I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...
A few things have been sorted out after the second set of matches at the Women’s U17 Euros.
Victories for Italy and Germany, against Portugal and France respectively, mean progress for the former two, while Les Bleus now cannot reach the last four following back-to-back Group B defeats.
Scotland and Spain played out one of the more entertaining 0-0 draws, and so good was Scotland’s performance against a very talented outfit, some of their players were crying after the match at their failure to make their dominance count.
Lucy Porter, who was positively beaming in the post-match press conference, came off the bench to grab the winner for England against Austria in Chesterfield on Friday night.
The Young Lions' assistant coach, Mo Marley, and yours truly were sat in the team office first thing this morning working out every permutation ahead of the final group games and we now know this...
As head-to-heads come in to play ahead of goal difference, England just need a point against Portugal to seal their place in the last four.
Lois Fidler's side can only finish second in Group A, even if they win on Monday, and they will play the winner of Group B in the semi-final, which seems likely to be Germany, as they only need a point against Spain to stay at the summit.
