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believe. For all of those girls taking up full all, to win a

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trophy... There is no point entering a tournament if you do not believe.

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We need to fight for each other and show how much it means. It is the

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only medal I have got, a silver medal. It is a proud medal, but it

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is not gold. It is a dream, but hopefully, it might come true.

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The waiting is almost over, England finally get the chance to show what

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they can do. In half an hour, they kick-off against Spain. On the edge

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of their seats, and England international trio. This is

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England's first major tournament since your retirement, are you OK

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sitting over there? Not really! This is great, but nothing compares to

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putting on an England shirt. I had mixed emotions this morning, a bit

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of nerves, excitement, loving the preparations, what they have been

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going through. The match day routine. It is the proudest moment

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you can ever have, to represent your country in a major tournament. You

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know that it will help to make so many people proud and to move our

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sport on to a new level. Visual instinct telling you? I think it

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will be entertaining, I like the way Spain play, nice passing,

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technically very good, every player is comfortable, and England can mix

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it up, they can do both, they can also be direct and powerful. The

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onus is on England to take the game to Spain. What are you looking for

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from this England side? First and foremost, they have got to put a

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message out to the rest of the tournament. The players should put

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on a good show, we have seen what fans have done earlier on in the

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day. That was them stamping their authority. England have got to do

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the same. They have got the players, they have got to get off to

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a quick start. Yes, the action has already started, France were the

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pretournament favourites to win the group, and they played Russia. They

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won 3-1, the first team to record a victory in this tournament. Russia

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scored with their only shot on target. We will have the highlights

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later. Now, let's head straight over to the new arena, where England will

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play all three of their group games. We have the team news.

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As you can probably see, squad members warming up on the pitch. I

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have just been handed the team. Laura Bassett is in for Sophie

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Bradley, as expected. Laura Bassett place for Birmingham City, she has

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nine caps for England. Very experienced, she has played at the

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World Cup, the European championship. It is two years since

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she has partnered Casey Stoney in central defence, so the partnership

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will come under close scrutiny tonight, not least because they have

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to mark one of the best players in European football, the Spanish

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captain, Robert Kerr bucket. I am not sure if she is still out there,

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Kelly Smith, she has been named number 22 in the squad. It is

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unlikely she will play tonight. Her name is on this list, it sends a

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message to the Spanish squad. No shocks, not to us, but the

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Spanish will see that Kelly Smith is not there, fitness has not been

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great, how much of a loss is she? She is a massive loss, we saw her

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warming up, which is positive. To have that player on the bench, she

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is what England need. It will be a boost for Spain. Laura Bassett,

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experience coming in, but she has not started in a major tournament.

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How will that affect the dynamic smack she is very experienced.

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has got nine competitive games. She came on as a substitute in 2009, but

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she has got a call, level-headed, a great character, and authoritative.

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Both Casey Stoney and Laura Bassett are good communicators, they like to

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talk. We are in safe hands. She has worked hard over a lot of years in

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that supportive role. For her to get a start and show what she can do, I

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am pleased, and I hope she does well. England usually have a settled

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back four, Casey Stoney and Sophie Bradley usually play together for

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Lincoln, with Karen Bardsley. How disruptive can it be, going into a

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massive game? It helps that she has got experience, she is not a junk

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player. You like to have communication between the back four

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and the goalkeeper. She will settle, because of her experience. She has

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done well at club level. That will help the guys in front of them, you

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have experience with Jill Scott, and if anything goes wrong, you can rely

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on the midfield players to help them out. These days, more women play

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football in England than men play rugby union. When the current crop

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of senior players were younger, most of them did not have the option to

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play in a girls team. Rachel Yankey cut off her fair and pretended to be

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a boy to get a game. Casey Stoney is another who has had to battle just

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mum struggled to find work in Essex. I remember her leaving the house in

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the early hours to go and clean other peoples houses, she worked in

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a betting shop in the, she worked in a pub in the evenings, she worked to

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keep a roof over our head and give us enough money to be able to play

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football and do things like that. She wanted football boots, I could

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not afford them, I was putting cardboard in their shoes. I was

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playing in the garden and one of her friends said, she can play. She got

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sick of me breaking the pot plants and having to wash the windows! She

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sent me to the local boys team because she knew I loved the game.

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She has always encouraged me. always liked to play with the boys.

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She was not interested in dolls. She played football with the boys, and

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she said, can I join a football team? I searched, I could not find a

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girls team. Trying to get a manager to take on a girl was hard, but I

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found someone. They took her on, much to the disgust of the rest of

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the team. She won the players player of the year. There was a guy

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watching, I remember him talking to my mum, I was protective over my

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mum, so I said, who is he? He put his hand out and said, I and the

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Chelsea ladies manager, would you like to chain -- train with us? I

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was like, yeah, I would love to play for you. He made my career from

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out that day. There was not a hair on my body that had not stood up on

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end, it was a great feeling. That was my daughter, my son's sister,

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and the roar of the crowd when they came out, it was amazing. The

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Her very proud mum, she is at the You said watching her at the

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Olympics was the proudest moment of your life, so how will you feel

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tonight? Proud again, amazing. Proud again to watch her walk them out, to

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win, I hope. Have you spoken to her today? She is fine, she is focusing

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on the game. Have you given her any advice? Me, advise my daughter about

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football? No! I cannot do that. She is fully focused. She is up for the

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game. Any nerves? Not this afternoon, she was trying to keep

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calm. What are your nerves like? Awful! If it is your daughter making

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a mistake, you feel it more than they do. We are positive. Enjoy the

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match. We are counting down the so nervous! Teach you feel that she

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was always going to be your natural successor? Not at the start. She

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would say that as well, she has learned and bejewelled. In 2005, she

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was not in the starting 11 regularly. In 2009, before I was

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injured, Fara Williams and Kelly Smith would fill in. But over the

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last three or four years, she has become such a leader, she has become

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more of a coach herself, but she was the front runner after that. She

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deserves it, and she is a good captain. She had a nightmare start

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four years ago against Italy. worst part, I had to go to left

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back, so the team were like, this is a nightmare! She was sent off after

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half an hour. She was not happy with that, but she missed the Russia

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game, and she thought herself, we could be going home. But she did

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fantastic for the rest of the tournament. When the England captain

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has spent the day preparing for tonight, another England player has

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been showing off her silky skills to inspire the next generation of

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players. So has been spending the day in the sunshine in Salford,

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inspiring the next generation. cannot believe they did not show

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it! Oh, I scored! It is fantastic, they have different roadshows around

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the country, it is an opportunity for girls to meet their role models.

