17:12. > :17:21.

:17:21. > :17:30.qualified for the tournament in direction of Dyanne Bito, then

:17:30. > :17:40.England have their first experience given the job of trying to look

:17:40. > :17:45.

:17:45. > :17:48.after Manon Melis here this dealt with very well. That is what

:17:48. > :17:53.Alex Scott is all about, getting wider and getting the ball into the

:17:53. > :17:58.box and that is what England will be trying to do, exploit the space

:17:58. > :18:03.behind the full-backs. Manon Melis was the target again but picked up

:18:03. > :18:08.by Rachel Brown, winning her 37th cap today, but she has not been

:18:08. > :18:12.number one for a couple of years. But Karen Barclay suffering a

:18:12. > :18:18.broken finger before this game, so the Everton stop back between the

:18:18. > :18:23.posts. She has got save Hants, she has played from the age of 16 for

:18:23. > :18:31.her country -- safe hands. The team is full of experience and one of

:18:31. > :18:36.those is Rachel Yankey. Over the next couple of years, she can match

:18:36. > :18:43.the achievements of Coltart, so even to be mentioned in the same

:18:43. > :18:47.breath of her -- as her is an achievement. There is Roger

:18:47. > :18:50.Reijners, the Dutch coach. We were hearing before the game he is

:18:50. > :18:54.trying to encourage a more expansive style from his team after

:18:54. > :18:58.what was a very defensive performance in the last European

:18:58. > :19:08.Championships, when ultimately they lost out to England in the semi-

:19:08. > :19:29.

:19:29. > :19:34.here with the point here, if they can leave with their five-point

:19:34. > :19:37.lead still intact. I guess so, but they will think that if they get

:19:37. > :19:40.any encouragement from England whatsoever, they will go for the

:19:40. > :19:46.three points because they will then have qualified for the

:19:46. > :19:50.championships. So it is important for him that the to start well and

:19:50. > :19:57.Hope will have stressed that in the team talk -- it is important for

:19:57. > :20:00.England to start well. Hope Powell in charge of arguably an even

:20:00. > :20:10.bigger job this summer when Great Britain take part in the Olympics,

:20:10. > :20:12.

:20:12. > :20:17.which it will also be able to training last night that it is a

:20:17. > :20:21.very decent playing surface. This stadium has only been open eight

:20:21. > :20:29.months or so but it took an awful lot of rain in the build-up to this

:20:29. > :20:33.game, but it still plays extremely three and they are clearly looking

:20:33. > :20:37.to exploit that from the off. England have done their homework, I

:20:37. > :20:40.know they have been looking at their front three and seen how

:20:40. > :20:45.quick they are and the winner of this game, if there is to be a

:20:45. > :20:55.winner, will be the people who exploit the space behind the full-

:20:55. > :21:05.

:21:05. > :21:13.backs. Rachel Brown with problems and thankfully, from an England

:21:13. > :21:16.point of view, the moves come to an end. England are the home team and

:21:16. > :21:23.the expectation is on them, but they are making wrong decisions,

:21:23. > :21:26.and I think Rachel Brown wanted to go that here. It is passed out to

:21:26. > :21:30.Steph Houghton and she doesn't naturally take it on her left foot

:21:30. > :21:34.and I think the connoisseur's of football like to see balance in the

:21:34. > :21:38.team. Steph Houghton is a good player but it is good to see her

:21:38. > :21:43.left-back naturally take it on the Late post -- left side. Rachel

:21:43. > :21:47.Unitt is the usual left back, she won her 100 cap against Croatia,

:21:47. > :21:51.but she is not the quickest and that is clearly something Hope

:21:51. > :21:54.Powell had in mind before the game. The movement of the strikers is

:21:54. > :21:59.important for the Dutch, and the movement of the right hand side

:21:59. > :22:09.striker. She comes in on the inside and Steph Houghton is right footed,

:22:09. > :22:16.

:22:16. > :22:20.Brown does just enough again. think when you are scoring goals

:22:20. > :22:25.and you are confident, you will have a go from anywhere. Rachel

:22:25. > :22:29.Brown has not started with the most confidence, it just bounced in

:22:29. > :22:33.front of her. She is such an experienced player, she must be

:22:33. > :22:43.nervous when she is not number one. And she will be wanting to prove

:22:43. > :22:57.

:22:57. > :23:03.the point, but she needs to get a in this group. They are away to

:23:03. > :23:08.Slovenia on Thursday. Then they play the weakest side in the

:23:08. > :23:11.section, Croatia, in September, so if they can win today, you would

:23:11. > :23:17.think they would be capable of picking up the six points to win

:23:17. > :23:27.the group. Carney with a decent effort, just too high. The two is a

:23:27. > :23:30.

:23:31. > :23:38.corner as well, a little Nick off and has to go, and it is worth it.

:23:38. > :23:41.That will settle the team down as well. Karen Carney scored a very

:23:41. > :23:46.important goal for Birmingham recently in a Cup final win against

:23:46. > :23:50.Chelsea. She often pops up with important ones for England as well.

:23:50. > :24:00.That dramatic opening to Euro 2005, when she scored the winning goal in

:24:00. > :24:05.

:24:05. > :24:09.deal with it. And space for Williams with the header, but she

:24:09. > :24:14.was never really able to get too much power behind it. That is

:24:14. > :24:19.better from England, it was an excellent ball in, in fact two

:24:19. > :24:29.excellent balls in from Yankey. Rachel Williams just a bit too far

:24:29. > :24:56.

:24:56. > :25:03.switch places and it is very difficult for the Dutch to pick

:25:03. > :25:07.them up. It was 0-0 when these two sides met in November on the

:25:07. > :25:17.plastic pitch, but England will feel they should have won that game.

:25:17. > :25:20.

:25:20. > :25:23.Fara Williams missed a penalty he was probably very unlucky to not

:25:23. > :25:33.get sent off in the game for conceding the penalty that Fara

:25:33. > :25:41.

:25:41. > :25:46.grip on midfield. Yes, the three in midfield are on top at the moment.

:25:46. > :25:56.Anouk Hoogendijk is looking after Karen Carney, looking to play

:25:56. > :26:25.

:26:25. > :26:30.adds a bit of pressure to the girls. England are currently five points

:26:30. > :26:34.behind the Dutch, but they do have that game in hand. I think it is

:26:34. > :26:42.safe to say that if they can beat the Dutch, you wouldn't expect them

:26:42. > :26:47.to lose in the last two, and it really is that key, this game.

:26:47. > :26:52.Dutch finish their campaign on Wednesday against Serbia, a team

:26:52. > :26:55.they beat six nil right at the start of qualifying. They could sit

:26:55. > :27:05.down and waited three months to see if they finish a Boeing lunch.

:27:05. > :27:07.

:27:07. > :27:11.There are definitely -- if they finish above England. It we don't

:27:11. > :27:21.want to be at the highest run up, we don't want to get that far, we

:27:21. > :27:28.

:27:28. > :27:31.want to be better than that. -- enough for England. I think when

:27:31. > :27:34.you are a bit nervous like that, you don't play the right weight and

:27:34. > :27:44.it, and you see the Dutch are getting their full-backs on the

:27:44. > :27:55.

:27:55. > :28:00.World Cup for England 12 months ago plan very quickly, it is to get the

:28:00. > :28:04.ball forward, but there hasn't been the necessary quality so far.

:28:04. > :28:14.sure it will come, getting the ball quickly to the three forwards,

:28:14. > :28:21.

:28:21. > :28:26.getting the full-backs supported -- Carney was felled, the two Number

:28:26. > :28:31.tens come together. Heuver on Carney and this is a very good

:28:32. > :28:38.opportunity. Whoever got to it first, the other would album, and

:28:38. > :28:43.Heuver was not happy about that. -- other would foul them. It is a very

:28:43. > :28:46.poor set piece from England. In this sort of game, those kinds of

:28:46. > :28:56.opportunities cannot be wasted like that. Karen Carney scored a goal

:28:56. > :29:10.

:29:11. > :29:14.like that in the FA Cup final, she am not too sure Rachel Brown

:29:14. > :29:24.appreciate that passes like that after what happened earlier on.

:29:24. > :29:29.

:29:29. > :29:33.definitely didn't want that but she Lincoln ladies since an injury at

:29:33. > :29:40.the start of the season. I think Hope Powell sees her as a long-term

:29:40. > :29:49.project, along with Steph Houghton who's moving forward now. Yankey.

:29:49. > :29:54.Scott was the target, but the pass was overhit. Looked for wide

:29:54. > :30:00.players for number 9. At that point it was Jill Scott. Forcing the

:30:00. > :30:05.passing when it wasn't needed. They are all internationals with lots of

:30:05. > :30:09.experience here. They are looking to calm down and Hope Powell will

:30:09. > :30:19.be wanting them to calm down and stick to the game plan. Plenty of

:30:19. > :30:23.

:30:23. > :30:30.orange shirts in support. One coming from the back there was

:30:30. > :30:40.Claudia van den Heiligenberg. made sure she cleared the ball.

:30:40. > :30:51.

:30:51. > :30:57.does just enough and it's cleared away by Bradley. England will be

:30:57. > :31:03.mindful of the Dutch's goal-scoring record. They've scored 16 goals in

:31:03. > :31:07.qualifying so far and conceded only one.

:31:07. > :31:15.So if they fall behind in this game, Hope Powell's side, they'll find it

:31:15. > :31:18.very, very difficult to respond. A throw-in. The Dutch are obviously

:31:18. > :31:21.full of confidence coming into this game. You can see that already.

:31:21. > :31:24.They've not had that many opportunities, but they have

:31:24. > :31:29.players who look like they can score. They're in the afraid to

:31:29. > :31:33.have efforts on goal as well. They knead to be mindful of that. They

:31:33. > :31:42.are a new force in European women's football. Never qualified for a

:31:42. > :31:45.World Cup. Until they got to the semi-finals on the 2009 Euros,

:31:45. > :31:50.they'd never qualified for a major, but they've shown already in

:31:50. > :32:00.qualifying that they could be a team to watch over the coming years.

