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England's women's national football team suffered a 3-2 defeat against Belgium in the Women's Nations League, leaving their qualification hopes in doubt. The match was marred by a severe clash of heads between England's Alex Greenwood and Belgium's Jassina Blom, which resulted in Greenwood being stretchered off. Despite a valiant effort, the Lionesses were unable to secure a victory and now face an uphill battle to qualify for the Olympics. Sarina Wiegman, the England coach, remains optimistic and insists that the team is not panicking.
88 - @TheMatildas logged 88 shots and 13 goals from just three games during this stage of the Olympic Women's Qualifiers as well as keeping three clean sheets. Stamped. #AUSvTPE https://t.co/LovIVQ3dRb
9 - Mary Fowler made a game-high nine shots at goal in #AUSvTPE - her most ever in a game for the #Matildas - including one for the opening goal of the game in the 62nd minute. Pivotal. https://t.co/O1RaIztX90
Piece from last night's England game looking at the short-term and long-term implications of the loss to Belgium There remain clear defensive issues which need to be fixed but it is hard to argue that going to the Olympics would help that https://t.co/CrI1xd3cyz
17 - The Matildas have made 17 shots at goal in the first half of #AUSvTPE - their most in the first half of any game without scoring a goal since the beginning of 2016. Mist. https://t.co/JvvfMGGcJt
27 - Sam Kerr has been directly involved in 27 goals in 23 games for @TheMatildas since the beginning of 2022 (19 goals, 8 assists). Champion. #AUSvTPE https://t.co/xARLpFMS9G
50 - @TheMatildas have made 50 shots at goal across their last two games, scoring 10 goals and amassing 7 xG; they've scored 6.3 goals per game across their last seven meetings with Chinese Taipei. Stream. #AUSvTPE https://t.co/QBwXdyCKXu
Matildas v Taiwan: Olympic qualifying – live https://t.co/T1EfypyUKi
Matildas v Taiwan: Olympic qualifying – live https://t.co/jV2oRLVcLk
🗣️ "It's one of the best results in [Belgium's] history." The Lionesses' 3-2 defeat to Belgium in the Nations League marks a third defeat in five games for Sarina Wiegman's side 🦁📉 https://t.co/G8GrPVRCs8
Belgium 3-2 England: Lionesses dealt 'hard lesson' as Olympics qualification in doubt https://t.co/ErqjoNuwvx
It was a night to forget in Belgium. The Lionesses Nations League hopes (and Team GB's Olympic aspirations) now hang in the balance 😓 #BBCFootball
Sarina Wiegman insists England ‘not panicking’ after costly defeat in Belgium https://t.co/GsXpxodDzt
Sarina Wiegman's side face an uphill battle to secure Olympic qualification on behalf of Team GB after familiar weaknesses proved their undoing once again 😩 More ⬇️ #BBCFootball
"England endured a miserable night in Leuven, with Greenwood taken off on a stretcher and progression from their Nations League group, and Olympic qualification for GB, taken out of their hands" Belgium 3 England 2 |✍️@M0lly_Writes https://t.co/NKujnVJ079 https://t.co/NKujnVJ079
Belgium’s Wullaert stuns England with double after Greenwood injury scare https://t.co/L0TuTqeEqw
England's Alex Greenwood 'conscious and talking' after sickening head injury Full story 👇 https://t.co/xovoIm4crB
Belgium 3-2 England: Lionesses lose in Women's Nations League https://t.co/QczbSL7Hzl
A not so happy Halloween for the Lionesses 😱 A narrow 3-2 defeat in Belgium leaves them with quite the task to qualify from Group A1 of the Nations League 😟 #BBCFootball https://t.co/oA6U5jXclE
BREAKING: England's Alex Greenwood taken off on a stretcher after sickening clash of heads during Nations League encounter against Belgium https://t.co/gUbHcCK35r https://t.co/QrDHDKCkMf
A positive update on Lioness defender Alex Greenwood who suffered a head injury which saw her stretched off in England's Nations League match with Belgium tonight👇🚨 https://t.co/5FmRGkqD3B
Wishing Alex Greenwood a full and speedy recovery ❤️ The Lionesses defender was substituted after a lengthy stoppage following a severe clash of heads with Belgium forward Jassina Blom. #BBCFootball https://t.co/ZKozXlPGHc
England's Alex Greenwood stretchered off after sickening clash of heads Read more 👇 https://t.co/xovoIm4crB
Little room for error in Leuven for the Lionesses, can they continue their momentum in the Nations League? 💪 Follow along live now on the BBC Sport website ⤵️ #BBCFootball
Belgium v England: Women’s Nations League – live https://t.co/wim3mJpCQJ