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England Lionesses have misplaced 3-2 to Belgium within the Nations League, all however ending their hopes of qualifying for the Olympics subsequent yr.
The Lionesses at the moment are third of their group having misplaced to the Netherlands and now Belgium.
England dominated the sport seeing 73% of possession and having 17 makes an attempt on objective in comparison with Belgium’s 5 however the hosts had been extra scientific.
The sport was marred by the intense harm to Alex Greenwood which noticed a 13 minute stoppage in play.
England began off brightly, controlling the ball effectively, however Belgium had been sitting deep and the Lionesses needed to be affected person with their construct up play.
Chloe Kelly gave away a free kick in a harmful space early on, she was bullied off the ball and dealt with it when on the ground.
De Neve took it and Manchester United’s Mary Earps couldn’t get throughout in time to maintain it from nestling within the prime nook.
After the delay following a nasty conflict of heads between Greenwood and Blom, Bronze equalised with a looping header from a set piece earlier than the returning Kirby put England forward as Hemp pulled it again to her within the centre of the field.
Deep into stoppage time within the first half, Wullaert discovered herself by way of the center of two England defenders and had the tempo to shake them off, slotting it previous Earps.
Earps had little to do within the first half. Aside from the 2 targets they scored, Belgium had few probabilities.
Although England had dominated possession within the first half, they headed in all sq. on the break.
Within the second half Belgium had been way more organised and the sport opened up. Wullaert got here ahead once more and it took an excellent save from Earps to maintain the scores degree.
England had likelihood after likelihood however they couldn’t discover the goal, former United star Alessia Russo dithered on just a few occassions, afraid to shoot and when she did take an opportunity she discovered the side-netting, on a couple of occassion.
A goal-line clearance denied the guests in retaking the lead and although it appeared frantic within the field typically from Belgium they managed to clear their strains time after time and England had been all out of concepts.
Nevertheless, an opportunity for Belgium going ahead noticed a shot blocked by Stanway’s hand within the penalty space and the house aspect had a possibility to take the lead.
Earps went the appropriate manner however Wullaert scored once more.
For thus lengthy, underneath Sarina Wiegman, England have dominated with journalists and pundits viewing the aspect with rose tinted glasses however tonight they ran out of concepts of learn how to break Belgium down and let their guard down when their opponents had a possibility to interrupt.