:32:00. > :32:00.

:32:00. > :32:10.They're coming forward now. Pieete attacking Scott. Aluko doing her

:32:10. > :32:21.

:32:21. > :32:25.defensive duties. And doing them the Dutch half. Carney. Koster used

:32:25. > :32:35.all her experience there to bring the ball away. There were a number

:32:35. > :32:53.

:32:53. > :32:58.of centurions in terms of caps in edge of her technical area barking

:32:58. > :33:05.out the instructions. She only wishes she was playing I think.

:33:05. > :33:12.That's probably why. She probably could as well, that's the thing.

:33:12. > :33:15.Houghton. All the way back towards Brown. It was a very attritional

:33:16. > :33:21.game in Zwolle back in November. At the moment, Lucy, it's shaping up

:33:21. > :33:24.to be something similar? There's a lot of stake at international level.

:33:24. > :33:27.Nobody wants to be a mistake and nobody wants to be the reason why

:33:27. > :33:30.they concede. The first part of the games will be like that. The Dutch

:33:30. > :33:36.don't have that much to lose. If they get the point or the three

:33:36. > :33:41.points, they're well on their way to avoid the play-offs. Scott

:33:41. > :33:51.working hard in the opening stages. Jill Scott can't pick up the loose

:33:51. > :33:59.

:33:59. > :34:03.confidence on the ball. You can see they've got the sort of experience

:34:03. > :34:07.and mindset that all decent Dutch teams have, although if you maybe

:34:07. > :34:10.look at the men's team in Ukraine at the moment, you'd think

:34:10. > :34:18.something different. Yankey tries to keep the ball in play but can't

:34:18. > :34:22.do so. It's been a game of what ifs for both teams so far. If they can

:34:22. > :34:26.get an idea of how the Dutch are playing there, England have to

:34:26. > :34:34.exploit the space. At the moment, they are not connecting with each

:34:34. > :34:44.other very well. They'll want to improve that. Carney working hard,

:34:44. > :35:07.

:35:07. > :35:12.at the expense of a corner. Steph just got her leg out. Conceded

:35:12. > :35:14.another corner, putting themselves under pressure. Good defending.

:35:14. > :35:19.think it's significant that Houghton made that challenge with

:35:20. > :35:29.her right foot. That poor girl. That's it, you go with your left

:35:30. > :35:33.

:35:33. > :35:37.and put it out for a throw-in perhaps. The shot bank in, play-off

:35:37. > :35:47.target. Wasn't worth talking about, but she's got better than that in

:35:47. > :35:53.

:35:53. > :35:57.that he played against Everton in the cup winners' cup when Everton

:35:57. > :36:04.went all the way to win a tournament then. Even though that

:36:05. > :36:09.game was 30 years ago, he had a really good recall of Andy Gray's

:36:09. > :36:14.hat trick. You said he bored you with that and you wanted to know

:36:14. > :36:19.about more things. Yes, I was keen to learn about today's line-up.

:36:19. > :36:23.England not helping themselves in key areas at the moment. Williams

:36:23. > :36:27.is usually better than that. They'll look to her to get on the

:36:27. > :36:32.ball. They'll look for things to come from her in midfield. The key

:36:32. > :36:37.to point out there that she's been playing centre half all season for

:36:37. > :36:41.Everton. And then coming into an international game into favoured

:36:41. > :36:50.position, centre midfield, it can be a little difficult. She's got to

:36:50. > :36:54.settle in as well. Koster. Good anticipation from Carney. Scott

:36:54. > :37:04.charging forward on the overlap again, but Aluko doesn't use her.

:37:04. > :37:13.

:37:13. > :37:22.The quality of ball in that final may capitalise. But she's helped

:37:22. > :37:27.out by her captain. Strong defensive play from Houghton again.

:37:27. > :37:35.The Dutch have more invention in the final third at the moment. You

:37:35. > :37:45.can see the tension all the way through the English side. Van den

:37:45. > :37:50.

:37:50. > :37:56.Berg. Heuver switches the play well. Martens steps away from Houghton

:37:56. > :38:02.and Yankey. Spitse. The Dutch here giving England a chasing at the

:38:02. > :38:07.moment. Bito's ball in. Melis was the target but Stoney stood firm

:38:07. > :38:12.again. Confident one-touch football by the Dutch. They could get there

:38:12. > :38:17.with the final ball but they always find themselves in space. The goal

:38:17. > :38:22.keeper is far out of her goal and the play comes from her. I think we

:38:22. > :38:28.could hear the Strang lated cry from Hope Powell, saying something

:38:28. > :38:37.along the lines of, midfield get a grip and Williams is trying to do

:38:37. > :38:45.that. Good ball to find Aluko. Scott. A lack of quality in the

:38:45. > :38:49.final third again. Both these systems the Dutch play - watch this

:38:49. > :38:52.first - it's a great ball to Aluko but the quality's got to be better

:38:52. > :38:55.in the box. To be fair to Scott, the quality usually is better and

:38:55. > :39:00.she'll be annoyed with herself. The two systems they are playing,

:39:00. > :39:05.you've got to be disciplined. These two in midfield, Williams and Scott,

:39:05. > :39:15.they have to be disciplined and can't wander out from their

:39:15. > :39:23.positions. Bito. Can't find martens. Stoney mops up for England. The

:39:23. > :39:27.Dutch very quickly have it back. Martens again. This could be a real

:39:27. > :39:33.problem for Houghton as Martens was allowed to step inside. England

:39:33. > :39:41.will be grateful there that Heuver had a loose first touch. The Dutch

:39:41. > :39:44.had a promising position. Any game plan for either of the teams, the

:39:44. > :39:50.initial part, you have to wrestle the initiative away from the other

:39:50. > :39:54.team. Until that happens, these two midfielders, rather than race

:39:54. > :39:58.forward, which is what she's good at, sit for a while and get a grip

:39:58. > :40:05.of this game. England are outnumbered in midfield and at the

:40:05. > :40:12.moment it's showing. Really they shouldn't be because they play a

:40:12. > :40:22.similar system so the Dutch are a little better at it at the moment.

:40:22. > :40:38.

:40:38. > :40:43.Salford City Stadium on Father's asleep there, somebody needs to

:40:43. > :40:53.have a word. Let's hope something wakes her up soon. Aluko is the

:40:53. > :41:08.

:41:08. > :41:18.outlet, but wasn't watching the done well there to find her.

:41:18. > :41:19.

:41:19. > :41:23.Williams does well to play it back towards Brown. There's lots of

:41:23. > :41:33.number 1 dads here in Salford today. Every dad's a number 1 dad, you

:41:33. > :41:44.

:41:44. > :41:52.Williams can lead a break now. Aluko. Driven wide by the first

:41:52. > :41:56.touch and in the end, a decent save but maybe Aluko could have done

:41:56. > :42:04.better. Williams had two excellent runs there, the one from Scott and

:42:04. > :42:10.the one to Aluko. The keeper did well. More promising for England

:42:10. > :42:15.there. Melis barged in the back there by Bradley. You could

:42:15. > :42:19.probably get away with that in the WSL but not at international level,

:42:19. > :42:23.particularly with the international referees, a bit of a nudge. She

:42:23. > :42:30.didn't even make the most of it either but it's a dangerous

:42:30. > :42:40.position for the Dutch. Spitse is over this free kick. What height

:42:40. > :42:47.

:42:47. > :42:53.there is in the Dutch team is now end, Brown was caught late at the

:42:53. > :42:59.far post by van den Berg. It's the Dutch player who seems to have come

:42:59. > :43:05.off worst. It wasn't the best ball. She was

:43:05. > :43:15.going to try and challenge Brown but come off worse in the challenge.

:43:15. > :43:23.

:43:23. > :43:29.been a real feature or England's play so far and Carney believes she

:43:29. > :43:33.was caught late down this near side but doesn't win a free kick.

:43:33. > :43:37.She probably was. Good work down that right hand side and Scott just

:43:38. > :43:43.pushing there back because she wants to play further forward but

:43:43. > :43:53.she's got the initiative a little bit, Alex Scott. Has gone a bit

:43:53. > :43:57.

:43:57. > :44:00.scrappy in the past five minutes or to make that extra pass somewhere

:44:00. > :44:04.just to create the space upfront because at the moment they are

:44:05. > :44:09.forcing it. They've worked on it because I can hear Hope Powell

:44:09. > :44:13.saying, there it is and play it forward. Williams is a rather

:44:13. > :44:16.isolated figure at the moment as the lone striker. That's what

:44:16. > :44:22.happens in this system. If you are the lone striker and don't have the

:44:22. > :44:26.support, opposed to that, the Dutch do have the support, the number 9

:44:26. > :44:36.has the support. Need to get close to Rachel Williams because it's a

:44:36. > :44:42.

:44:42. > :44:52.but she is having to speed up scraps. He is not even watching.

:44:52. > :45:19.

:45:19. > :45:24.save by Rachel Brown. Yes, a great save, but it could see there, the

:45:24. > :45:30.speed, she just went past everybody. It was a give and go and she got to

:45:30. > :45:36.it ahead of Greece -- Casey Stoney. It was a good strike. In a tight

:45:36. > :45:43.game like this, there is the danger for England. It just needed to be

:45:43. > :45:50.in either corner, good for England that it wasn't. Koster with the

:45:50. > :45:55.shot! She will be disappointed that she didn't find the target. She had

:45:55. > :46:00.a lot of room, nobody was closing her down. The ball seemed to take

:46:00. > :46:08.an age to arrive to have. They needed to get closer to her, but a

:46:08. > :46:16.centre half's strike. Daphne Koster playing for their country for the

:46:16. > :46:26.121st time today. She is one of the number on both sides who have had

:46:26. > :46:26.

