Action, news and reaction as England Lionesses take on Luxembourg at the home of Stoke City
A bumper crowd at Stoke City this evening as England are in town for their first game on home soil since being crowned European champions.
The Lionesses captured the imagination of the nation this summer with a brilliant run to lift the trophy at Wembley at the end of July and tickets sold out fast to watch them live when they visited the Potteries.
The game against Luxembourg is their 10th and final match of a fantastic World Cup qualifying campaign, winning the first nine and scoring 70 without conceding along the way. They have already booked their place in the finals in Australia and New Zealand next summer thanks to a 2-0 win over Austria on Saturday.
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Wiegman: "I think so. You saw tonight that people are so enthusisastic. At the moment we're very popular and I just hope we keep doing that, we keep our fans happy.
"I hope they had a very good night and enjoyed watching the game.
"You saw a team that had to manage the game even against a side like Luxembourg that is weaker than us against you, you have to play with a lot of energy and as good football as possible. You want to keep the tempo high.
"You saw In transition moments that when we lost the ball we really won it back as soon as possible. That's what people want to see, players putting in lots of effort to play the game."
Wiegman: "It's going to be very exciting, a loud night and sold out again. We are also playing number one in the rankings to see where we are at that point. These are the tests we want all the time. Spain, Germany, Sweden were very good…. We need those matches to really see where we are."
It is suggested that England might have to be more clinical against the US.
Wiegman says they are almost incomparable situations because the matches will be completely different.
Wiegman: "There are a few factors. People come to the stadium to see the England team they've seen a lot. We did make five subs too."
"I don't think it could be much better than this. I'm really happy. This camp after the Euros is hard because of the tremendous highs but the team has done so well. We had to make the tempo of the game and keep the energy and that's what we did for most parts of the game. Ten-nil is really nice."
A report from the bet365 Stadium on a pretty special night.
England simply dominated possession and just kept forcing their way into the final third, pulling back for the next player on the conveyor belt to get onto the scoresheet. Luxembourg keeper Lucie Schlime also made a couple of point-blank saves and more often than not she had 10 outfield players within about 20 yards defending as fiercely as they could.
Luxembourg had only once before faced a team in the top 10 of the world rankings – and that was when they lost 10-0 to England in the reverse fixture. Merciless. Ten qualifiers, 10 wins, 80 goals scored and none conceded.
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A great way to end an incredible campaign.
Fantastic. There are still lots of fans in the stadium cheering them around.
Wiegman has gathered the players for words of wisdom after an incredible qualifying campaign.
Ten qualifiers, 10 wins, 80 goals scored and none conceded.
Stewards let a girl slip through and she dashed across the pitch towards the players. She is now being escorted out and being told she is a very naughty girl.
A brilliant atmosphere.
Well done England.
Poor old Luxembourg. They kept fighting and look devastated it got to double figures.
Ten.
Another corner. England jumps at the near post and smacks in a header.
It's nine.
Lauren Hemp pounces on a parry from Schlime and sticks it into the net from six yards.
Fans: "We want 10!"
There are two minutes added time.
It's the easiest chance of the night and it's fallen for Parris, two yards out under the crossbar, but she flashes a header wide.
24,174 here tonight. We're not sure how it's a sell-out? Either way, still a good effort and a lovely positive atmosphere.
It's eight. Ella Toone tucks it into the bottom right corner.
The stands are crying, "Toone!"
Parris is fouled as she cuts into the area from the left.
There are fans in all stands holding up the torches of their mobile phones.
Can England get to eight? Liverpool managed it against Stoke here back in 2000 and the scoreboard operator was so shocked it briefly showed up as 9-0.
Latest stats say England have had 83 per cent of possession. Luxembourg look shattered.
Beth Mead gets a standing ovation as he and Rachel Daly make way for Lauren Hemp and Demi Stokes.
Mead has been mesmerising.
Guess who's got it?
Brilliant from the brilliant PArris, dashing in from the right and burying a shot across the six-yard box into the far corner.
There's a Mexican wave rolling around the stadium. Fans are getting impatient for another goal
It should be seven. Beth Mead twists and turns and slams a shot into the side netting.
England (six) have now outscored Stoke (five) at the bet365 Stadium so far this season.
It's six.
Bethany England has just come on and she poaches in front of the Boothen End after good work down the left from Beth Mead, drilling a cross through the six-yard box.