England 6-1 Belgium: Arnold Clark Cup – live reaction
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Brazil and Australia to come next for the Lionesses ahead of the trip Down Under. Chloe Kelly chatted to ITV Sport.
It’s a great feeling. We keep moving forward. Lucy [Bronze] said I am the tap-in queen so I will take that. It was a brilliant performance. It’s very special to be part of such an amazing group.
There’s a presentation taking place at Ashton Gate, with England legend Fara Williams handing out the gongs. Chloe Kelly gets the golden boot, Lauren James player of the tournament. Then up goes Leah Williamson to collect and lift the trophy.
The Arnie, the Clarkie, the Cup is the all-conquering Lionesses’.
Full-time: England 6-1 BelgiumThat’s 137 goals for, nine against, 29 games unbeaten, 25 wins and now the Arnold Clark Cup. The Sarina Wiegman roadshow rolls on and on and on. So much talent, and goals from all over the team. That’s the mark of a team that has a real chance at the World Cup.
Goal! England 6-1 Belgium (Williamson, 90+2)England still have the final say, and the captain grabs her second of the night with a lovely volley. Not as nice a goal as Dhont but stylish nonetheless. It’s the final kick of the game.
Goal! England 5-1 Belgium (Dhont, 90+1)It’s the goal of the game and Mary Earps is furious as Dhont cuts in from the flank and thwacks one from long range. It’s an absolute beauty from the substitute.
Goal! England 5-0 Belgium (Bronze, 90)An inswinging corner, and Daly’s head gets to it, and the ball lands at the feet of Bronze who pokes in.
87 min: Daly looking to draw level with Kelly as top scorer in the tournament but like Alessia Russo before her, the pickings are quite slim for a striker.
85 min: All the subs have taken the sting out of the contest but then again so had the scoreline.
82 min: Loud cheers from the crowd when Mary Earps gets a touch, the England goalie. She could have played tonight in her overcoat and a set of Totes Toasties instead of boots tonight.
81 min: Ella Toone goes off, and on comes Jess Park, to play in the No. 10 slot. Keira Walsh off, too. On comes Lotte Wubben-Moy, and there will be a reshuffle in midfield and defence.
Goal! England 4-0 Belgium (Biesmans, 78)Oh dear, Biesmans can only deflect into her own net as Daly was chasing down Chloe Kelly’s pass into the middle.
76 min: Belgium….have a corner. And take their time over it, as if they were protecting a lead. They don’t manage to make much of it.
74 min: Patient, possession play by England now. Though they eventually cough up possession, only to win it back almost as quickly as they lose it.
72 min: On comes Daly, off goes Russo, who it says has had a quiet game. Big cheer for the ever popular Rachel Daly.
70 min: Missipo, the Belgian midfielder, makes a mess of things and Stanway chooses to shoot. It’s well saved when perhaps the pass to a teammate was on.
68 min: Belgium pushing up and that is likely to leave some space at the back. Rachel Daly is imminent, we hear.
66 min: Hemp releases Toone and her shot is flying in from the angle, and Evrard ends up making a fine save, tipping the ball on to the bar.
64 min: One of those Belgian subs, Valesca Ampoorter, is almost instantly booked for clattering Jess Carter. Zesty stuff from an 18-year-old.
63 min: England make their sub: Alex Greenwood off, and Jess Carter on at left-back. Does that mean Rachel Daly can count herself as a striker?
61 min: Belgium makes a trio of changes though it is doubtful they will do much to stem the flow.
59 min: Great stuff from Charles Antaki: “Well, at 2- nil that will do, notwithstanding Recent Events in Football. So it’s England for the Arnold Clark cup – which I hope is in the form of a slightly dodgy 2018- registered Ford Fiesta with 60,000 miles on the clock and a damaged wing.”
I read: “The Fiesta is planned to be discontinued in June 2023, after 20 million units have been produced; it had been largely displaced by newer models.”
Sad days, I’ve driven a couple of them. You always knew what you were going to get.
57 min: Belgian goalie Evrard got herself in an unholy mess, but unlike Messrs Alisson and Courtois last night, manages to get herself out of it.
56 min: Andrew Sherman gets in touch, let’s see if he’s proved right: “Russo was a great impact substitute in the Euros, but surely there is a legitimate concern over whether she can hold down the 9 permanently. As for" Daly, well Serina likes an impact substitute so I bet we see her after 60 mins.”
54 min: Kelly fancies a treble, and coming off the wing, the right wing this half, she fires over. Inverted wingers this half, with Hemp cutting in off the left. So much variation in this England squad.
53 min: A Belgian attack. One cleared up by Alex Greenwood, but a Belgian attack nonetheless. Standards must be slipping.
52 min: England have won the Arnie, now to see how many more they can score?
Goal! England 3-0 Belgium (Kelly, 50)Coming in from the flank, Hemp speeds into the Belgian box, and shoots, and Kelly, again from yards out, taps in for her second, her third of the Arnold Clark.
49 min: Belgium still yet to mount an attack of note.
47 min: Ella Toone has a dig from distance and just narrowly misses, her shot landing on the roof of the net.
46 min: There’s been a half-time sub for the Lionesses. Off goes Lauren James, on comes Lauren Hemp.
Half-time: England 2-0 BelgiumIt’s been one-way traffic at Ashton Gate, and Belgium looked likely to be heading into the break just one goal down after weathering quite the storm. Instead, Williamson’s header makes the Arnold Clark Cup all but England’s.