:46:26. > :47:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 97 seconds

:47:20. > :47:24.are defending very well. -- To be fair. The back four are being

:47:24. > :47:34.screened by a number six, and it had been dyed, and they are

:47:34. > :47:38.defending the England attacks well. -- Anouk Hoogendijk. Aside from the

:47:38. > :47:48.shot from Aluko, which was a routine save it for Loes Geurts,

:47:48. > :47:58.not too much from England. There has been some bright moments,

:47:58. > :48:00.

:48:00. > :48:05.Carney and Aluko look like they corner. She was just looking around

:48:05. > :48:09.then she didn't have any options, but she has got her team a corner.

:48:09. > :48:15.But she had two defenders on her, the Dutch are defending like they

:48:15. > :48:25.want to get to the Championship. Yankey has come across to take the

:48:25. > :48:33.

:48:33. > :48:38.the Dutch goalkeeper. That Steph Houghton. But the corner doesn't

:48:38. > :48:48.beat the first player. They got wise to it from the last one, you

:48:48. > :48:48.

:48:48. > :49:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 97 seconds

:49:41. > :49:51.need an England player in front of be a constant threat to England.

:49:51. > :50:14.

:50:15. > :50:18.is, England need to remain a more with the first half an hour or so.

:50:18. > :50:22.The Dutch have stuck to their game plan and I think they will consider

:50:22. > :50:29.themselves unlucky that they have not gone a goal ahead, because they

:50:29. > :50:34.are quite dominant at the moment. That is one way to watch the game,

:50:34. > :50:44.I suppose. On their way to Barton airport next door. They haven't

:50:44. > :51:10.

:51:10. > :51:16.to an orange shirt. -- every loose number of things to say in the

:51:16. > :51:20.half-time dressing room. She well. What she has asked them to do it

:51:20. > :51:23.not working as well as she thought, and the Dutch looked dangerous on

:51:23. > :51:29.the break, but having said that, England are going forward, if they

:51:29. > :51:32.can get that final ball with a little more quality, they can do to

:51:32. > :51:41.create better opportunities and we have players who can score goals.

:51:41. > :51:46.That was Rachel Unitt we could see in the background. I hope she plays

:51:47. > :51:50.that pays more attention when she is on the pitch! Getting herself

:51:51. > :52:00.psyched up. And not for the first time, Heuver has a shot that does

:52:01. > :52:10.

:52:10. > :52:15.match played at the Salford City Stadium, now home to the Salford

:52:15. > :52:19.Reds Super League club. They will also be playing rugby union here

:52:19. > :52:25.next year, the Sale Sharks are moving from Stockport's Bletchley

:52:25. > :52:29.Park. It is a great little stadium, they say it is a good surface, it

:52:29. > :52:36.is the type of surface that the Dutch like playing on. It is not

:52:36. > :52:41.always the case. Super League is a summer sport but the pitch has been

:52:41. > :52:51.helped by the fact that we haven't seen too much summer so far. Summer,

:52:51. > :52:53.

:52:53. > :53:03.son and she is a busy little player, Heuver, she managed to get herself

:53:03. > :53:07.

:53:07. > :53:17.Dutch to build. She is in for the experienced Kirsten van de Ven, who

:53:17. > :53:36.

:53:36. > :53:41.all she can do is find a throw-in. That really epitomises England's

:53:41. > :53:45.attacking players so far. She was frustrated about the lack of

:53:45. > :53:54.options, but part of that was the way the Dutch defended. The full-

:53:54. > :53:57.backs stayed tight with her. Alex Scott caught offside. Hope Powell

:53:57. > :54:07.just looked down at her feet when that happened, she doesn't expect

:54:07. > :54:30.

:54:30. > :54:33.endeavour from the England side but the quality has been lacking.

:54:33. > :54:39.this group are going to work hard and they will hope that it will

:54:39. > :54:49.start to fall for them, and ensure it well, but if we were better

:54:49. > :55:16.

:55:16. > :55:20.technically, we could go on and win against England three years ago.

:55:20. > :55:26.That was a Dutch team known for its blanket defence, but there is a bit

:55:26. > :55:29.more about them today. You tend to forget that they will have worked

:55:29. > :55:33.up to this game knowing that the three points will get them

:55:33. > :55:43.qualified, and I think that is why they have come and thought, let's

:55:43. > :55:51.

:55:51. > :55:55.go for it. They have played with doesn't find Rachel Williams.

:55:55. > :55:59.can see from the England's men's game the other night, a ball from

:55:59. > :56:03.that position into the centre forward can result in an

:56:03. > :56:06.opportunity. Rachel Williams just need the ball in the right place.

:56:06. > :56:12.She was overlooked for the World Cup squad last year but then went

:56:12. > :56:15.on to score 14 goals in as many games for Birmingham, so she is one

:56:15. > :56:20.of the form players in the Super League. It is the most difficult

:56:20. > :56:25.thing to do on the football pitch, score goals, and that is what she

:56:25. > :56:30.does. She will want to start doing it at international level, she has

:56:30. > :56:40.the eye for goal, she has the strength. Hope Powell called her a

:56:40. > :57:03.

:57:03. > :57:13.little different. Karen Carney should get it into the area where

:57:13. > :57:23.

:57:23. > :57:28.helped into the arms of the goalkeeper. England did try

:57:28. > :57:34.something a bit different, but Fara Williams's first touch it let her

:57:34. > :57:37.down. That is extremely unusual, it doesn't often happen with Fara, but

:57:37. > :57:47.it was something different, and Fara is well capable of striking

:57:47. > :57:53.

:57:53. > :57:57.has got lots of energy, she is extremely quick and the interchange

:57:57. > :58:07.with that for and four, they need to get a bit more of a grip on the

:58:07. > :58:15.

:58:15. > :58:25.She has only had one sight of goal so far, and that is the most

:58:25. > :58:48.

:58:49. > :58:52.difficult thing that Rachel Brown like glue. Stead for 10 has pulled

:58:52. > :58:59.up on the right hand side, have hamstring. -- Steph Houghton has

:58:59. > :59:05.pulled up. So Rachel Unitt might be in the action sooner than she

:59:05. > :59:15.anticipated. She is trying to run it off out of your picture at the

:59:15. > :59:30.

:59:30. > :59:35.good challenge from Alex Scott. England have the free kick

:59:35. > :59:40.eventually. Good defending by Alex Scott. Relieve the pressure there a

:59:40. > :59:44.little bit. Houghton looks like she's moving freely there, but she

:59:44. > :59:54.definitely grabbed I think it was her right hamstring. She did pull

:59:54. > :00:04.up very, very quickly. Seems to be moving a bit freer now.

:00:04. > :00:05.

:00:05. > :00:13.Bradley. Aluko looking to make a nuisance of herself. Martens.

:00:13. > :00:18.Getting the ball away to Carney. No-one waiting in a white shirt in

:00:18. > :00:26.the Holland box at the moment. As a result, Alex Scott didn't deliver

:00:26. > :00:32.the ball in, but strong play from Bradley. Aluko. Takes the wrong

:00:32. > :00:37.option again. England take the wrong option again and it's through

:00:37. > :00:42.towards the keeper. I think she thought Yankey was going to make

:00:42. > :00:49.the run and it might have ended up looking like a good ball when it

:00:49. > :00:54.wasn't. She's never shord of a word, Eniola Aluko, at the best of times

:00:54. > :00:58.-- short. She's very clever. The girls call her dizzy but she's

:00:58. > :01:07.extremely clever. I think she's a trainee lawyer, something like that,

:01:07. > :01:15.but incredibly dizzy. Here she is again. Alex Scott.

:01:15. > :01:25.They've been a bit loose in the central area. Martens. Looking to

:01:25. > :01:26.

:01:26. > :01:36.exploit the pace of Melis. Waits for the support. Hoogendijk. Carney

:01:36. > :01:36.

:01:36. > :01:43.does well. The free kick given to England. Might have been a free

:01:43. > :01:49.kick for the nutmeg, it was quality. It's wasted anyway.

:01:49. > :01:53.And that is it. No added time at the end of the first half. Hope

:01:53. > :02:01.Powell trying to get her side into the dressing room very quickly. The

:02:01. > :02:05.best chance in the game was for Melis, a fine save from Rachel

:02:05. > :02:09.Brown. It was 0-0 in November and so far here in Salford, it remains

:02:09. > :02:14.goalless. We said before the game that it was

:02:14. > :02:18.going to be pretty tight and it was very tight. The Dutch had the best

:02:18. > :02:23.of the first half though. Sue Smith is with me. England winger. What

:02:23. > :02:27.did you make of it? It was a really tight game. We predicted it before

:02:27. > :02:31.it started and Holland have done exactly what we thought they were

:02:31. > :02:35.going to do, they've sat back, let England have it nice and easy and

:02:35. > :02:44.as soon as England have gone forward they've made it difficult,

:02:44. > :02:48.doubling up. We need to get Fara on the wall and Carney. We seem to be

:02:48. > :02:51.a little nervous and it's the whole must-win pressure and Holland are

:02:51. > :02:56.just relaxed enjoying the football and playing nice football. We need

:02:56. > :02:58.to relax. We need a goal to bring our confidence back in and start

:02:58. > :03:03.playing. You can feel the tension around the stadium here and you

:03:04. > :03:07.could see it out there on the pitch. The England goalkeeper Rachel Brown

:03:07. > :03:11.had far more to do than her opposite number. We picked out

:03:11. > :03:17.Melis before the game, a fantastic international goal-scoring record

:03:17. > :03:20.and this stung the hands of Rachel Brown? Without a doubt. It showed

:03:20. > :03:24.her pace. She's probably got five yards on Casey there but she's so

:03:24. > :03:29.fast and it was a good, good save from Rachel Brown, she had to be on

:03:29. > :03:34.her toes for that. But she showed a threat all the way through the game.

