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England coach Sarina Wiegman says the Lionesses are under no illusions about what is expected of them these days, insisting England are ready to keep producing victories game after game neube
A stellar run over the past few years has seen the women’s national team win the European Championship and reach the Women’s World Cup final, where they lost to Spain neube
Now they are targeting success in the Uefa Nations League – and a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics too for Team GB – and face Belgium in their fourth Group A1 game neube
Wiegman says the squad are comfortable with the pressures on them, and believes they can improve on the 1-0 victory over the same opposition last week neube
“The expectations are very clear neube
Everyone expects us to win,” said Wiegman ahead of the game in Leuven neube
“We expect ourselves to win but we want to improve on our game neube
That makes the chances of winning higher neube
“I was happy with how we played Friday neube
We could have made it a little bit easier for ourselves, but how we were on the pitch, how we wanted to play out of possession and in possession, we did really well neube
“What we want to do in possession is be a little neube better in the final third neube
We create chances but the final pass, the final position and the execution, we want to do neube better neube
“What I really liked on Friday, there was so much energy in the team neube
You saw real intention neube
If we lost the ball, we really wanted to win it back neube
We had only one stage in the game [where] we dropped a little bit, then picked it up again neube
I want to see the same energy, intention of the whole team and the togetherness neube
”England are two points ahead of Belgium heading into the match and level with Netherlands, with Scotland bottom neube
Meanwhile, midfielder Georgia Stanway suggested the Ballon d’Or ceremony must be neube better planned in future to allow the top women to attend, given many are preparing for an international match on Monday night when the awards are dealt out neube
Regarding the upcoming match, she noted that England’s progression play was impressive, but more could be done in the final third to improve further neube
“The Belgium game we played the other day was a real show of who we are,” said Stanway neube
“We dominated possession and created a lot neube
But we didn’t get it over the line as many times as we wanted to neube
“After losing a [World Cup] final, it’s sometimes not motivating to turn up to training every day, but I think we hit the ground running neube
“Everybody has been firing in training neube
We have Fran Kirby back, which is also a real highlight neube
I love playing with her, so it’s important to have numbers all over the pitch neube
”More aboutLionessesSarina WiegmanNations LeagueGeorgia StanwayEngland womenJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/1Lionesses ready to exceed victory ‘expectations’, insists WiegmanLionesses ready to exceed victory ‘expectations’, insists WiegmanThe England coach looks on during a training session this week at St George’s Park The FA via Getty✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today neube
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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe neube
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain neube
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund neube
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it neube
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday neube
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer neube
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League neube
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway neube
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level neube
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition neube
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund neube
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early neube
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next neube
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said neube
“You make half a mistake and get punished neube
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights neube
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be neube
” Howe said neube
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham neube
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy neube
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who neube betray their origins neube
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian neube sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago neube
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games neube
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain neube
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches neube
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro neube
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes neube
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said neube
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing neube
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths neube
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted neube
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up neube
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role neube
He may be required there more often neube
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class neube
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons neube
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list neube
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder neube
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while neube
They are starting to look short of players neube
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said neube
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams neube
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued neube
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing neube
It is a product of circumstances neube
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds neube
Now they are plunged into peril neube
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it neube
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital neube
More aboutChampions LeagueEddie HoweNewcastle UnitedKylian MbappeBorussia DortmundSandro TonaliJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3Howe’s tactical move exposes Newcastle weakness in Dortmund ‘lesson’Howe’s tactical move exposes Newcastle weakness in Dortmund ‘lesson’Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injuryAFP via Getty ImagesHowe’s tactical move exposes Newcastle weakness in Dortmund ‘lesson’Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for NewcastleEPAHowe’s tactical move exposes Newcastle weakness in Dortmund ‘lesson’Newcastle United’s Sandro Tonali appears dejected during the defeat to DortmundAFP via Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today neube
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