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They had a lot of WSL players there. The top goal-scorer in the league

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was there, Kim Little was there, it is an opportunity to see their role

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models and say, I want to be like them. Such a small target to aim

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for! That is what it was!There is a crowd gathering to watch to night's

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game, they are not the only ones willing on the team. There is a bar

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out there as well! Good luck to you. I would play, but

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I am terrible at football. I just want to wish the England team the

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best of luck, go and get them, girl power and all that. You can win it,

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I want to shout out to Rachel Yankey, congratulations on breaking

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the appearances record. You are my favourite! I want to shout out to

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the England women's football team. Go and do your thing. I want to

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advise you, kick it in the net and score. Good luck, we will be rooting

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for you and we will be following it all. Good luck, do it for England!

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He should have done the team talk! A quarter of an hour until kick-off, I

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wonder what is going on inside the England dressing room. What happens

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in the dressing room, you have got one player who is responsible for

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the music, it is always too loud... Bite and selecting a good song to

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get everybody dancing. I find it hard to be sitting still, I like to

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be dancing and energetic before the controls that, and a couple of the

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girls will dance and sing and joke around. We did a music video. We

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were just literally all dancing and I think it brings the team closer

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together, that team cohesion, and it relaxes everyone a bit. We have some

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characters on our team, like Jill Scott, and she will get up and dance

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and say silly things. If she kept me laughing, I am in a good and happy

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spirits and I can't take that into the game. I leave them to their own

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devices until a moment when I decide to come back and it is business.

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spoke to Jill Scott the other day about this kind of thing and what

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happens and 2-D are, and she counted Casey Stoney, listening to songs on

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her iPod. Yes, a lot of people get pumped up with things. Smack was

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songs. Casey has got her -- pumped up with songs. Casey has got her

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love music. Before the days of the iPod, eight cd would go in. You did

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not get closed the second time around. The disc was out and it was

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left with the lads and they knew what they were doing. What about

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Spain? They are the first group see a penance for England, followed by

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Russia and France. -- group C group for England. I think the group stage

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will be challenging. We have drawn with Spain a few times. We could

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potentially be out of a European championship. Technically, the

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Spanish are very, very good. They are very similar to the man in terms

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of technique and how they play. They have some good players, some rising

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stars, I would say look stop a lot of talk about the Spanish,

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certainly. I think it was 2010, lots of those players are now at the war

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front of their senior team. -- forefront. We are expecting a

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difficult proposition in the Spanish. It will be tough and we

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will have to perform if we want to win the game. It could so easily

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have been England against Scotland rather than Spain, because of the

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very last kick of the playoff, Boquete scored. That was absolutely

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Boquete scored. That was absolutely hard braking for Scotland. We were

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all disappointed for Scotland because they have got fantastic

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players. They should be playing on the big stage. The last kick of the

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game, how disappointing was that? It was such a big game up until then.

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was such a big game up until then. Boquete, fantastic player.

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played against She scored against us once when I played against her. She

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has improved since then, having gone out to Sweden. She is so much more

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professional compared to what they would do at their clubs in Spain.

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She is certainly the player they will look to. She scored 11 goals in

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ten qualifying games, and she links up very well with Bermudez. I think

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she might be employed up very well out on the right. Very tricky, very

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direct. A natural goal scorer. are very much a passing and moving

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side. How do you play against that? There are two ways. You can be

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patient and wait till they get around their area, the goal area,

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and then press them, get them into little pockets and try to press the

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ball there. But I would like to see England get high up the field and

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close them up very quickly, not let them settle on the ball. Of course

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they will pass around very quickly. Steph Houghton became something of a

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household name last summer, with three goals for Team GB at the

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Olympics, including the winner in the opening game against New

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Zealand. She has been talking about making an impact in an England

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shirt. Steph Houghton scores!How did things change for you out at the

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Olympics? It was massive, to be honest. It was an unreal ornament.

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Everybody wanted to be part of it than to go play in front of such a

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big crowd. -- and unreal ornament. The whole country was behind us.

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Especially against Brazil at Wembley, that was something that I

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cannot really put into words how it felt. Your name is forever in words

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as a goal scorer. That must be incredible. Yes. It was from a

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corner as well. I do not actually know why I stayed in the box. I

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should have been at the back to defend. It was one of those

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moments, there are 20 mins where -- the art games, but they do not come

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much bigger than Wembley. Steph Houghton has made her name as a

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goal-scoring right foot and -- writes with his left back. She plays

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for Arsenal. This season, playing midfield for Arsenal, and my career

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at England, it is left back. To be honest, I just want to play for my

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club and my country as much as I can. If that means playing left back

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then I will do that. If it means playing centre half I will do that

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as well. I have always been told to work as hard as you possibly can.

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Does it help that there are so many other Arsenal players here? Yes. You

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get a connection with them when you play with them week in and week

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out. Everybody knows the game inside and out and that helps when we go on

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the page. We have been working hard, especially attacking, and where

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everybody is going to move, and the passes that will play to people's

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strengths. That will be crucial for us. Steph Houghton is a versatile

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player. You think she only scores goals when she is on television.

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Always. No pressure on her today. She has got the FA Cup final. They

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played Lincoln on the television, an absolute cracker in the top corner.

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No pressure, but you are on the television. We are expecting a storm

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or today. The teams are in the tunnel. Before they emerge, a few

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final thoughts from three of the members of the team. I have been

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fortunate enough to win so many medals and trophies. It would be

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unbelievable. When I get out, I have got my game face on. The player I am

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up against will not get the better of me. In terms of strength, we are

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at the best we will be. You cannot go into a game thinking he will not

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win it. League-macro I think of all of those girls who are -- I think of

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all of those girls who are up taking up football now. We have to lift up

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the trophy. It is England against Spain. We can speak to our

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commentators. Good evening. This is England's home for all three of

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their group games, and maybe a quarterfinal as well. It is a

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brand-new stadium. It is compact and smart. Tonight it has a fair few

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England supporters wriggled around as well. A lovely evening for it. --

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sprinkled around. Your concern was the fact that it was a brand-new

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stadium with a brand-new playing surface. It was not up to scratch

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last year. It looks like it was only done last week. My point from that

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is, these girls are used to playing on pitches that are not perfect, so

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I do not think it will have that much effect on the England girls.