:03:34. > :03:37.And from the resulting corner another chance? To be honest, she

:03:38. > :03:42.probably could have done better. I'm not too sure who's marking her,

:03:42. > :03:48.she seemed to pull off and it was quite a nice, you know you could

:03:48. > :03:52.see what she was trying to do, but I think Rach Williams narrowed the

:03:52. > :03:56.angle a bit so she did well there. A few yards in front of us and we

:03:56. > :03:59.were racing to get to the ball faster than some of the England

:03:59. > :04:03.players. More on the first half in a moment. Time to turn our

:04:03. > :04:06.attention to matters in Poland and Ukraine and after the dramatic

:04:06. > :04:09.events of Friday night which we've just recovered from, now England

:04:09. > :04:13.welcome back Wayne Rooney after his two-match suspension and the big

:04:13. > :04:17.man is back and has been speaking to Gabby Logan.

:04:17. > :04:22.What has it been like watching from the stands? We have seen you

:04:22. > :04:25.getting animated and involved. Frustrating? Not frustrating. I

:04:25. > :04:29.think it's more difficult than playing because when you're playing

:04:29. > :04:32.you always feel you can change the game or you can do something to put

:04:32. > :04:36.it right if it's not going right. When you are sat in the stands,

:04:36. > :04:40.there's nothing you can do, you've got no control whatsoever so you

:04:40. > :04:44.are basically a fan for the game and obviously I understand a bit

:04:44. > :04:52.more now why the fans say it's so difficult to go and watch. Sven

:04:53. > :04:56.Goran Eriksson said don't kill Rooney, he wanted you to be able to

:04:56. > :05:01.flourish. That pressure's almost like the team has to exist until

:05:01. > :05:04.you return? To be honest, I don't listen to it, I don't read nothing

:05:04. > :05:10.about it, I don't really feel pressured that I've got to win the

:05:10. > :05:13.tournament for England. It's not one player, as you see with all the

:05:13. > :05:17.best players around the world. It's not just them who's going to win

:05:17. > :05:22.the tournament, it's the whole team. Theo Walcott said it would be 23

:05:22. > :05:30.men who won the tournament, not 11. He also used the word family. Does

:05:30. > :05:34.it feel like very quickly this could be the players have bonded

:05:34. > :05:38.under Roy Hodgson? Yes, it feels more like a club team now, rather

:05:38. > :05:45.than an international team. Everyone gets on and there's a lot

:05:45. > :05:49.of trust. Do I read into that that there are no Clicks, everybody's in

:05:49. > :05:53.it together? Yes, you don't have to go to the hotel to see the lads,

:05:53. > :05:57.you've got City players playing snooker with United players,

:05:57. > :05:59.Chelsea players playing with Liverpool, everyone's mixing, it's

:06:00. > :06:06.the most comfortable the team have been in the round and off the pitch

:06:06. > :06:10.since I've been in the squad. It's great to have a full English set-up

:06:10. > :06:15.again. The communication makes a big difference? Yes, that's made it

:06:15. > :06:19.a lot easier and everyone a lot more settled.

:06:20. > :06:26.We'll have the best of the action from England's crucial match

:06:26. > :06:30.against Ukraine on Tuesday. Before that though, there's plenty of

:06:30. > :06:40.unfinished business to mop up. Group B reaches conclusion this

:06:40. > :06:59.

:06:59. > :07:03.night with Croatia v Spain. Also back with us yourbgs deserted us

:07:03. > :07:07.for a few minutes there. You have got a very nice presentation. Tell

:07:07. > :07:11.us what you have been presented with? Went down on the pitch and

:07:11. > :07:17.Sue presented me with some flowers and a picture of my 90 caps

:07:17. > :07:20.basically, so it's obviously a nice gesture, rounds off my career quite

:07:20. > :07:25.nicely. A bit emotional. I couldn't hear what they were saying on the

:07:25. > :07:35.tannoy, I'm pleased I didn't otherwise you might get me choked

:07:35. > :07:36.

:07:36. > :07:41.up. England's defending, what did you make of it? We looked cagey,

:07:41. > :07:51.the Dutch controlled the game better. We struggled to find our

:07:51. > :07:53.

:07:53. > :07:57.forwards. The Dutch got through with Melis. She had a good chance

:07:57. > :08:01.and Rachel's saved that and kept the scores level. Overall, Hope

:08:01. > :08:05.will need a lot more urgency in the players to move the ball quicker

:08:05. > :08:09.because they are allowing us to play it at the back and making it

:08:09. > :08:13.hard for us to play the balls through. They are playing it out

:08:13. > :08:21.wide, but they are not breaking the lines of the Dutch. I think also we

:08:21. > :08:24.need a few more Carney-type players on the ball. Fara's not seen a lot

:08:24. > :08:33.of the ball either and she can spray it. We are looking for long

:08:33. > :08:38.balls over the top of the Dutch, rather than playing it through.

:08:38. > :08:42.Eniola's trying but she can't find the feet. A bit more upfront needed

:08:42. > :08:45.as well. Plenty of dads and daughters in the crowd here on

:08:45. > :08:49.Father's Day. For an England centurion, that relationship's

:08:49. > :08:52.helped yield some impressive results in her football career.

:08:52. > :08:57.realised when she was 12 that she could probably make a career of

:08:57. > :09:02.being an international footballer. They've supported me all my life,

:09:02. > :09:08.travelled absolutely everywhere, every home game they'll watch us.

:09:08. > :09:13.think what might have held her back, she was very tiny, four foot

:09:13. > :09:18.nothing. My worst critic, honestly. He encouraged me, when I did well

:09:18. > :09:26.he praised me, on the other hand if I had a bad game I would know about

:09:26. > :09:31.it. That's probably why I'm where I'm at today, to be honest. We sent

:09:31. > :09:35.her to the girls' team when she was 11, then Bentley Community. When

:09:35. > :09:40.she moved to Everton, we had to drive up two, three times a week

:09:40. > :09:46.the train which was never a problem. Had to lose a few hours from work.

:09:47. > :09:53.Petrol money! There's more important things than work. We have

:09:53. > :09:58.been abroad. Went to Norway, France, China. Germany. We have done a few

:09:58. > :10:02.little away games, but having two daughters, we have to find a

:10:02. > :10:07.balance somewhere. I always look out for him during the warm-up.

:10:07. > :10:11.It's great that they support me how they do. This is where Rach learned

:10:11. > :10:17.to kick a ball for the first time with the lads. She was about seven

:10:17. > :10:22.or eight I presume when you used to play with the lads. If this hadn't

:10:23. > :10:26.have been here, I might not be here today. Along with my dad who I used

:10:27. > :10:32.to come on the field with and play football with, the lads in the

:10:32. > :10:37.street, I think this is probably another reason why I chose football.

:10:37. > :10:41.I first realised probably when I was maybe 15, 16, which is quite

:10:41. > :10:47.late on. I was at Wolves ladies at the time and had a trial for

:10:47. > :10:51.England under 18s. I think that's when it all started for me. Before

:10:51. > :10:56.that, it was total enjoyment. love to represent your country at

:10:56. > :11:00.anything, but to be an England international with 100 caps is

:11:00. > :11:07.phenomenal at any level. When I joined England under 1s, when I

:11:07. > :11:11.kind of took it more seriously then. That's when I wanted to play for

:11:11. > :11:18.the seniors. I wanted to win silverware and play World Cups and

:11:18. > :11:22.European Championships. -- under 18s.

:11:22. > :11:26.Rachel Unitts and her father Terry there. I've seen Terry around the

:11:26. > :11:30.place and plenty of parents, brothers, sisters, all over the

:11:30. > :11:33.world, including the China World Cup in 2007. How important is it to

:11:33. > :11:37.you all as players to have that kind of support network? Without a

:11:37. > :11:41.doubt. My mum and dad have support med all the way through and it

:11:41. > :11:44.helps. It's so nice to have them. My mum's here today so it's lovely

:11:44. > :11:48.to have that support. I think any player will say that and we are

:11:48. > :11:52.obviously grateful for them taxiing us round and things when we were

:11:52. > :11:56.younger. It's really nice. Saw a glimpse of your mum earlier. Yes,

:11:56. > :11:59.she was falling asleep someone said. I don't blame her after the first

:11:59. > :12:03.half frankly, but it will get better! Faye, you are close to your

:12:03. > :12:09.brother as well, he watches you at matches. How important is it to you

:12:09. > :12:13.to have them around? My parents as well. They allowed me to get to the

:12:13. > :12:20.sport by ferrying me to training and watching me. My brother is one

:12:20. > :12:26.of my biggest fans, he came to China and my mum and dad did. The

:12:26. > :12:30.families get into a real knit, staying in the same hotels. They

:12:30. > :12:35.cause more trouble than the players. Your brother and family are all

:12:35. > :12:40.Spurs fans and you play for Arsenal so they've done well to support you.

:12:40. > :12:44.England are on the back foot for the first nervey half. They had a

:12:44. > :12:49.couple of chances though? It was a bit nervous and we need our forward

:12:49. > :12:54.players to get on to it here. The likes of Rachel Yankey who's played

:12:54. > :12:59.the ball inside and Kaz Carney is a great technician. Looks over her

:12:59. > :13:03.shoulder, sees the gap and looks up. That's not a bad shot. It's dipping

:13:03. > :13:06.right at the end. I don't think there will be many times when she

:13:06. > :13:13.gets that much space without being closed down. This was probably one

:13:13. > :13:22.of the better chances. The touch takes her a bit weeder there for

:13:22. > :13:27.Aluko. She's been one of the better players. Yes, she has. She's seen

:13:27. > :13:33.more of it than it has on the left side. Steph has a lot of the ball

:13:33. > :13:39.from the keeper. We need Rachel to come and find the ball, often like

:13:40. > :13:45.Carney will do when she's playing. They can just interchange positions

:13:45. > :13:50.somaybe Rachel on the right, Enn y on the right and put Holland's

:13:50. > :13:53.defence on the back foot. Playing quicker on the back as well because

:13:53. > :14:01.they are happy to sit back and let us play midfield. If the players at

:14:01. > :14:07.the back get it, they have to be quicker, rather than let it be a

:14:07. > :14:11.long ball. Fara Williams has been centre half. She's usually a

:14:11. > :14:14.midfielder. Do you think that's affected her fitness levels? I do

:14:14. > :14:18.and she was concerned and getting frustrated playing at centre half

:14:18. > :14:22.for Everton. She's not getting on the ball as much as you would like.

