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England secured a 3-1 victory over Greece in their first leg of the Women's World Cup playoff on Friday, October 6. Despite this win, England coach Sarina Wiegman noted that her team could have scored more and was unhappy with the goal conceded by Greece's Kallisti Brouksair. The second leg will take place at King Power Stadium in Leicester on Tuesday, October 10. Should England advance past Greece, they would face the winner of Slovakia vs Ukraine in subsequent rounds, scheduled between November 26 to December 5, 2026. Wiegman also mentioned that notable players Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly were absent from her initial squad due to underperformance recently.
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England were denied a clean sheet when Kallisti Brouksair scored for the hosts to cut the deficit to two and breathe life into the contest ahead of the return game in Leicester on Tuesday.
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hosts → deny → Tuesday
Boss Wiegman was happy with the result but thinks her side should have won by more.
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side → think → more
She told ITV: “I think we started well, they started aggressive too but we stayed calm, that’s what I’m most pleased with but a couple of things to work on too.
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I → tell → things
“At moments in the game we were tight, ball wasn’t moving quick enough.
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ball → move → game
Especially when we got the ball in the pockets, high up the pitch, we need to be tighter, more aligned.
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we → get → pitch
“With these opportunities we had, we could’ve scored a lot more goals, sometimes we were offside, so there are some things we need to work on, and I’m not happy with the goal we conceded.”
uncertain
we → have → goal
Manchester United’s Le Tissier notched her first goal for her country with a powerful strike which proved to be too powerful for Greek keeper Fafailia Petaloti.
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which → notch → Petaloti
Wiegman was happy with what she saw from her defender.
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she → see → defender
She added: “There were more positives but she’s really improving her game with club, she’s more comfortable, covered a lot of space today.
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she → add → space
“She needed to defend but at the same time played in attack really high up the pitch.
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She → need → pitch
She got there at the far post and it was a great shot.”
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it → get → post
The 24-year-old was denied earlier in the game due to a save from Petaloti but finally got her reward.
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old → deny → reward
The defender was happy to get off the mark for her country.
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defender → get → country
She said: “I didn’t really know it went in to be honest.
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it → say → ?
I thought the keeper saved it but I just smacked it.
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I → think → it
I’m a defender and I thought I’d just be stopping goals but always good to get out there.
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I → ’m → goals
“We wanted to come here and get the win, gutted to concede a goal but in a good position going into the Leicester game on Tuesday.”
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We → want → Tuesday
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