OneFootball
Andrew ThompsonĀ·7 April 2025
OneFootball
Andrew ThompsonĀ·7 April 2025
England Women bossĀ Sarina Wiegman sat down with the press today ahead of the Lionesses second meeting with Belgium in the Women's Nations League.
After a scintillating performance that saw Wiegman's outfit smash theĀ Red Flames by a 5-0 scoreline, England will unfortunately have two key members unavailable to them.
BothĀ Alessia Russo and Lauren James will miss out due to injury, with the star pair having since been replaced byĀ Michelle Agyemang and Jess Naz respectively.
Wiegman, however, could only offer a brief update on their status.
"LJ picked up a hamstring injury so she will be assessed at her club but of course not available for Tuesday," she said.
"The same with Alessia, so she had to go back to her club too and sheāll be assessed there and hopefully theyāll be back soon."
Wiegman is no doubt excited about their replacements, too.
"Jess Naz came in and Michelle came in and of course Jess has been in our environment and of course she knows, so thatās nice. She trained well."
āAnd for Michelle, itās the first time [England inclusion]."
"She was at St Georgeās Park before, of course, because they qualified for the Euros with the U19s. Sheās very excited and she showed up straight away in the training session today.ā
Could Agyemang look ahead to a senior debut away from home?
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