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is a patchwork built effect. It did pour down with rain two days ago

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here. UEFA were concerned about the page. They had to walk around. The

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England players are used to it and they have been uploaded onto the

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page Swedish style. Not too many of them, it seems, because either --

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everybody was handed either a everybody was handed either a

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Spanish or Swedish flag on arrival. We will stand the match for the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 101 seconds

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Some relaxed, some nervous. This is what the vast majority of the team

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have been preparing for ever since the Olympics were done and dusted

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has been a warm day. Lots -- it is a cool and bright evening. You may

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have seen the England side reported. So the Bradley was injured last

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week. An experienced side. Three have ever 100 caps. Alex Scott gets

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her 99th tonight. Most know what's toward a men's football is all

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about. -- most know what torn ornament the ornament football is

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all about. The referee is from the She is one of the key players for

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Spain. Arguably the key player. 11 goals from ten games in the

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Not quite as well versed to games of this magnitude at England is. It

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looks pretty impressive. The key three, undoubtedly the front

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players, then --, Bermudez, they are also -- undoubtedly the front

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players, Boquete, we meet as, they a number, number five, so the

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Bradley. Not considered for this game. Hopefully she will return for

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of the team since 1988. During his time in charge, there has been an

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increase from 6000 registered players in the country 228,000. --

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to 28,000. It is developing rapidly. Here we go. England are looking to

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press on Spain, I am sure. Spanish will be technically very

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good and they will be able to pass it. The ball was just a little

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awkward for Stoney but she dealt with it. She will have to deal with

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Boquete now. Adriana Martin. Met team in Europe. England will not

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underestimate them. They will have been watching the progress that they

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have made. They will be wary of the attacking players in particular.

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is unheard-of to talk about the Spanish team is emerging, but they

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are getting better and better all football in Sweden. She is more of a

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midfielder Dan her fellow player pharaonic bucket, who also plays in

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bit of nerves to start. England did not get rid of it as they should.

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The Spanish game plan is to put pressure on England and make the

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most of being the perceived underdogs. A sign of how Spain are

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progressing, in their fifth game in qualifying, they came back from 2-0

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down to draw 2-0 with Germany. Germany do not surrender a lead

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lightly. It is odd to be the best result they have ever had. It is all

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about developing and progressing, and they will see that as a

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progression. They will try to cause a shock in this game. England have

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prominent player, a centre back who plays the Kaiserslautern.

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Spanish front for our engaging the back four of England. They have got

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to deal with that. Steph Houghton and Alex Scott are attacking

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fullbacks. They have got to put themselves on top, to try and attack

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goal. Spain are in front, less than four-minute have been played, and it

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is the girl who gets their goals, by and large, Veronica Boquete.

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Veronica Boquete has done a lot of talking about how big a game it is

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for her. She has talked the talk, she has proved she can walk the

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walk. Casey Stoney took a step forward, she left the gap behind

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for Veronica Boquete to get into. It is great movement. She sticks it in

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the bottom corner. Karen Bardsley will be disappointed. She is a

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confident forward, she had a look. Just off the end of the boot. The

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coach says, do not get carried away. Hope Powell will not get carried

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away either. This has happened before, in qualifying for the last

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World Cup, Spain were 2-0 up against England, and they came back to draw

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2-2. In the qualifying for the last European Championships, the same

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It is not, but they will have to trust themselves. They just have to

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stick to the game plan and impose their game on Spain. We talked about

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how Spain play, passing it around, technically very good, that was

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pretty much a couple of passes through the middle. They will not be

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afraid to pass the ball forward, longer, because they know what temp

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much better than the England players. England are a little bit

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out of their stride. Casey Stoney run of 11 games unbeaten. That

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stretched back to last March. They did take the lead in that game,

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through Ellen White, and they have scored in their last 13 games. You

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think they would get a goal or two of this one progresses. Spain are

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seven games unbeaten, but have not played the same number of games

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England have. Brilliantly taken! The goals flying game. 1-1, that one was

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finished just as well as Veronica Boquete's. There you go, the first

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bit of possession that England have got. Hope Powell will be pleased

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with that. Any ties and he came through, a great through ball by

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Jill Scott. Any other Luke Haakon puts it past the goalkeeper.

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should have been cut out. Missed it. Eniola Aluko was never going to

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miss. That may have calm the nerves way! Eniola Aluko's 15 international

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goal, the 17th -- her 71st cap. She says her form for the biggest stage.

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She scored three goals at the last European Championships, she got two

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in the quarterfinal against Finland, arguably her best England

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performance. She is experienced, she has played in tournaments like this,

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she is quick. She can finish. Ellen made to take it from the right ways.

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When England settle into this game, set plays will be key, both

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defending and attacking. Physically, a of players than the Spanish, to

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impose that on the game. There was a feeling against Sweden that England

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were outmuscled. The feeling was turned around into, they have got to

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do that against Spain. You have got to use what you have got to win

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these games. England can keep the ball well, but physically, they will

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again. She is pretty cool here, Eniola Aluko. She knew what he was

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-- what she was going to be. Four wide for England. She has got pace

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Williams have that going in. Definitely, she shaped as if she was

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going to have a go with her left foot. She can do either. A trademark

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shot, dealt with well by the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper is a

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little small, so you will look for that gap. Typical of her game, she

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gets the ball on the edge of the not be afraid to keep the ball. You

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could see the pressure that Steph ball. Eniola Aluko would have been

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in. It was similar to the build-up for England's goal. Could not quite

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changed around, left and right. I do not know if it was a problem,

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dealing with Veronica Boquete. Scott and Steph Houghton have done

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as well. I think that is just after a set piece, they have not had time

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A little warning for England. Spain are not afraid to have a go. It was

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well wide. She White is asking a little bit too much of Aluko.