:14:22. > :14:27.Her opposite player is seeing a lot of the ball. She's linking up well

:14:27. > :14:32.with Melis as well. So Fara needs to find some space, give it to her

:14:32. > :14:35.and she can feed the other players. It might well be that she gets to

:14:35. > :14:40.feed Ellen White because looks like she's coming on in the second half.

:14:40. > :14:45.Had a back injury of late. What do you make of the change? I think

:14:45. > :14:51.Ellen White's a great player, she can run in behind score goals and

:14:51. > :14:55.she's very experienced. With Williams coming off, I think that's,

:14:55. > :14:59.Rachel was isolated I felt and no fault of her own, and I wonder if

:14:59. > :15:03.Ellen maybe will start coming in and spwr changing. There was a

:15:03. > :15:08.couple of times when we were breaking and Rachel was running

:15:08. > :15:11.straight, she needed to be more clever with her runs. No-one's

:15:11. > :15:16.really got on the back shoulder of the defenders. Ellen works sohard

:15:16. > :15:21.for the team, closing down, running across the line. Fitness-wise, we

:15:21. > :15:31.hope she's OK but she's a fit young girl. I'm sure she'll work hard and

:15:31. > :15:32.

:15:32. > :15:42.worry about feeling tired after the difference she can make in the

:15:42. > :15:43.

:15:43. > :15:46.second half. Let's get back to Lucy painted at half-time but plenty of

:15:46. > :15:52.festivities for the young fans that the Salford City Stadium, as the

:15:52. > :15:56.Dutch to make their way out for the second half. As the ladies were

:15:56. > :16:00.saying, a change for England and a significant one? Rachel Williams

:16:00. > :16:02.seemed isolated up front but I do think the quality off the ball

:16:02. > :16:08.forward and the runs that were made from the forwards were not good

:16:08. > :16:13.enough, but Ellen White has proven she can score at this level and go

:16:13. > :16:18.would suspect the reason she didn't start is because of the back injury

:16:18. > :16:24.she has had, but Hope of this it feels she cannot go on and do 45

:16:24. > :16:31.minutes. -- obviously feels. We saw her score a spectacular goal in the

:16:31. > :16:37.World Cup 12 months ago against Japan. A no changes for the Dutch

:16:37. > :16:40.at half-time of. And just to remind you, if the Dutch win this game,

:16:40. > :16:45.they will have qualified for the European Championships for the game

:16:45. > :16:49.to spare. Three points for England and matters will be firmly in their

:16:49. > :16:53.own hands, with two games to play against a couple of the weaker

:16:53. > :16:58.sides in the group. And that has been a problem for both teams, they

:16:59. > :17:03.are both by far the best side so the group. Ellen White is on the

:17:03. > :17:07.ball straight away. Up towards the edge of the penalty area, that is

:17:07. > :17:12.the sort of endeavour we didn't see from the England front line in the

:17:12. > :17:18.first half. She did well and she will have made the Dutch have a

:17:18. > :17:22.little think. She closed it down, she got the ball and took her touch

:17:22. > :17:32.a little far, but the Dutch will be thinking it is a different

:17:32. > :17:53.

:17:53. > :17:57.in the opening minute or so of the second half than they showed for

:17:57. > :18:02.much of the opening 45 minutes. Clever play by Jill Scott to let

:18:02. > :18:06.the ball through her legs to Ellen White. The cross could have been a

:18:06. > :18:11.bit better, two players in the box, but I am sure they will have had

:18:11. > :18:14.some sort of telling off or a lot of stern instructions at half-time.

:18:14. > :18:24.We were predictable in the first half and we need to be more fluid

:18:24. > :18:27.

:18:27. > :18:34.than we had been. Aluko runs into their first attack since half-time.

:18:34. > :18:38.It was a good ball but slightly over hit for Manon Melis in the end.

:18:38. > :18:42.The Dutch are going to do similar to what they did in the first half,

:18:42. > :18:47.because it was quite successful. They dominated the game and asked

:18:47. > :18:53.questions of England. England are looking to maintain their run of 10

:18:53. > :18:57.consecutive home wins stretching back a couple of years. Some very

:18:57. > :19:01.formidable opponents in that run, including the United States and

:19:01. > :19:11.Sweden, in the build-up to last Sweden, in the build-up to last

:19:11. > :19:13.

:19:13. > :19:17.goal, but the flag is up for offside -- going for goal! What a

:19:17. > :19:22.goal that would have been. definitely drifted, you could see

:19:22. > :19:30.it as the ball was coming. It is one of the best goals she has never

:19:30. > :19:35.scored. But what a strike. I don't think the Loes Geurts with the flag

:19:35. > :19:40.was up. She definitely didn't, she went for it like it was a proper

:19:40. > :19:44.shot. What a great technique, similar to the World Cup last year.

:19:44. > :19:50.She was a bit further out of the World Cup but it was a similar

:19:50. > :20:00.delivery. It was almost be inspired substitution for Hope Powell. -- to

:20:00. > :20:05.

:20:05. > :20:15.some confidence. Why it is full of running. -- White. And all of a

:20:15. > :20:20.

:20:21. > :20:24.sudden, the Dutch back four have two players. It just shows you, a

:20:24. > :20:34.bit more quality going forward and you put that the opposition

:20:34. > :20:43.

:20:43. > :20:53.defenders under pressure, and that England at the start of the second

:20:53. > :21:02.

:21:02. > :21:12.Houghton seems to have picked -- shaken off the injury she picked up

:21:12. > :21:37.

:21:37. > :21:42.may see her at the right of your picture in a moment as she trots

:21:42. > :21:49.back towards position. I don't know whether she can Harrow ankle or

:21:49. > :21:56.something down that right-hand side in the challenge. -- she turned her

:21:56. > :22:01.ankle. She is heading towards the bench then this near side.

:22:01. > :22:06.Considering the injury she has had, she is desperate for every single

:22:06. > :22:10.mate and international football she can have. She broke her leg just

:22:10. > :22:13.above her ankle, so she is well aware of challenges and if she goes

:22:13. > :22:23.over Ahmed, but it looks as though she is getting back into her

:22:23. > :22:38.

:22:38. > :22:48.start to the second half here. -- need to. Aluko doing her defensive

:22:48. > :23:26.

:23:26. > :23:29.body in front, a little nudge on Ellen White, good defending. But

:23:29. > :23:34.she is a willing runner and it was great movement, making sure she was

:23:34. > :23:40.onside. She managed to get to it first, a little nudge but the

:23:40. > :23:47.referee wasn't having any of it. That slight frame can sometimes

:23:47. > :23:51.belied the power she brings to the game. The girls all laugh at her

:23:51. > :24:01.six back, well, not laugh, obviously, but she is more athletic.

:24:01. > :24:14.

:24:14. > :24:19.They are jealous, that his wife. -- be get the ball forward to Ellen

:24:19. > :24:22.White and very, very quickly. second balls, the Dutch are still

:24:22. > :24:27.picking them up in the middle. The England midfielder's are struggling

:24:27. > :24:37.to get on the ball. But it is a much better start to the second

:24:37. > :24:37.

:24:37. > :25:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 97 seconds

:25:27. > :25:33.opportunity, and that will be at might tire, due to a lack of first-

:25:33. > :25:43.team football. Step out of having to come inside, she is

:25:43. > :25:44.

:25:44. > :25:48.predominantly right-footed. -- right-footed player. She is capable

:25:48. > :25:53.with her left foot but that won't give her any confidence to use it.

:25:53. > :25:57.This is the goal, you can see Alan White just drifting offside, but

:25:57. > :26:02.everything about it was sumptuous. Great technique, she watched the

:26:03. > :26:12.ball all the way. Whether you are male or female, that is great

:26:13. > :26:20.

:26:20. > :26:23.see Rachel Yankey on the ball a bit more off -- England will want to.

:26:23. > :26:33.Just going at this full-backs and putting them under pressure, trying

:26:33. > :27:00.

:27:00. > :27:07.to get a ball in. Plenty of White a little stretched as we approach

:27:07. > :27:17.the hour mark. A little bit. It was a quick break, it was unlucky for

:27:17. > :27:44.

:27:44. > :27:48.Alan White, she couldn't get away. It was Martens back their

:27:48. > :27:58.defending, and from the Dutch. Of view, it is a good job -- back

:27:58. > :28:04.wasn't too far away. It is an excellent opportunity for Aluko,

:28:04. > :28:07.just wide. Like I said before, from the set piece, Jill Scott did read

:28:07. > :28:15.it well to hook the ball around the corner and great vision -- really

:28:15. > :28:19.well. More promise shown and the Dutch will be looking at it now and

:28:19. > :28:22.feeling that England have the momentum. Aluko has been a

:28:22. > :28:32.peripheral figure throughout this campaign but she is making her.

:28:32. > :28:50.

:28:50. > :28:55.Here today. -- making her. Here support when she has moved forward

:28:55. > :29:02.and again, she goes back. I do think she has been England's

:29:02. > :29:08.brightest spark, though, she is full of invention. A good player.

:29:08. > :29:16.And it looks like Anita Asante is about to come on for England. Just

:29:16. > :29:26.going through the tactics. Either that or she is playing cap and

:29:26. > :29:27.

:29:27. > :29:32.It is the hi-tech way of going through the tactics these days.

:29:32. > :29:36.Maybe they are playing something, I am not sure. Anita Asante is a

:29:36. > :29:39.experienced player, probably the most difficult centre half I have

:29:39. > :29:49.played against in the women's Premier League, so she will fit in

:29:49. > :30:06.

