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How Wiegman replaces James will define the type of team England are | Jonathan Liew

Manager faces a tactical and personnel conundrum going into quarter-final with Colombia – but she is nothing if not prepared Michelle Alozie’s butt is fine. We can probably stop talking about Michelle Alozie’s butt now. As the Nigeria defender put it herself, the time has probably come to draw a line under the warm potage of takes and judgments that followed her fleeting brush with notoriety during Monday’s game against England. You might think that a woman with a degree in molecular biology, a job as a researcher into childhood leukaemia and four appearances at the World Cup would be remembered for something other than being Lauren James’s temporary carpet. But that is not yet the world we live in.Nevertheless,...

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England’s gritty win against Spain bodes well for Euro 2022 chances | Karen Carney

Having dug deep for their quarter-final victory, the Lionesses are better equipped to win the tournamentEngland winning all three group games with an aggregate score of 14-0 might have given the impression that tournament football is straightforward, but the quarter-final victory over Spain showed it is far from that. England had to work extremely hard to stay in the game and needed to change tactics to get the better of their opponents, which will be beneficial going into the semis and, hopefully, final.There is no doubt Spain are the best team England have played and offered a very different challenge from those in the victories over Austria, Norway and Northern Ireland. England needed to put into practice a different gameplan...

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