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England have got a little bit more of a grip on it in midfield. It is

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important for England that sacred -- get a grip on the midfield. They

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need to stay as compact as possible Spain had yet to win. The men have

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Spain at the moment and is played well. What they do in the

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development of the players is working. The last two or three years

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they have been tying to ensure that the Spain of Mac -- that Spain's

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women's team excels. The coach is an interesting one. He has played a

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brilliant part in developing football in Spain for women. He says

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that he just gets on with his work unnoticed in his little order of the

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pink ones. You are worried about colour clashes in the thick of the

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Scott. Scott is trying to join down the right. Aluko tried to split one

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back out to Scott. She might have been better served having another go

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herself. It was a good run by Alex Stoney had an advantage on Boquete.

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That is a really good safe from Bardsley. Just worked enough space

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in the end. Such a great effort. pick out the players to watch, and

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she is living up to the billing that we gave her. Boquete is being a bit

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of a nuisance in front of Karen Bardsley there. She used to play her

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football right here. She joined LinkedIn last November after a one

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year stay at Sweden. -- Lincoln. It looked to me as if she had an unfair

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Williams for England. Asante. Yankey. She is looking for Ellen

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White. Just about got the better of Garcia. She puts her arm in the air

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the minute Yankey got possession. She just saw the end of Ellen White.

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She is good in the air physically. The technique is very good.

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scored the solitary goal last week. She has scored five out of seven

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games for her country. She puts in a lot of work, Allen White. She gets

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the goals. -- Ellen White. She is a tough number nine. She had a spell

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The game has settled. England really have settled now. They have got into

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the rhythm of the pattern of keeping the ball. Very difficult to stay

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with players as they move as Spain are key for England. It is important

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that they do not find themselves on the outside of this game. They stay

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tucked in. That is another part of the compact disc that Spain need to

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deal with. Scott, great work. White. players. Those of you who followed

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the women's Superleague might be surprised to know that Bristol's two

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stars are not in the squad. They had a fallout with the coach. I would

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have liked to have seen that argument! They are neither the sort

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flag is up. The referee seemed reluctant to give it. Lucky she gave

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anything. She put her flight up after the ball had been picked up.

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looking unfounded at the moment. You can hardly see a piece of turf out

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of place. Holden to Yankey. -- are happy for them to have it. Scott

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has the head start. Not the best from Bardsley. Boquete. Aluko. In

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goes a Boquete. I think we have already seen why she is generally

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rated as Spain's best player. full of confidence. You can tell she

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is full of confidence. The way she gets on the ball. She did an

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interview beforehand and was spouting quite a lot about how Spain

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were ready for England and knew everything about them. It is

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interesting to see doubt -- how they have started. There is that feeling

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that England has been running so close in the last five meetings that

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this is their turn and that they are owed one. They have baby got won

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there in the form of that free kick. -- they have maybe got one there in

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Bassett's pass. An untimely slip from Meseguer. Not taking advantage

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of by Fara Williams. -- night to been in one tonight. She spends a

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lot time overlapping. She gets the gold from that position. It is a

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real battle to get on top. Shock -- she gets the gold from that

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have pushed their wide players to engage Alex Scott and Steph

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Houghton. It is working pretty well. We have seen them get forward once

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chance, but at the moment, they do not want to take that chance,

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because Spain have attacked was meant as a cross. England will

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not mind if Spain are reduced to trying their luck from that sort of

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five games played in this tournament, it came earlier today,

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France beating Russia 3-1. That has gone with form. It shows the

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competitiveness of the women's game in Europe. Nobody to be battered

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5-0. The gap is closing all around. Four matches drawn before today. The

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one that stood out, the goalless draw between Germany and Holland.

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They cannot just turn up and take Nagore Calderon. The referee

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sprinted so quickly, she could not get her yellow card out quick

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enough. It is great skill from Rachel Yankey. Just down the back of

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her Achilles. A pull-back on the left arm and a break down the right

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leg. No wonder the referee was quick. Fara Williams has been

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clattered. A terrible challenge. It is OK, she is tough. Just a free

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kick. Was it a leading arm? It looked like it was a forearm.

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not great. It is not in the back of her head. It should have warranted a

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booking for Ruth Garcia, but England Kelly Smith's absence. Her first

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touch is immaculate, she can pass and shoot with both feet, a key

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Casey Stoney made sure. The threat that they impose when Veronica

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Boquete is allowed to break down the They broke quickly. She manages to

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occupy both centre halves, just from her run. She is so busy and strong,

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she holds the ball up well. Laura Bassett did well. It clipped the

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frame of the goal, but it was the back frame. To be fair to the centre

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halves, she cannot win the ball, you have got to hold it up, and that is

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Bauer, they have had some tough England point of view, Jennifer

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Hermoso came into the tournament with a couple of mocks, England have

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a couple of players who have been injured. They play so much football,

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sometimes it is an advantage to have a rest before a big tournament.

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Steph Houghton has played in the Champions League, Casey Stoney plays

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all the time, but to give your body a rest can work in your favour.

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Karen Carney has just come back. is on the bench. She picked up and

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ankle injury against Canada in between and around the England

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centre halves. She is not the strongest in the air. We mentioned

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Karen Carney's injury, a name we have not mentioned much is Kelly

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Smith. She is in the squad. She is wearing number 22, that says that

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she is carrying a shin injury. It is a gamble. We do not expect to see

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her tonight, but you never know, as the tournament goes on, not a bad

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option to have. She has the quality and experience. She has been

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renowned as being one of the best ways in the world. To have that on

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your bench is an advantage. That is good defending. She saw the chance,

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it is the sort of chance she puts away. Not naturally left footed, but

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she can put the ball in the area. A good enough touch, but great

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defending. Just managed to put a foot on it. An excellent first

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touch, just could not steer it Houghton, another for England.

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England need to put a bit more pressure on the goalkeeper. They

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knew where it was going, just get a bit closer to her. You can compete

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Disappointing for Spain. A great counter attack from a corner. You

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cannot be offside there, you have got to look along the line. Who is

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minute of the first 45. That is good goalkeeping, she knows her

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limitations and her abilities. has coped well under pressure. The

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ball put under the per bar, see how she deals with it. She has done well

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with the crosses, by and large. An excellent tip over the top from Fara

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Williams's effort. What is the assessment for England? So far, so

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good after a horrible opening five minutes? Absolutely, you are the

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last two teams to start the tournament, they will come into the

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tournament full of confidence, Spain, nothing to prove. The way it

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has gone so far, the tournament is open, only France have shown what

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they are about, so you never know what will happen. England have coped

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well after conceding a goal, scored a great call themselves, and they

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have settled into the game. The mood in the England camp is excellent, so

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relaxed, so ready. Different from other years. The hotel gives them

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the opportunity to wonder about and go into the town centre. That helps

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very early on. Veronica Boquete, England knew about her, she scored

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with less than four minutes played. Back came England, less than four

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minutes later, Eniola Aluko with a nervous start, but they pulled it

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back pretty quickly. It was a frantic start, we went a goal down,

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then we equalised, then we had some chances, but then it calmed down.