:30:06. > :30:15.the edge in height and are looking target and it's a teaser for the

:30:16. > :30:23.keeper but that ball can drift over. Probably not the ball that Carney

:30:23. > :30:33.meant, probably should have been more driven. Just over the keeper's

:30:33. > :30:35.

:30:35. > :30:40.bar. Houghton was worrying whether she was going to have a challenge.

:30:40. > :30:48.The Dutch had been careless at the start of the second half. England

:30:48. > :30:58.have it back again. Far more zip about the play from Hope Powell's

:30:58. > :31:30.

:31:30. > :31:37.whole back four have to be careful back foot since virtually the start

:31:37. > :31:41.of the second half and need to maintain that intensity.

:31:42. > :31:45.momentum of the game is shifting. It's important, we have seen from

:31:45. > :31:48.the men's Euros that you have got to score when you're on top. The

:31:48. > :31:55.Dutch haven't done that in the first half and let's see if England

:31:55. > :32:02.can when they're on top. Aluko the target there. Houghton was

:32:02. > :32:12.supporting the attack. Here is Fara Williams. Alex Scott. Koster with

:32:12. > :32:18.the clearance. Williams appeals for handball. Hoogendijk goes down

:32:18. > :32:21.clutching her face. This is a really good chance for England.

:32:22. > :32:26.That's harsh. Probably a case of ball to hand, seeing as though the

:32:26. > :32:32.ball was travelling at about 100mph. For England, this is a great

:32:32. > :32:37.opportunity. Not sure Hoogendijk knows where she is at the moment.

:32:37. > :32:44.Maybe it was a case of ball on to hand on to face there. Yes, I think

:32:44. > :32:49.it just shocked her. She's had a free kick given against her.

:32:49. > :32:59.England won't be complaining. Casey Stoney leading a committee over the

:32:59. > :33:04.ball at the moment. Also some repairs for Jill Scott for England.

:33:04. > :33:09.Ten yards away, referee, surely. The difference in this game could

:33:09. > :33:16.be a set piece and that's how important situations like this are.

:33:16. > :33:24.Yankey. Also Williams over the ball here for England. In such a tight

:33:24. > :33:34.game, moments like this could be crucial. It's Williams. Into the

:33:34. > :33:41.wall. Yankey. Still a poor clearing. Houghton tries to keep the move

:33:41. > :33:45.going. Not for if first time, Koster clears for the Dutch.

:33:45. > :33:51.England have not really made the most of their set pieces so far.

:33:51. > :33:55.But I can see the idea Fara was expecting the wall to jump and was

:33:55. > :34:02.going to curl it in low which is the right way to do it, she just

:34:02. > :34:12.didn't get the connection she want and it hit the wall anyway.

:34:12. > :34:15.

:34:15. > :34:19.England still waiting to make their wonder if it was Steph Houghton who

:34:19. > :34:25.was the intended player to bring off but she's OK again now? Maybe

:34:25. > :34:31.they are monitoring Steph. Well won by Fara Williams. Alex Scott in

:34:31. > :34:41.support and here is Aluko. White can't fatten on to the ball.

:34:41. > :34:42.

:34:42. > :34:46.Anywhere will do for the Dutch at the moment. -- can't fasten on to

:34:46. > :34:52.the ball. Yankey. Carney has room to turn. Finds Williams. Into the

:34:52. > :34:59.area for Houghton. Tries to go all the way but runs out of room. The

:34:59. > :35:04.Dutch got lucky there. Good interchanging of passes and good

:35:04. > :35:09.build-up for Yankey and Williams. Houghton's offside but she just

:35:09. > :35:12.overran the ball. She's done extremely well, the Dutch centre

:35:12. > :35:20.half Captain. Something for the English support to get excited

:35:20. > :35:30.about. Hope Powell more animated at the start of the second half as

:35:30. > :35:42.

:35:42. > :35:47.in the second half. I think they've realised that they have to make the

:35:47. > :35:51.play here and make the game and that's what they're doing.

:35:51. > :35:55.Absolutely. They've got to go for it. Hope if told the girls at half

:35:55. > :35:57.time, if they can get the three points here, if everything goes to

:35:58. > :36:02.plan, thairl get through to the Championships. It's key and

:36:02. > :36:07.important. The nerves are gone now so they're just going for it.

:36:07. > :36:10.think England thought the free kick went their way there but it was

:36:10. > :36:14.Jill Scott's challenge on Melis. The ref did point as if it was

:36:14. > :36:20.England's free kick but she's smiling, she always smiles, gives

:36:20. > :36:26.bad decisions and smiles at the same time. Always helps. The Dutch

:36:26. > :36:33.not helping themselves there though. Back towards the keeper. It shows

:36:33. > :36:38.that you put defenders under pressure. They were defending well.

:36:38. > :36:43.You can see the difference now. Spitse looking to lead a break away

:36:43. > :36:53.for Holland. At the moment, England are first to every second ball.

:36:53. > :37:01.

:37:01. > :37:05.Melis is on the break away. She showed far too much of that to

:37:05. > :37:11.Bradley who could shepherd it back to Rachel Brown. Melis thought

:37:11. > :37:21.she'd have the beating of Sophie Bradley. She kept up with her.

:37:21. > :37:24.

:37:24. > :37:29.Brown scoops it up. Second opportunity for Jill Scott. Free

:37:29. > :37:39.kick. A lot more to be concerned about for Roger Reijners in the

:37:39. > :37:43.

:37:43. > :37:49.second half. Good vision from Carney. Alex Scott. Williams wins

:37:49. > :37:55.the free kick. Koster not happy. Here is another free kick

:37:55. > :37:59.foreEngland and it's about time they capitalised. A great cross.

:37:59. > :38:07.Williams was trying to step over the ball and in the end she got...

:38:07. > :38:13.Taken quickly and it's into the net and the referee has given the goal!

:38:13. > :38:19.Rachel Yankey with the goal. Quick thinking and England have got the

:38:19. > :38:22.goal they needed. Definitely quick thinking. The

:38:22. > :38:25.England players were asked by theeveree do you want ten yards,

:38:25. > :38:28.are you all right, and as soon as that happens you can have a go and

:38:29. > :38:32.I've seen this happen in the cull final, you know, and the referee is

:38:32. > :38:37.speaking to the attacking players. A great finish by Rachel Yankey.

:38:37. > :38:47.She used her head and England have got the goal they were desperately

:38:47. > :38:50.

:38:50. > :38:53.searching for. It's great for England. If I was a Dutch player, I

:38:53. > :38:57.wouldn't be happy, but you have got to have somebody stood on the ball

:38:57. > :39:02.and make sure it doesn't happen and have the ref push you away. A poor

:39:02. > :39:07.goal to concede. A great free kick. It would have troubled Geurts had

:39:07. > :39:13.it been in normal play, if you like. That's why Rachel Yankey's in the

:39:13. > :39:17.side, that sort of experience and that sort of know-how. But the

:39:17. > :39:26.Dutch looking for a quick response here. Hoogendijk inside the area.

:39:26. > :39:30.Oh! England saved by the woodwork. And it's Yankey with the clearance.

:39:30. > :39:36.Someone's switched this game on now! Great counter attacking from

:39:36. > :39:42.the Dutch. It was nearly in then. Great reaction from Sophie Bradley

:39:42. > :39:52.to clear it. Now need some luck in any qualification tournament. Maybe

:39:52. > :39:53.

:39:53. > :39:57.England have had a slice of it there. Just need things to calm

:39:58. > :40:02.down now. England need to maintain back into shape. See this again

:40:02. > :40:07.from the Dutch. Great play out wide. Looked like that was a cross but

:40:07. > :40:12.she skewed it a bit. Good reaction from Sophie Bradley. Two pieces of

:40:12. > :40:16.luck. Bit of luck for the goal, bit of luck for the Holland attack

:40:16. > :40:26.straight after. England looking to finish the game off now. Ellen

:40:26. > :40:29.

:40:29. > :40:39.White. Alex Scott to her right. Scott's ball cleared by Koster.

:40:39. > :40:39.

:40:39. > :40:49.Carney. Nicely done. Aluko. Carney must be off side. She knew it.

:40:49. > :40:51.

:40:52. > :41:01.Aluko didn't and it's a free kick. Let's have another look at the goal.

:41:02. > :41:05.

:41:05. > :41:10.There's hope Powell speaking to all that matters. For the majority

:41:10. > :41:17.of the people in this stadium. Let's hope they can keep the lead

:41:17. > :41:21.and maybe build on it. Bito. It's a reward for England. They've looked

:41:21. > :41:29.far more like it in the second half, although there's a miskick from

:41:30. > :41:39.Bradley. Heuver. Good challenge from Jill Scott.

:41:40. > :42:19.

:42:19. > :42:23.1-0, I'm sure the Dutch will have plenty to say after the game.

:42:23. > :42:31.Didn't seem to say much to the ref when the free kick went in. I think

:42:31. > :42:38.they were in shock. As we all were. I think they want a win or at least

:42:38. > :42:48.a draw. A change of tactics and personnel maybe. Marije Brummel who

:42:48. > :43:10.

:43:10. > :43:17.we saw there about to come on for England are approaching the final

:43:17. > :43:22.20 minutes with a precious lead. they can keep it then they've won

:43:22. > :43:26.this game. The Dutch have not offered too much in the second half.

:43:26. > :43:32.No. They did well. Two substitutions now. The two number

:43:32. > :43:38.12s are coming on, Asante for England. And Brummel of Holland.

