England, Wales and Scotland reach final qualifying round as Northern Ireland exit
England, Wales and Scotland won their Women's World Cup qualifying play-offs to reach the final round, while Northern Ireland were knocked out by Portugal.
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England, Wales and Scotland have reached the final round of qualifying for next year's Women's World Cup after winning their play-off matches, while Northern Ireland were eliminated.
England took another step towards the tournament with a win over Greece in Leicester. Sarina Wiegman had asked her side to be more clinical. Alessia Russo scored a cool finish, Lauren James produced a perfect strike, and Russo wrapped up the win. Greece are ranked 55 places below England but still kept them on their toes. England will now face Ukraine in a winner-takes-all clash.
Scotland went into their play-off against the Czech Republic with a 2-0 lead from the first leg. They were given an early wake-up call when the visitors scored a spectacular opener. Lauren Davidson responded almost immediately to settle the nerves. The Czechs kept pushing and went ahead again to maintain the pressure. After the break, Scotland found their rhythm and scored two goals to put the game out of reach. Scotland will face Sweden in the next round.
Wales knew a draw against Albania in Llanelli would be enough to progress. Maisie Davies scored her first international goal to put them ahead, and Elise Hughes beat the defence to the front post to put the game out of sight. It finished 3-0 on the night, 4-0 on aggregate, and it could have been more. Norway are next, standing between Wales and a first World Cup appearance.
Northern Ireland's hopes ended with a 7-1 aggregate defeat to Portugal, bringing their Brazilian dreams to a close.
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| England will face Ukraine in a winner-takes-all Women's World Cup qualifying match. | |
| Northern Ireland were eliminated from Women's World Cup qualifying after a 7-1 aggregate defeat to Portugal. | |
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The bulletin covered the Women's World Cup qualifiers as a home nations round-up. It led on the fact that England, Wales and Scotland had advanced while Northern Ireland went out, then gave match details for each home nation and named their next opponents. The tone was straightforward and positive, with no outside analysis or contradiction of the results.
- “England, Wales and Scotland are all through to the final round of qualifying for next year's Women's World Cup after winning their play-off matches this evening while Northern Ireland misses out”
- “Wiegman's side will now face Ukraine in a winner-takes-all clash.”
- “It finished 3-0 on the night, 4-0 on aggregate and it could have been more, with Norway up next standing between them and that first World Cup appearance.”
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