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The initial start was like, this will be, three, four, five goals.

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Yes, we were expecting a high tempo from England, they got caught out

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with the long ball down the left hand side, and that is where the

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goal came from. We knew that Spain were going to get the ball down and

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pass it around, and it is about nerves and experience. The

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experienced players made the mistakes. The front three, Veronica

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Boquete, Sonia Bermudez and a drummer Martin, they are good with

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the ball, and they are a threat. More analysis coming up, plus

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news update on Three. Hundreds of people lined the streets of Bury for

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the funeral of Fusilier Lee Rigby. The Prime Minister and Mayor of

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London were there. The soldier was stabbed to death in Woolwich in May.

:15:42.:15:44.

A plane fire at Heathrow. No passengers were on board the

:15:44.:15:49.

Ethiopian Airlines jet. The same Boeing Dreamliner was grounded

:15:49.:15:51.

earlier this year over safety fears. The government has abandoned minimum

:15:51.:15:54.

alcohol pricing in England and Wales. Plans for plain cigarette

:15:54.:15:57.

packaging in England have been shelved.

:15:57.:16:01.

Health campaigners are angry. Controversy at the third day of the

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first Ashes test against Australia. The umpire failed to spot Stuart

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Broad was caught off a thick edge. England ended the day 326 for six.

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And it was a glamourous return to the red carpet for Catherine

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Zeta-Jones. She joined Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and her other co-stars

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for the LA premier of Red two. The action comedy's out in August. More

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60 seconds later - back to Jacqui nervous in the studio at all! We

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were not worried when England went a goal down early! It is a player we

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highlighted, Veronica Boquete. she has got talent, you can see

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that. The front three players move around fantastically. It was an

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error from Jill Scott, she went to close down the goalkeeper, but she

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went on her own, and the rest of the England players sat back. That is

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where it started. This is what you want, you want your players closing

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down, but she has left a big gap. Alex Scott loses her player, and you

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see the movement. That is a terrific finish, great movement from Veronica

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Boquete. Going down early is not what you want. It is not the centre

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halves that England normally have playing together. They have

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experience, but they have been caught out. Alex Scott allowed Sonia

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Bermudez to get the wrong side of her, then she looks to address the

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player on the ball and allows Veronica Boquete to run off her back

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shoulder. Steph Houghton is not going to be able to cover. They are

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too big errors with players in the backline, so early on, maybe a bit

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of nerves, not making quick decisions quick enough. Anything to

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do with the fact that Casey Stoney has been injured recently? She did

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not know if she would make the tournament. I just think it was a

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bit of nerves, the first couple of minutes, you are feeling your way

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into the game. The way that Sonia Bermudez came infield, it was a

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fantastic ball, and Veronica Boquete, you would think she might

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have missed it, but she is such a calm finish, a nice goal. I think

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she was worried about the pace. I think she has tried to close the

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ball down, but she should have kept the position. But it was not too

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long before England equalised. A few nerves settled on the pitch, Jill

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Scott with the ball for Eniola Aluko. We spoke about the Spanish

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movement, it showed that England can do it. Eniola Aluko has been

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threatening to be a fantastic player, this tournament could be her

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tournament. What a pinpoint pass from Jill Scott. In between the

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centre halves, and Eniola Aluko, perfect. She scores, where you want

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the ball to go. It is good to see her getting into

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those positions to score. I do think the back line of Spain are not as

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good as their front-line in a way, and we can play through them if they

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do just what they did in that do just what they did in that

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sequence of play. And her little brother will be playing next season.

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Fara Williams, a midfielder we have seen so many times. Is she going to

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use the left foot or the right? can use both. She really likes to be

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on the ball and be the playmaker in the field. She needs a backlist on

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the pass. On the see her switch feet and draw the defender in and bring

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it on to the other foot and just keep it into the top corner. She

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looked at getting involved. She was trying to support Ellen White and

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get the ball off of the defence a couple of times. You see her running

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through here. A great first touch through here. A great first touch

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for Ellen It comes off the defender. It is good, quick, lively playing in

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between the defenders. You want the fullback overlapping. The fact that

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Houghton has got on there, with a lovely first touch from Ellen White.

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A fantastic interception. They can pass, they can pass. It is easy to

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know it is coming but it is not so easy to know what to do about it.

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They are so confident on the ball. They are not frightened to have

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players around them. They feel comfortable. We talk about Spain's

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front of three players. They have got an eye for a pass and they have

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got great movement. The movement that they have got around the 18

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yard area of England. They pick up the ball here, and Sonia just picks

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it up. It is an angle where you would not really see a shot but she

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gets that shots and pulled off a good save. The other two teams in

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group C alongside... This is just Boquete going through. Andrea Martin

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puts in a great pass. The understanding is so good up front.

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It is the relationship between them. It is difficult for defenders to

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Mark, isn't it? You just get used to one player. Then a different one

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comes in. We spoke to Jim a little before. A very similar kind of play.

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Do you know what to do when you come against them? The other two teams in

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group C alongside England and Spain are Russia and France. They met a

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get us under way. Quarterfinalists four years ago. A decent effort.

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This is a clear opportunity! She has taken it. Friends are in front after

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21 minutes. You have to say, that has been coming. -- France are in

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front. The remix coring. -- for France. It has been total

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domination. Already there is clear daylight between France and Russia.

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Beautifully worked. Clinically finished. One touch. It was in the

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back of the net. Good ball. Right goalkeeper misjudged it. She amended

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her error. That is the lack -- last action of a very one-sided

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The final pass. Now it is 34 France. That has settled it once and for

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scale. It was a really fantastic chance here for a consolation? There

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is. From nowhere, a goal for Russia. The only mistake of the day as far

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as expected. It is 1-0 at the moment between England and Spain. Sally

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Nugent is pitch side for us at a special guest. -- with a special

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guest. Yes, I am here with Sir Trevor booking, you has been

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watching the first half. Not a bad performance from England? Spain, you

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performance from England? Spain, you can see how they have been working

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Really skillful players. I think we competed well and closed it down. It

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is important to get the equalizer. For the first 45 minutes, probably

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as good a 45 minutes of the tour so far. They frustrate you and you must

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not give it away. The last 15 minutes, when we got a little

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bit... We gave it away. I think we have created chances and done well.