:43:38. > :43:43.But here is the goal. Let's look again. Yankey clearly had one thing

:43:43. > :43:48.on her mind. She said something to the referee. You can see her asking

:43:48. > :43:50.the referee can I take it, can I take it. The whistle wasn't blown

:43:50. > :43:54.clearly. I think you can ask the attacking team do you want ten

:43:54. > :43:58.yards and a whistle and she didn't. She kept asking her so obviously

:43:58. > :44:02.that's what Rachel Yankey had in mind. Clever thinking and it's got

:44:02. > :44:07.England 1-0 up. The change has been made. Carney coming off and Asante

:44:07. > :44:15.coming on, so clearly that is a defensive change and for the Dutch

:44:15. > :44:20.as well, Brummel coming on to replace Heuver. Anita Asante, a bit

:44:20. > :44:27.of steal in the midfield three. Karen Carney will count herself

:44:27. > :44:31.unlucky because she's been a bright spark. Anita Asante's come on.

:44:31. > :44:41.Another free kick for England. This time the Dutch have somebody on the

:44:41. > :44:44.

:44:44. > :44:52.this far-out, but you never know. It has not been a good week for

:44:52. > :45:02.Dutch football, men or women. Their men's team played Portugal tonight

:45:02. > :45:06.

:45:06. > :45:11.in Euro 2012, with their hopes on deflected and in the end, the

:45:12. > :45:21.referee has given a free kick to Holland. Anouk Hoogendijk with the

:45:22. > :45:22.

:45:22. > :45:32.touch over the crossbar. Casey Stoney on the toe. She barges her

:45:32. > :45:32.

:45:32. > :45:37.and the referee looked in favour of the Dutch team. Sylvinho Smit

:45:37. > :45:45.coming on a for the Dutch. Definitely a straight swap --

:45:45. > :45:51.Switch. It is like for like. England team were anticipating that

:45:51. > :46:01.she would play in this game after watching the training session jet -

:46:01. > :46:01.

:46:01. > :46:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 97 seconds

:46:50. > :46:54.bit deeper the closer we get to of the England team throughout the

:46:54. > :46:59.game today. It is a question now of keeping their fit best for the

:46:59. > :47:03.final 15 minutes. They will definitely be fit enough, it is

:47:03. > :47:13.something they have mastered. second goal would make life a whole

:47:13. > :47:28.

:47:28. > :47:33.right-footed and playing on the left, that his wife. Just not the

:47:33. > :47:41.strike for through, curling it to the bottom corner would be better.

:47:41. > :47:47.Brummel, who has just come on, is the player who is down for Holland.

:47:47. > :47:57.She looks in some pain, I didn't see the challenge in the build-up

:47:57. > :48:04.

:48:04. > :48:10.she makes her way off. Trying to challenge Aluko. I don't know if

:48:10. > :48:20.she got eight stirred up on her foot, a bit painful with a thin but

:48:20. > :48:24.

:48:24. > :48:33.stay where these days -- with the thin Bude stay where these days. --

:48:33. > :48:37.win that, although it doesn't put them into the European

:48:37. > :48:45.Championships, it would make them strong favourites to win this group.

:48:45. > :48:50.Italy sealed their place yesterday and... Holland come forward. It is

:48:50. > :49:00.a good ball in, a man on Mellor's with the header, and a brown hat to

:49:00. > :49:02.

:49:02. > :49:05.scamper to make the save. -- Manon and it would have been in the

:49:05. > :49:15.bottom corner, now dead, but couldn't generate the power from

:49:15. > :49:21.

:49:21. > :49:25.Dutch have conceded in this qualifying campaign, but they will

:49:25. > :49:30.also know that England have not conceded a goal since their opening

:49:30. > :49:34.match, when they threw away a two- goal lead to draw in Serbia. So it

:49:35. > :49:39.won't be easy for them to get back into this game. It was always going

:49:39. > :49:45.to be tough between these two teams. It may come down to the results

:49:45. > :49:49.against each other, you have got to beat the lesser teams. Automatic,

:49:49. > :49:55.it may come down to one piece of quick thinking from Rachel Yankey -

:49:55. > :50:05.- ultimately. Let's hope so, they have done enough to get this goal

:50:05. > :50:09.

:50:09. > :50:19.in the second half, now it is about the way England have performed in

:50:19. > :50:24.

:50:24. > :50:28.given. It has got to be a foul, surely. Sophie Bradley helps it

:50:28. > :50:38.back towards Brown. The referee was unsighted, but she has to get help

:50:38. > :50:48.

:50:48. > :50:58.Salford City Stadium, a different sort to the one we had in the first

:50:58. > :51:04.

:51:04. > :51:09.of, because England now know they you could see Fara Williams working

:51:09. > :51:19.away across the pitch after she won out, but it fell to Aluko. It was a

:51:19. > :51:27.

:51:27. > :51:32.good strike but good defending second half, and she applauds the

:51:32. > :51:36.ball, but the rest of the team can applaud her work ethic. She keeps

:51:36. > :51:46.both centre halves busy and that is what she has done, she is physical

:51:46. > :52:07.

:52:07. > :52:17.Martin to have gone down -- has gone down, but England have the

:52:17. > :52:34.

:52:34. > :52:44.keeper, but after what she did earlier from the corner... Time is

:52:44. > :52:52.

:52:52. > :52:57.just beginning to run out there for lot way. It makes you wonder if she

:52:57. > :53:02.had gone down under the challenge, she would have got something.

:53:02. > :53:06.can see Rachel Yankey asking the referee is she can take it. And she

:53:06. > :53:14.did eventually. Clearly, the referee said yes, because the goal

:53:14. > :53:24.stood. Rachel Yankey's 19th international goal in her 118 for

:53:24. > :53:30.

:53:30. > :53:38.always tense to referee the big games, it's with an aunt involved -

:53:38. > :53:42.- tense to. She made a big decision there. Her that is the way it goes.

:53:42. > :53:45.The referee answers the questions of the attacking team and Rachel

:53:45. > :53:55.Yankey of this the asked two or three times, to make sure she

:53:55. > :53:55.

:53:55. > :54:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 97 seconds

:54:52. > :55:00.didn't wasted. And she didn't. -- enough to find Manon Melis.

:55:00. > :55:03.back four of England seemed assured. In the at the end of the day,

:55:03. > :55:06.England have to win this game and what other way they did, they will

:55:06. > :55:11.be happy with it. I don't think they will be particularly happy

:55:11. > :55:18.with the performance, but their lead, they will. It is all about

:55:18. > :55:28.finding a way and that the moment, England are doing it. -- at the

:55:28. > :55:30.

:55:30. > :55:35.their penultimate qualifier on Thursday, and then they play the

:55:35. > :55:40.weakest side in the group, Croatia, in September, and we would hope

:55:40. > :55:46.that would be the night they can clinch their place automatically at

:55:46. > :55:56.the European Championships. One final throw of the dice short

:55:56. > :56:08.

:56:08. > :56:14.before the Dutch. Stentler was just what England need. And van den

:56:14. > :56:18.Berg is about to come off. The two centre halves for England, the play

:56:18. > :56:28.has been in front of them in the second half and they have been able

:56:28. > :56:48.

:56:48. > :56:55.at. A great crossfield ball from Steph Houghton. A finding a bit a

:56:55. > :57:03.space and striking it. She has had a better second half, Rachel Yankey.

:57:03. > :57:08.Van den Berg makes way for Stentler, who plays her football for Den Haag.

:57:08. > :57:13.It is a straight swap. I think Koster is throwing herself up front,

:57:13. > :57:23.the centre half captain. She was the target there for the long ball.

:57:23. > :57:28.She has been sent forward as the find her goalkeeper, who just about

:57:29. > :57:38.deals with it. A baptism of fire into the game there, but well dealt

:57:39. > :57:42.

:57:42. > :57:48.herself about and occupy the centre halves and maybe shake the ball

:57:48. > :57:52.loose for one of the quicker forwards who can score. And England

:57:52. > :58:02.have played so much better in the second half, but they cannot take

:58:02. > :58:29.

:58:29. > :58:33.places at the European finals, that was yesterday. England are moving

:58:33. > :58:38.closer to going a long way towards the finals here. But that is a free

:58:38. > :58:44.kick, Jill Scott with the challenge. They have just got to be careful

:58:44. > :58:49.and defend this set piece well. Make sure they are the first to it.

:58:50. > :58:54.Aluko is going to stand on the ball, wherever that is. Not taking any

:58:54. > :59:04.chances after what happened with the goal. She is lining the wall up

:59:04. > :59:25.

:59:25. > :59:30.and Fara Williams has stood on the waste. It is a waste, they were

:59:30. > :59:34.overloaded on that side and in that only had three defenders. --

:59:34. > :59:44.England only had. You have to be cleverer with you set pieces than

:59:44. > :59:48.

:59:48. > :59:52.play-offs is that Scotland look as though they are going to finish

:59:52. > :59:56.second in their group, which also includes Wales and the Republic of

:59:56. > :00:01.Ireland. The French are clear favourites to qualify automatically,

:00:01. > :00:06.and Scotland, with Kim little of Arsenal leading their attack, she

:00:06. > :00:16.got a hat-trick yesterday, it will be 18 England will be keen to avoid

:00:16. > :00:20.

:00:20. > :00:25.Just can't let down, that is the message. Yes, no need to take this

:00:25. > :00:35.quick. Let Holland get back and get into shape. Only a couple of

:00:35. > :00:43.

:00:43. > :00:49.bit lucky with Bito's clearance. England have Holland where they

:00:49. > :00:58.want them. Deep inside their own half. Williams. Looking to win the

:00:58. > :01:08.free kick, but Spitse comes away with the ball. Solid defensive

:01:08. > :01:10.

:01:10. > :01:20.header from Stoney. Can't score from where that header ended up.

:01:20. > :01:20.

:01:20. > :01:25.Koster look to make a nuisance of herself. Asante. Hoogendijk forward

:01:25. > :01:30.towards Melis. She's done very little in the second half, apart

:01:30. > :01:40.from watch long balls go forward and shoot wildly off target. And

:01:40. > :01:46.very soon, all eyes will be on the fourth official. I think it would

:01:46. > :01:50.have made her more quiet this half. They'll be happy with where she's

:01:50. > :02:00.shooting from, a long way out. England edging closer and closer

:02:00. > :02:01.

