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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton

Belgium 3-2 England: Women’s Nations League group stage – as it happened

Tessa Wullaert celebrates scoring her second, and Belgium’s third goal in the Women's Nations League group game against England.
Tessa Wullaert celebrates scoring her second, and Belgium’s third goal in the Women's Nations League group game against England. Photograph: Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images

Right, that’s all from me. You may like to know the remaining fixtures in Group A3, and they are as follows:

30 May
Belgium v Spain
England v Portugal

3 June
Spain v England
Portugal v Belgium

And here is Tom Garry’s match report:

England’s puzzling, Jekyll-and-Hyde form continued as Sarina Wiegman’s side were beaten in Belgium despite a world-class debut goal from the ­Lionesses striker Michelle Agyemang.

Brought on as a substitute for the final 10 minutes with England trailing 3-1, the 19-year-old’s first two touches of senior international football saw her control the ball with her thigh and volley home an outstanding, instinctive finish that gave the visitors hope of a late comeback, but they were unable to add to that magical moment and were left to rue their poor first-half performance.

Much more here. Bye!

Serena Wiegman has a quick chat:

We started really sloppy and they exploited us. We conceded three goals within half an hour which is of course not good enough. I think we played a better second half, but overall it wasn’t good enough.

She’s asked if she’s worried about the team’s inconsistency:

We expected this and we were prepared for this. We said this was going to be a totally different game. We’ve been here before. I think this game it also had to do with being ready and being really focused, and that’s what we didn’t do the first 30 minutes. That’s the biggest lesson we can learn from this.

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