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77 min: Bronze drills a low shot right into a crowded field. De Caigny blocks and Belgium clear.

76 min: Hemp crosses from the left. Daly swivels on the penalty spot however can’t join correctly along with her volley, which squirts harmlessly vast proper. England are actually urgent for the winner, however one vital exception aside, haven’t made Evrard do an excessive amount of throughout this second half.

75 min: Kelly Cruyff-turns her well past Deloose down the proper, however her low cross isn’t half pretty much as good because the trick. Belgium clear.

74 min: Belgium’s flip to make a double change: they swap out Blom and Detruyer for Delacauw and Daniels.

73 min: Toone rakes a protracted move down the center in an try to launch Kelly. Overhit. Evrard claims.

71 min: Daly and Walsh mix crisply down the left. A cross is half cleared. Stanway makes an attempt to return the ball with curiosity, solely to blooter wildly over the bar.

70 min: Stanway spins and drags her manner into area down the inside-right channel. A wonderful flip; such a disgrace the try to launch Daly by the center was overcooked. Still, what talent.

68 min: A double change for England as Kirby and Russo are changed by Toone and Daly.

67 min: Kelly wins a nook off Deloose down the proper, and takes it herself. She fires it lengthy, however Bright is busy tussling with Missipo on the far publish and may’t leap to fulfill the ball.

65 min: Walsh pings a intelligent diagonal move in the direction of Bronze, simply to the proper of the six-yard field. She tries to hook again for Hemp however can solely prolong a leg to divert the ball into the arms of Evrard. England are starting to make possibilities once more.

64 min: From a good angle on the proper, Russo ripples the facet netting with one other off-target shot. It’s not been her night. Meanwhile within the different recreation, Esmee Brugts has given the Netherlands the lead over Scotland on the hour.

62 min: Take nothing away from Earps, although. The save nonetheless needed to be made, and he or she did so with attribute confidence.

61 min: … then out of the blue Wullaert goes haring off after a protracted ball down the left, will get the higher of Carter, then Bright, and pearls a shot in the direction of the underside proper. Just a bit too near the keeper, although, and Earps parries brilliantly. England clear their traces. Wullaert, having been one on one with the keeper, wears a glance of intense frustration.

60 min: It’s excessive tempo, however passes aren’t sticking for both facet.

58 min: A uncommon interval of scrappy play. It’s been an amazing match, open and entertaining.

56 min: Hemp practically skins Deloose down the proper however the Belgian sticks stubbornly to her facet and ultimately attracts a pissed off foul. Hemp thought she’d received away there. Resolute defending.

54 min: A ball into the England field from the left. Blom waits to slam house, however Charles reads the hazard and intercepts. Meanwhile they’re displaying replays of England’s aforementioned close to miss … and what a save that was by Evrard! She was in mid-air, going the improper manner, however caught out an arm to cease Kirby’s shot flying in. It would have been some aim; it was some cease as an alternative.

52 min: England are so near taking the lead once more. Russo makes to run down the inside-left channel however cuts again, then spins and sends a diagonal move in the direction of Bronze, on the right-hand fringe of the six-yard field. Bronze cuts again for Kirby, who appears to have slammed house into the underside proper … just for Evrard to by some means get one thing on the shot, taking sufficient tempo off to permit De Caigny to clear off the road! Magnificent play all spherical!

50 min: Kelly’s flat nook appears harmful, however De Caigny clears and Belgium counter. Detruyer, barrelling down the within left, has an opportunity to launch Kees down the center, however Carter steps in to intercept.

49 min: Carter sends a forensic move down the right-hand channel within the hope of releasing Bronze. Just a bit an excessive amount of on it. But England come once more, by Russo down the left, and he or she earns a nook off Cayman. Kelly – who else? – to take.

48 min: Nothing comes of the set piece. But this can be a vigorous begin to the second interval by the Lionesses.

47 min: … and Russo needs to be scoring from it. Kelly’s dipping supply is magnificent, dropping on the ft of Russo, six yards out. But Russo can’t get her ft sorted permitting Evrard to dam. Russo has to accept a nook as an alternative.

46 min: Missipo slides into Kirby from the again. That was proper out of the old-school. A calling card that results in a yellow one. Free kick for England and an opportunity for Kelly to swing one other harmful one in from the proper.

Belgium get the second half underway. No modifications. Incidentally, within the different Group A1 recreation, it’s goalless at half time between Scotland and the Netherlands at Hampden.

… and right here’s the newest from our very personal Suzanne Wrack. “Update: Alex Greenwood is conscious, talking and being monitored by medical staff at the stadium.”

Some promising information relating to Alex Greenwood. According to Laura Woods on ITV4, Greenwood is “conscious and talking”.

Half-time leisure.

HALF TIME: Belgium 2-2 England

45 min +12: For the primary time this night, the sport will get a bit scrappy. Kelly tries to jink her well past Deloose down the proper however is stopped in uncompromising fashion by the Belgian full again. A correct juddering bodycheck. All referee-approved.

45 min +10: Kelly is clipped by Kees out on the England proper. She takes her candy time to retie her bootlaces earlier than getting as much as ship the free kick lengthy. Stanway can’t join on the far stick. Vanhaevermaet slices a clearance excessive however the mistake doesn’t price Belgium, who clear their traces nonetheless.

45 min +8: Well, that got here towards the run of play, and from nowhere besides. England have dominated possession and territory from the get-go, however the hosts are so harmful on the counter.

GOAL! Belgium 2-2 England (Wullaert 45+6)

45 min +5: England proceed to dominate possession. They keep affected person, pinging it across the center, this manner and that. Suddenly Walsh, who’s starting to drag strings, whistles a move down the proper channel and practically releases Kelly. Not fairly, however that’s a nice instance of the endurance Sarina Wiegman was preaching earlier than the sport.

45 min +3: Detruyer is booked for ensuring Bronze doesn’t take a fast free kick.

45 min +1: Stanway sends an effort excessive and vast left. Belgium might do with listening to the half-time whistle, however there’s an enormous drawback with that.

45 min: There shall be 14 minutes of extra first-half time. “Wow – you don’t see many like that header by Bronze,” writes Charles Antaki. “Crouching, waiting, sizing up a target 15 m away, then applying just exactly the right amount of force to send it over the keeper and safely into the net. Brilliant.”

GOAL! Belgium 1-2 England (Kirby 44)

42 min: De Neve can’t proceed, and is changed by Wijnants. When play restarts, England practically take the lead. Walsh, quarterbacking from deep, sprays a pleasant diagonal move in the direction of Bronze, bursting into the field down the inside-right channel. Bronze heads. Evrard parries. Russo can’t information the rebound into the unguarded left-hand facet of the online, sending her instinctive shot vast. So shut.

41 min: Kelly drifts in from the proper and sends a bobbling, dipping shot inches vast of the underside left. Evrard had it lined.

40 min: England need a second, and press Belgium again. The hosts nonetheless haven’t determined what to do with De Neve, who appeared to have pulled one thing when hacking clear.