Key occasions
The Lionesses are warming up in particular pre-match shirts to commemorate their five hundredth sport. The shirt is obtainable in black and white and options the Three Lions emblem and quantity 500 within a Tudor rose sample.
Team information
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 welcome to minute-by-minute protection of Iceland v England within the Women’s World Cup qualifier on the Laugardalsvöllur Stadium.
Today’s sport is the Lionesses’ five hundredth of all time. In the construct as much as this one, the players have paid tribute to and heard from some of the pioneers who came before them. Lucy Bronze, who has 146 caps for England, mentioned: “It’s crazy in two ways. On the one hand it’s only been 500, but at the same time – oh my God – it’s 500 games.” A win right now would keep a 100% report in Group A3 for Sarina Wiegman’s facet as they push for automated qualification for subsequent 12 months’s World Cup in Brazil.
Iceland have to put in a robust efficiency to bounce again from their 2-0 defeat towards England six weeks in the past. Their solely win within the group got here 4 days in the past within the type of a 1-0 victory over Ukraine. Thorsteinn Halldórsson’s facet will take coronary heart from England’s earlier struggles towards equally ranked groups akin to Belgium and Portugal.
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