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With France, I think there are three strong sides. You must be delighted

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to be here in this arena tonight because you have been such a

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supporter of the game. It is so good to see the ladies competing at this

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level now. It is a very open tournament. I think four or five

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could win it, including England. We have to hang in here the second

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half. It is important, psychologically. Thank you so much

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for joining us. Thank you very much. Just recently, England played

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against Japan as a warm-up match before the Spain because they are

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the world champions and have a very similar passing style. It was a very

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similar goal the England scored similar goal the England scored

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tonight. It was almost carbon copy, really, with a pass coming from this

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kind of area. It was Yankey passing exactly the same way between two

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players, and Aluko finished it in the same competent fashion as she

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did there. She likes to be out and out. You can see that Jill passes it

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to Rachel Y. This time she does not have to take a touch. -- Rachel

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Yankey. She likes to play in that position. Over the last couple of

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years she has really learned how to become a team player and play in

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other positions on the wide and on the right and left. She wants to

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come in and contribution to the goals. It'll be interesting to see

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the fitness levels in the second half. They often run out of steam.

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Definitely. I think there are only two of the players that have that

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sort of fitness. It will be interesting to see if they can sort

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of maintain the fitness throughout the second half. Well, let's get

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right back to the arena for the interesting point about Spain's

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fitness. There is an idea that they are sadly under prepared, having

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played only three games this year. They drew against Denmark in

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February, in a game that they were lucky not to win by all accounts.

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They drew again against the Danes just before the tournament started.

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They have been playing primal during the half-time. Asante, eating

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up the ground. That is good to see. Asante is another key player for

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England. She is quick, deceptively quick, and a great defender.

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same happen again here with Jenny that the team has settled down. They

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need to engage Spain a little bit more. They need to be confident that

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they can deal with the likes of Boquete because they are good

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defenders in their own right. by Garcia. A free click will be

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taken. -- free kick. Elizabeth too hasty there by the array Abrams. --

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a little bit too hasty there by their Abrams. They are getting

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chances. The coach will know exactly what his team can be capable of. I

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think they have been together for quite a long time. They know how

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got something of it. It could have been catastrophic. In that position

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you have just got to get something on it. You are risking putting it in

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the back of your own net. A great ball in. Jenny Hermoso has seen a

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lot of the balls and the second half started. -- a lot of the ball in the

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The assistant referee seems sure is a great opportunity for Spain to

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make it to-1. They have got to do better than that. A massive chance

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that moment and know exactly what they are going to do. She did not

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stay as cool as she wanted to. Boquete seems a cut above all the

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other strikers on the field. Scott, back to Bardsley. Bardsley has done

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her fair bit of time in the USA. She is from the USA. Her parents A long

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cited challenge from Garcia. It seems to be an even game in terms of

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balance on the score line. For all of the joy that a winning start can

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bring... The team got to be final in 2009 despite winning the first game.

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They won the first game and did not even get out of the group. Ideally

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you do not want to win the opening final Elizabeth easier -- a little

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bit easier. You have to build up momentum. It is a bit of a rarity,

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never mind get through it. Winning the group means staying in for the

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started the brighter team. Just too far in front of Jennifer Hermoso.

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That is a great ball, and a good run. I thought she would keep going

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for it. It was not that far away. Just a bit too far in front. You can

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see the improvement in the Spanish side with every game. The only team

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that failed to reach this tournament in 2009, never qualified for a World

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Cup or an Olympic games, but they will be. More important is now

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placed on the women's game in Spain. The club sides are getting better,

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Barcelona have a significant interest, the champions for the past

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second half for England. It required great Lake. When the cross came

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through, Rachel Yankey connected well, but great defending from

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Spain. It is a good run by Ellen White. She just put the ball into a

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great area. The goalkeeper could not come out. Great need, and a good

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the Spanish flag with pride, because Spain are looking slightly more

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Jennifer Hermoso. She has pushed a bit more for the forward. Shibboleth

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stature -- similar stature to Jill tournaments, but she is normally

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sitting on the bench. She is no mug, she is a tough defender to play

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against, she has a lot of experience. She has not played that

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many times for England, but she will settle in. She will be fine. This is

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her 32nd cap, and that is the least of any of the players on the field.

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Not that many starts amongst her caps, especially in matches like

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this. Offside. It is different, this is a big tournament for England. For

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her to come in and start a centre intended to put in. Rachel Yankey is

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hope Powell will look at changing the system. A bit more rigid than

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has gameplay. It might need something different later in the

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tournament to beat some of these teams, like France and Sweden and

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Germany. You do need to have more tools in your pocket than just one

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That was close. She is not afraid to get on the ball. She just made a run

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a bit too early. She did superbly well in the first half. She will

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still try to get on the ball, she is a great player. She had been at

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Everton for so long, she now plays the Liverpool. The big name in the

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Liverpool team that has started the flag up against Veronica Boquete.

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Every time the ball goes to her, you sensed danger. She is a busy player,

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full of confidence. She feels she carries the team, she is willing to

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take the responsibility. A change here, Nagore Calderon is going off.

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"Vicky" Losada is coming on. She placed Barcelona. She is new for the

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team. She has excelled at the 19 level, 22 years old now. More of an

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attack minded midfielder than the player she has replaced. It is

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finely balanced, this game. A bit of brilliance could win it at some

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point in the second half, or maybe a tactical change or a substitute or a

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getting stretched. A great run by Alex Scott, I thought she was going

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to use her as a decoy. England have not attacked the back for yet, they

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are not the best at going forward, you have got to put pressure on them

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Martin. That would have been an instant impact from "Vicky" Losada.

