While they absorb yesterday's pain the Lionesses will be contemplating what might have been, not what lies ahead. You want to improve all the time. That's what I see, this group of players are so eager to be successful, so every next moment we want to grab [the opportunity] and be better. Growth is one of the things that is really into this team." Brazil, the South American champions, are ranked 9th in the world and England are 4th. We should get a true indication of where the team are as we head towards this summer's World Cup.

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But there could be a place up for grabs with Chelsea's Fran Kirby, who started every match last summer, having not featured since February because of injury. We as a team know the standard we want to get to. Our efforts have been 110 per cent and we’ve driven out and we’ve grinded out those results.

I was very, very disappointed (about the final result). Seeing Millie with tears in her eyes, it just bought tears to my eyes. I really felt for them as well. However, we know that Weigman is anything but experimental during the European Championship, she selected the same XV throughout the tournament last summer. Will she give new players a change to stake their claim in her World Cup squad? The Lionesses will now go on to play the tournament's co-hosts, Australia, next Wednesday in Sydney with hopes of making it to the final. Gary Lineker introduces the Gerd Muller Trophy at the 2023 Ballon d'Or awards and is reminded of the moment he wore his underwear on Match of the Day after Leicester won the title.

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Watch AJ Brown pull off an incredible one-handed catch against the Washington Commanders - one of two appearances by the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver in this week's NFL plays of the week. Good evening and welcome to live coverage of the first Women's Finalissima - match between the European and South American champions. It's hard, obviously they're very technical footballers. Let's just say it's good practice for the World Cup in the summer. Win by hook or by crook. Just really pleased with that to be honest.

England's midfield is tough to break into with Bayern Munich's Georgia Stanway and Barcelona's Keira Walsh firm favourites to start.