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The Lionesses are warming up successful typical pre-match shirts to commemorate their 500th game. The garment is disposable successful achromatic and achromatic and features nan Three Lions logo and number 500 wrong of a Tudor roseate pattern.
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Iceland: Runarsdottir, Arnardottir, Viggosdottir, Sigurdardottir, Heidarsdottir, Hermannsdottir, Johannsdottir, Asgeirsdottir, Jonsdottir, Boama, Zomers
Subs: Ivarsodottir, Birkisdottir, Eiriksdottir, Jessen, Tryggvadottir, Vilhjalmsdottir, Georgsdottir, Eiriksdottir, Olafsdottir Gros, Antonsdottir, Palmadottir, Halldorsdottir
England: Hampton, Bronze, Greenwood, Walsh, Williamson, Morgan, James, Stanway, Russo, Blindkilde Brown, Hemp
Subs: Le Tissier, Moorhouse, Wubben-Moy, Carter, Hinds, Kelly, Kendall, Mead, Park, Roebuck, Charles, Parkinson
Preamble
Hello and invited to minute-by-minute sum of Iceland v England successful nan Women’s World Cup qualifier astatine nan Laugardalsvöllur Stadium.
Today’s crippled is nan Lionesses’ 500th of each time. In nan build up to this one, the players person paid tribute to and heard from immoderate of nan pioneers who came earlier them. Lucy Bronze, who has 146 caps for England, said: “It’s crazy successful 2 ways. On nan 1 manus it’s only been 500, but astatine nan aforesaid clip - ohio my God - it’s 500 games.” A triumph coming would support a 100% grounds successful Group A3 for Sarina Wiegman’s broadside arsenic they push for automatic qualification for adjacent year’s World Cup successful Brazil.
Iceland request to put successful a beardown capacity to bounce backmost from their 2-0 conclusion against England six weeks ago. Their only triumph successful nan group came 4 days agone successful nan shape of a 1-0 triumph complete Ukraine. Thorsteinn Halldórsson’s broadside will return bosom from England’s erstwhile struggles against likewise classed teams specified arsenic Belgium and Portugal.
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