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The offending from Casey Stoney. She gives to defend the second ball. She

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gave too much space. She put it over the bar. It is great to see members

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of the Scotland team here. They were picked by Spain in the play-off

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game. Some would say robbed. I know a few of the Scottish team. They

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really feel hard done by, and if you watched it, you would know what we

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are talking about. It was in the rain in Madrid in October, Spain one

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with an injury time winner in extra time from Veronica Boquete, just

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after she had a penalty saved. Scotland were seconds away from

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winning on away goals. That would have been great. They would have

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The referee looked at her assistant to see what she thought, but she was

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miles away. She might have got a little touch. England might have got

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a bit lucky. Just trying to get the rest of the players going. These set

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pieces are a real opportunity, they corner. She is about two foot taller

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Hermoso on Anita Asante. The Swedish crowd is tying to get

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Meseguer. Jill Scott is on the ball, millions. -- Williams. Alex Scott

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has really scampered across with determination. Asante into Jill

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She couldn't get enough power on the Stoney just wants one big chance.

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This is where England needs to keep Spain to push the game forward. Put

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them under pressure on the edge of their own box and see how they deal

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speculative effort from White. That could cause a problem for the

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Spanish keeper. Two mines there. -- Scott. The sting was taken away from

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the shot. It is difficult for the England players to get near her. She

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is quick when she is running with the ball. When you lie and, you just

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might be liable to bring her down. She is determined to score another

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goal. Boquete is in again. Bassett is strong and quick and full of

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Karen Carney is ready for action. The referee is a saying that Karen

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Bardsley will have to take the kick in the second half. Meseguer. Marta

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Torrejon turned and played it back. Boquete. Bardsley knew it was going

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over the top. Boquete will not rest until she scores another goal in

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this game. England failed to clear. Not to the usual standard.

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Boquete plows on, this is the big moment in the match. Aluko is doing

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what she is on the pitch to do. Karen Carney is coming on. She is

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fit and ready to go. She is coming back from injury. Her colleagues are

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thinking she could do 20 minutes or so. She will be full of energy and

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enthusiasm. Key players he came to the nation's attention nine years

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ago. -- who came to the nation's attention. Karen Carney has scored

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an injury time winner against Denmark. That was a great moment for

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her. She has established herself as a top player. She has developed

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really well. I thought the ball said nine. There would have been gasps

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all around. It is eight, -- it is eight. Putellas is going to take the

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place of Sonia. She has run out of steam. She made her debut against

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Denmark in the one and only warm-up game that Spain played for this

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England pay for that? What a chance for the Vicky Losada. Spain should

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be in front. Karen Bardsley's parts can return to normal levels again.

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She completely misjudged it. She tried to fire it up hard as she

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could instead of just putting it in there. It really kicked off there.

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You have just got to put that in, haven't you? She tried to fire it

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in. That is a massive let down for England. Huge moment. Asante. A free

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kick for England now, much to Spain's annoyance. The yellow card

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will not help either for Paredes. am not sure that was a yellow card.

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Both players went in as hard as each other. She does catch Asante. Caught

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a bit of the ball first. A continued lunch. Could not stop herself. The

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neutrals in the crowd had just turned in the favour of Spain. --

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have just turned. They were not happy with that yellow card. They

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are not neutrals. The flag is not get the hype on it. -- the

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height on it. Yankey is under pressure. The talus. -- Putellas. It

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is a let off for England but it might just inspire Spanish

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competence for the rest of the match by that. Karen Bardsley is a really

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tall keeper and it is not often that happens to her. That was a huge

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of Spain booming out. Paredes with miracle. Laura Bassett is getting to

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grips with it. That will be a yellow card. Laura Bassett does that for

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the sake of the team, she will take that yellow card. She cannot argue

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with it, can she? She knew she was going to get a yellow card. She was

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kick as well. -- Putellas. Not a bad delivery. It has gone all the way

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through. A faint flick from Andrea Martin. No more than that. One of

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those bother you have just got to attack. Spain has to get a little

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bit more on it. Just throw yourself at it. 12 very interesting minutes

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left. The England assessment is, could do better, should do better.

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The saved -- the Spain assessment will be, all well and good but

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a chance to get into it yet. The real pressure therefrom Meseguer.

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referee is not happy with the jump think both teams think they can do

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something in the last ten minutes to win this game. Both are capable.

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Williams. Too tight to get out of front of the talus. -- Putellas. A

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chance for here. -- a chance for Carney here. Ellen White goes for

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it! Just wide. It really was only just. That is what Karen Carney is

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good at. She knows exactly what Ms. Ellen White is going to make. What a

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great touch. -- she does exactly next eight minutes plus. Neither

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great player Alexia Putellas looks, only 19. She gets the rebound from

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her. Easy in the end, but the intent is there and the skill is there.

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Give a 19-year-old a go, you never A scream of anguish from Marta

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Torrejon. I think that was a good corner. Spain looking more likely to

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win. They are more lively going forward, lots of confidence, not

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afraid to take players on. England have got to cope with it. Alexia

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Putellas scored in a four - zero victory for Spain over England in

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thumping finish from Jennifer ball at the area, they not manage

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it. Steph Houghton could not get it far enough away. A great finish. It

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was coming. The warning signs were there. Great cheers for Jennifer

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Hermoso, she plays in Sweden. She is doing well in Swedish football, four

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goals in the league. One goal at Euro 2013. Is it enough to give

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Spain all three points, a winning start? England managed to equalise

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four minutes after Spain's first goal, they only have four minutes to

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it. It looked like she was late, it might be a free kick to Spain.

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the Spanish girl ended up hitting her in her side. It is Irene

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Paredes. This is the potential winning goal for Spain. Steph

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Houghton swung a foot at it, she could not get enough on it. It was a

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thumping finish. Jennifer Hermoso's first senior international goal.

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has managed one victory for Spain over England before in nine

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meetings. The time has come now, England have got to do something

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different, change the shape, cause havoc in the back for, try to get

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the equaliser. It cannot be the same thing in the same formation. In the

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land of a famous home store, they have got to throw the kitchen sink

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at Bain. Just get the ball in there, you believe it? ! Laura Bassett

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tried her luck! As earlier on in the game, Spain could not hold their

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lead. This is so late in the game! Brilliant. People have questioned

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it, is she good enough to do this? She has got herself a goal. The

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goalkeeper was way out of position. That is worth an effort! For England

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supporters, time almost stood still. You thought Ainhoa Tirapu might get

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a hand on it, but it was just out of her reach. All of the action at the

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start and at the end. England need to be careful that they do not

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concede a game, but they sense that they can win. Spain will think, what

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do they have to do to get a victory over England? They cannot hang on to

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the lead. You throw the ball into the middle from a set piece, it

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causes confusion. A goal can come is not worried about the collision.