:02:01. > :02:11.here. There'll be three minutes of added time. White looking to finish

:02:11. > :02:22.

:02:22. > :02:32.things off. But Stentler with the challenge. Asante only finds van

:02:32. > :02:34.

:02:34. > :02:40.den Berg. Asante. Stoney does well. Captain on

:02:40. > :02:46.Captain against Koster there. Anywhere will do from the Captain.

:02:46. > :02:49.And that was at the second time of asking. Anita Asante's

:02:49. > :02:54.introduction's calmed that field down. Has a bit of steel and

:02:54. > :02:59.defends very, very well. She wins the ball back. Plays her club

:02:59. > :03:09.football now in Gothenburg. As things stand, England could be

:03:09. > :03:20.

:03:20. > :03:25.joining her in Sweden next summer. virtually kicking every ball at the

:03:25. > :03:35.moment. She's got a microphone on her. It's all very close to her

:03:35. > :03:54.

:03:54. > :03:58.flag's up for off side though. One minute to go. Had a good game,

:03:58. > :04:01.Eniola Aluko. Worked hard, created opportunities for herself and

:04:02. > :04:06.others and done really, really well. She came into this game with a real

:04:06. > :04:10.point to prove after a disappointing World Cup. She has

:04:10. > :04:12.worked extremely hard. She's a good player, very experienced. She's

:04:12. > :04:16.played out in the States professionally and you have to be

:04:16. > :04:25.top quality to do that. She's brought all that experience back in

:04:25. > :04:33.here. Hoogendijk heads it forward for the Dutch. One last chance

:04:33. > :04:43.maybe for them. Bito. Asante. Strong play. Assured play just when

:04:43. > :04:50.

:04:50. > :04:55.it was needed. Aluko. And Asante getting it where it hurts again.

:04:55. > :05:05.England now seconds away. Share ago joke with the referee. The referee

:05:05. > :05:20.

:05:20. > :05:25.Come on, blow your whistle. Houghton throws long. Bito.

:05:25. > :05:29.Williams gives the ball away. And one final chance for the Dutch. The

:05:29. > :05:35.shot driven in by Spitse and Rachel Brown was right behind it. And

:05:35. > :05:37.that's it. England have done what they had to do. A crucial victory,

:05:37. > :05:41.Rachel Yankey with the only goal and it's a goal which will be

:05:41. > :05:48.talked about for some time. But England here can celebrate the win

:05:48. > :05:54.which has put them in poll position to win Group six andialify for the

:05:54. > :05:57.European Championships. They've beaten Holland 1-0 -- Group Six and

:05:57. > :06:01.qualify for the European Championships. Huge relief for Hope

:06:01. > :06:03.Powell and the back room staff. All that mattered to England tonight

:06:04. > :06:07.was that they won this match. The performance frankly wasn't

:06:07. > :06:11.important because that is what it means, that victory means England

:06:11. > :06:15.are now just two points behind the Dutch with two games remaining, the

:06:15. > :06:18.Dutch have just one game remaining. So regardless of what happens to

:06:18. > :06:22.the Netherlands on Wednesday when they play away in Serbia, England

:06:22. > :06:28.know that if they beat Slovenia away on Thursday and then Croatia

:06:28. > :06:36.in the live match on the BBC in September, then they will be top of

:06:36. > :06:43.the group and they'll be at Euro 2013 in Sweden next year.

:06:43. > :06:48.That's what it means. Rachel Brown all smiles. Steph had a great game

:06:48. > :06:52.as well. Rachel Yankey, the girl who scored the all-important goal.

:06:52. > :07:02.Everybody absolutely delighted and also I would suggest, relieved.

:07:02. > :07:03.

:07:03. > :07:06.Absolutely vital victory. Now, Faye and Sue, phew, huge sigh of relief.

:07:06. > :07:09.What was the difference in the second half? At the first, it was a

:07:09. > :07:13.cagey game and England were not the better side. What was the

:07:13. > :07:16.difference or who? Ellen come on and injected pace, scored a great

:07:16. > :07:20.goal but was off side. You wouldn't think she's been out for over a

:07:20. > :07:23.month. I think it was just more the midfield were getting on the ball.

:07:23. > :07:26.Fara got hold of the ball more and was pushing forward. I think Hope's

:07:27. > :07:32.gone in there and really told them that they need to perform otherwise

:07:32. > :07:36.they are going to make hard work for themselvess to get to Sweden.

:07:36. > :07:40.The midfield come into it so much more and started to dominate the

:07:40. > :07:44.game and they've picked up the second half fighting and moving and

:07:44. > :07:49.just basically picking up the ball a lot quicker and working harder

:07:49. > :07:55.for each other to find the passes. I think for me, they just relaxed.

:07:55. > :07:59.That's what we need to dop we seemed so under pressure in the

:07:59. > :08:02.first half that we were forcing things, then the play makers made

:08:02. > :08:08.things happen. I think Ellen White did fantastic, closed defenders

:08:08. > :08:14.down and made things happen. She made them make mistakes and I think

:08:14. > :08:20.that shot she did early on was fantastic. She's willing to work

:08:20. > :08:25.hard and make intelligent runs. It just makes the defenders think

:08:25. > :08:29.twice. She certainly lifted things. The one person that got the crowd

:08:29. > :08:35.going was Rachel Yankey because her goal won it for England. A free

:08:35. > :08:40.kick, a foul on Fara Williams and you can sigh the Captain

:08:40. > :08:44.remonstrating with the referee, but already in Rachel Yankey's mind,

:08:44. > :08:48.she's thinking, I want to take it. She had a word with the referee,

:08:48. > :08:53.gets the nod and she's thinking, as soon as Elle listen White's out of

:08:53. > :08:57.the way I'm going to take it. me this is clever, experience to

:08:57. > :09:00.the utmost. That's all in her head and whether the fact that Kaz

:09:00. > :09:03.Carney scored one in the final in her mind, but it was clever, she

:09:03. > :09:08.spoke to the ref and you can see she touches the ref just before as

:09:08. > :09:12.if to say, can I take this quickly. I think as well Karen tried it in

:09:12. > :09:16.the first half, it didn't come off and Rachel's probably thought if I

:09:16. > :09:20.ask the ref again she will allow us. Seeing the keeper on the post

:09:20. > :09:23.lining the wall up is perfect. You need experienced players to grab

:09:23. > :09:32.hold of the game and make something happen and she's done that. All

:09:32. > :09:39.credit to her, she's joining us now. Karen Carney took one in the FA Cup

:09:39. > :09:42.Final as well. Rachel Yankey is standing right next to me.

:09:42. > :09:47.Congratulations. I'm trying to work out who's sweating more. Just about

:09:47. > :09:52.you! Yes, sorry. Congratulations on the goal. Talk us through it,

:09:52. > :09:55.because there was some controversy with the ref. I asked her probably

:09:55. > :10:00.about three times and she just smiled at me, she was just looking

:10:00. > :10:03.at me and I was like, is that a yes and she went like that, so I guess

:10:03. > :10:07.that was the go-ahead. It was always in your mind straightaway if

:10:07. > :10:11.you want to have a look tonne monitor, as soon as FAry Williams

:10:11. > :10:18.is fouled you are thinking, what are you thinking? I thought, let me

:10:18. > :10:25.have it because she hit the wall last time. -- Fara Williams. I was

:10:25. > :10:29.asking her there, so I just thought about it. We tried it against

:10:29. > :10:34.Chelsea and we didn't quite score so it's always on our minds now so

:10:34. > :10:38.to get this one was great. The fact that Carney scored one in the Cup

:10:38. > :10:42.Final, did that give you an incentive? No, I think she was

:10:42. > :10:46.watching me. No, of course, it's something we want to practise at.

:10:46. > :10:49.If you are off guard, you can get the advantage. What was it like for

:10:50. > :10:53.you being out there tonight? Looked very tense in the first half. All

:10:53. > :10:58.the talk before the game was about it being a must-win. Did you feel

:10:58. > :11:01.the tension? It was a bit. We'd been working on defending this week

:11:01. > :11:06.and not letting them break us down and then going out on attack and

:11:06. > :11:10.getting goals but really making sure they don't score, so it's

:11:10. > :11:14.positive for us to come here and we are happy with a 1-0 win so it's

:11:14. > :11:17.good. In termss of the next two games in your mind purely two

:11:17. > :11:20.victories, you are not going to worry too much about what the Dutch

:11:20. > :11:25.do on Wednesday? No, no, no, we have to think about ourselves and

:11:25. > :11:30.we have to win convincingly. The next games we'll be looking for

:11:30. > :11:36.performances and to play a lot better than we did today. We found

:11:36. > :11:40.it difficult to pass right. We got the win and three points now we

:11:40. > :11:48.need three points in the next performance. Thank you so much.

:11:48. > :11:52.You've done the job tonight! Faye and Sue, what do you think will be

:11:52. > :11:56.in England's players' minds now ahead of the game on Thursday

:11:56. > :11:58.night? Will they pay much attention to what the Dutch do? They're

:11:58. > :12:02.fortunate that they played the night before so they'll know what

:12:02. > :12:07.they've got to do, but irrespective of that, it's Slovenia away, not

:12:07. > :12:10.nice to travel away to somewhere like that and then Croatia, but we

:12:10. > :12:15.are by far the better team and should expect to get the three

:12:15. > :12:17.points. You never know what's going to happen in the first game of the

:12:17. > :12:22.campaign. We drew to Serbia then. I'm sure the team and Hope will

:12:22. > :12:26.learn from that and they have said that in the programme earlier. They

:12:26. > :12:30.won't take their foot off the pedal and change the team around too much.

:12:30. > :12:34.Faye and Sue, thank you so much for this evening. Before we go, just

:12:34. > :12:44.time to remind you of the next live football action on the BBC which

:12:44. > :13:19.

:13:19. > :13:24.# To party Croatia v Spain and Ireland v Italy

:13:24. > :13:30.tomorrow night on the BBC. Well, that's all from Salford tonight.