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She did well, it was always going to be the goalkeeper's Veronica Boquete

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is hurt. Yes, the goalkeeper has got to go for it. Winded, I think the

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appearances for England, double figures in terms of goals. She got a

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couple in qualifying, but she will be hard pressed to get a touch of

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the ball in what remains of this. It is not over yet, there might be a

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winner for either side, but what would George verdict be? Lucky

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England's -- lucky England? England have shown that you should keep

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going and you never know what will happen. Opening games are difficult,

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I lot of nerves, they will hope to improve as they go along, and not

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lose this game. They did not let it worry them. I liked the way Casey

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Stoney called all of the players into a group, and there were calm

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words. She pointed out that there was time left, and so it proved.

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There are players here capable of getting them back in the game at any

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had the stuffing knocked out of Alexia Putellas wanted it that

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little bit more! Spain have done to England what they did to Scotland in

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the qualifying play-off! They have across. It was always going to be

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the goalkeeper's. She did incredibly well to get herself in there. Get

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anything on it. It ended up coming off Karen Bardsley, but the pressure

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was there. Karen Bardsley will feel that she has had a horror moment.

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There is barely time for this substitution, Sandra Vilanova, one

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of the most experienced players, England a point. Spain kept on

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pressing. They got the winning all, and look what it means to them. It

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is a winning start for a team who has not been at a European

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Championships finals since 1997. They have been growing and getting

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better. They have inflicted a losing start upon England. Your final

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thoughts? Really disappointed. When you get a late equaliser, you have

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got to see the game out. They will watch the reaction of Spain. They

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will try to win the next game. next game is against Russia, here on

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Monday. They have lost in their the tournament without any points.

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What did you make of that? Very poor. In the second half, they came

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out, they were giving balls away too easily, and you have got to give

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Spain credit, they were comfortable, they made things happen. England got

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what they deserved, nothing. At one point we thought we might have got

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ourselves out of jail with Laura Bassett getting an -- with Laura

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Bassett's point. We were not ever fluid enough. We did not have a real

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quality with our passing. We gave the ball back to sloppily to Spain.

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I am really got it. We started off really well. We had patches, but

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just not good enough from England. We are used to being so much better

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than that. Our passing so much better. I think the girls and hope

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Powell will be really, really disappointed. Let's have a look at

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disappointed. Let's have a look at that goal in added time at the end

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disappointed. Let's have a look at that goal in added time at It was a

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Bardsley own goal at the end of it. I thought Martin was doing

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brilliantly. I was shouting at the television for her to not cross it.

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But for me, Karen Bardsley is not commanding enough. Not enough for a

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foul. Get the block in. She just kind of runs into the area. It goes

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through her hands. We have got two players back there defending, and

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Martin still manages to get a cross in. England will be very difficult

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-- disappointed with that. She's usually very commanding and

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controlled it but was not as controlling as she should have been.

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Hermoso put Spain up. This is the one that was the cross into the box.

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She picks up the ball there. She has been there for five seconds before

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the ball lands at her feet. It is a great finish. She's got to do

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better. She is got to clear that ball. She has a trusty left foot.

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She has her head down. Sloppy defending from England. I think what

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the ball has been cleared initially, Houghton have to just check if

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anyone is fair and has to clear that the better. You have to be aware

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that danger is around. You have got to know where the forwards are. If

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you are not aware of that... We cut Laura Bassett had rescued a point

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for England. They really did. There were some excellent corners. Yankey

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on one side and charity-macro on the other side. You can just see --

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Aluko on the other side. You can just see, Laura Bassett just pokes a

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lake in the right direction. It is a lovely finish. That is exactly where

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she would have wanted to put it. You wonder if the goalkeeper could have

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been a bit better, but it was brilliant. But it seems that is what

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the players thought. I think Spain knew that they had to highlight that

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we have done this to them on so many occasions. They were so up for this

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game. We have given them heartbreak in not getting to the World Cup in

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2011. A lot of the players were in that situation and they will be

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delighted. You could see, the likes of Boquete, she ran the game. She

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was one of the best players so far in this tournament in showing how

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she has led her team and created problems. You are the player that

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scored the goal so late on and delight -- denied them that place at

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the World Cup in 2011. You can tell they played with that animation.

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They had a desire. There were two players closing the ball down. They

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were it England for -- they were making it difficult for England to

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pass. There were some of sloppy passes. They made it hard and

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difficult. I think we have enough quality to still be able to hold the

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ball and hold the player off and linked a few more passes together.

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How much of a do you think was down to the fact that Spain simply played

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well, and how much was it that the pressure was on England to perform?

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I think we saw that at the beginning I think we saw that at the beginning

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of the game. Back into it. You have to look at all the players. Spain

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made the substitutions at the right time. Hope Powell, that is something

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that you have got to look at. The substitutions for negative and they

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were late. When things are not happening for England, she made her

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substitutions too late, and it did not give England an opportunity to

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change things in the second half. They got that one opportunity in the

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second half but it was all about Spain for me. We stopped the talus,

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fantastic performance when she came onto the field. -- Putellas.

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looked as if the Spanish verb retiring. I think they were a bit

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more physical. -- the Spanish were retiring. We just did not play

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today. What will you say to the team today? Chins up. There are more

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games to play and we have got to win those two games. We have to see

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where we go from there. How do you lift them? They will lift

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themselves. We will be very, very positive. They will have to learn

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from the areas and do better next time. Thank you. How do they regroup

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after this? This is where the experienced players have got to talk

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to the younger players and say, in 2009 this happened, we got beat by

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Italy and we went through to the family -- the final. They have got

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another two games to put things right. They need to see where they

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can improve. Russia is the next game and they have got to focus on that.

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I think they will go back and analyse it and a lot of players will

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be is appointed in themselves. They will have a chat between them and

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net the things that they need to put right. -- be disappointed. The BBC

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coverage of the championship continues tomorrow. You can catch up

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with all of the latest news on the BBC tomorrow morning at 7:40am.

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Tomorrow night, it is a Nordic affair. Huge pressure for Sweden.

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