England produced a vibrant display of attacking football as Aggie Beever-Jones hit a first-half hat-trick on the way to a 6-0 thrashing of Portugal.
Sarina Wiegman’s side were back to their best in the Nations League after a shock defeat to Belgium last month, with a returning Lauren Hemp outstanding down the left. Beever-Jones opened the scoring inside a matter of minutes and soon had three as she seized her chance up front, with Lucy Bronze and Beth Mead also on the scoresheet in a five-goal first 45 minutes.
The interval disrupted the Lionesses rhythm and there was little reason for further exertion, though substitute Chloe Kelly headed home a lovely goal to complete the rout. A welcome return for Georgia Stanway in midfield was another reason to smile for Wiegman, who resisted the urge to test out another keeper alongside Hannah Hampton despite the retirement of Mary Earps this week.
Re-live all the action from England vs Portugal at Wembley in our live blog below:
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England vs Portugal LIVE: Latest Women's Nations League updates
- England thrash Portugal 6-0 at Wembley
- FULL TIME: England 6-0 Portugal
- GOAL! ENGLAND 6-0 Portugal (Chloe Kelly, 62 minutes)
- GOAL! ENGLAND 5-0 Portugal (Aggie Beever-Jones, 35 minutes)
- GOAL! ENGLAND 4-0 Portugal (Beth Mead, 29 minutes)
- GOAL! ENGLAND 3-0 Portugal (Aggie Beever-Jones, 26 minutes)
- GOAL! ENGLAND 2-0 Portugal (Lucy Bronze, 6 minutes)
- GOAL! ENGLAND 1-0 Portugal (Aggie Beever-Jones, 4 minutes)
And here's Sarina Wiegman
21:57
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Harry Latham-Coyle
“It’s what we wanted,” the England boss tells ITV. “You go back to business. We want to keep in the running that we can win the Nations League, and we needed a win. It was really good to see the team show up like this.
“There are always things to improve. But it is a good score. We started really well, we adapted really well. We wanted to defend on the front foot and we did that really well. In the second half, the spaces became smaller for us, but the goal we scored was really good even if it was harder to find the space.
On the returnees from injury, Wiegman adds: “I know how hard they have worked and how much they have done to come back. Of course, it’s a step up. It is the Nations League and we want to win, but at the same time we are preparing for the Euros. They need meaningful minutes. When you score so much, it is easier to make subs.
“When we played Spain here, we dropped a little deeper. We’ll review this and then make final decisions. We know they are so tight and smart on the ball. I’m really happy with how the team did today.”
How Aggie Beever-Jones took chance to lead breakout night for England’s next generation
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Jamie Braidwood at Wembley
After all the talk this week of who’s not going to the Euros, England made sure they moved the conversation onto those who will be travelling to Switzerland this summer.
Aggie Beever-Jones produced a performance, and scored a 33-minute minute hat-trick against Portugal on her first Wembley start, that meant the excitement around the Chelsea forward will go up to another level ahead of Euro 2025. The Women’s PFA Young Player of the Year seized her opportunity, with the type of display that comes from the sheer hunger of wanting to really make your case for going to a major tournament. She left nothing to chance and was not the only one.
Sarina Wiegman on the returns of Lauren Hemp, Alex Greenwood and Georgia Stanway
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Jamie Braidwood
“It’s really nice to see them back. They have worked so hard to get to where they are right now and that is what they showed. If you haven’t put all the work in to this point then you cannot put in a performance what they showed tonight. Of course we look to keep building. The Euros is really coming close at the same time we want to perform in the Nations League, so we we have to find that balance.”
Aggie Beever-Jones speaks to ITV after her hat trick
21:45
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Harry Latham-Coyle
“I’m absolutely shattered! Coming into this today after a big season, to get told I was starting, I just wanted to help the team as much as I can.
“I’ve been trying to find my family. My friends are here as well - I’m delighted and can’t quite believe it, if I’m honest.
“For me, I’m just focussing on the current and the now and I believe everything will fall into place. As long as I’m giving the right people headaches, and making Sarina happy, that’s good. I think I’ll get the girls to sign the match ball because it’s such a special day.”
FULL TIME: England 6-0 Portugal
21:43
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Very, very impressive from England, back to full force to set up a shot at group victory against Spain on Tuesday. After the misstep in Belgium, they were on it from the first whistle, striking early and often in the first half to thump their visitors 6-0.
A hat-trick for Aggie Beever-Jones, a star turn from Lauren Hemp, and no obvious injuries to fret about - job done for the Lionesses.
FULL TIME: England 6-0 Portugal
21:37
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Harry Latham-Coyle
England 6-0 Portugal, 90 + 3 minutes
21:37
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Ooh. A bit of a to-do between Leah Williamson and Catarina Amado late on, the England captain clashing with Amado and directing her head towards her. Tensions soon settle.
England 6-0 Portugal, 90 minutes
21:35
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Three more minutes to come, a few already starting to file out towards the pubs, stations and other evening entertainment venues mightily content with England’s performance.
England 6-0 Portugal, 89 minutes
21:33
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Into the final knockings with the result long since decided. The 50,000 or so inside Wembley (or at least those not of a Portuguese persuasion) seem to have very much enjoyed England’s goal feasting.
England 6-0 Portugal, 86 minutes
21:30
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Ana Capeta and Diana Silva are replaced late on by Portugal. The experienced Carolina Mendes and Beatriz Fonseca will get a chance for a run out on the Wembley turf.
England 6-0 Portugal, 84 minutes
21:28
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Aggie Beever-Jones has been more of a bit-part figure in this second half, and her touch lets her down on a rare glimpse of space about seven yards from the right edge of the penalty area. She has already done plenty of damage, of course.
And she nearly has a fourth goal! A canny switch from Beth Mead sets up the striker but Ines Pereira is equal to a curving shot released with the outside of her boot.
England 6-0 Portugal, 81 minutes
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Harry Latham-Coyle
There is still urgency in the England press, the tackles tough, the organisation as it should be. They’ve barely allowed Portugal to have a sniff tonight.
England 6-0 Portugal, 77 minutes
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Harry Latham-Coyle
The first minutes of 2025 for Georgia Stanway, on in the place of Keira Walsh and into that anchoring role. It’s nice to see the Bayern Munich midfielder back amongst things.
England 6-0 Portugal, 74 minutes
21:19
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Off the woodwork! A sensational free kick from some range by Alex Greenwood thuds off the crossbar via a flick of the fingertips of Ines Pereira, and Chloe Kelly can’t then contort a header into the back of the net on the follow-up. Not Kelly’s best - touch of the sublime and then the ridiculous, as she jogs away with a rueful shake of the head.
Some hit from Greenwood, though - and a good save from Pereira in the end.
England 6-0 Portugal, 72 minutes
21:16
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Hannah Hampton has had very little to do tonight, and appears to be glancing over towards the bench, wondering if a goalkeeping change might yet come. Perhaps Sarina Wiegman feels these aren’t really the circumstances to best stress test her prospective alternatives to the England No 1.
England 6-0 Portugal, 70 minutes
21:14
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Harry Latham-Coyle
This does feel the strongest that the England squad has looked for a long while, even with Lauren James and Alessia Russo absent, among others. Plenty of options for Sarina Wiegman.
England 6-0 Portugal, 69 minutes
21:12
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A double substitution from Portugal brings a debut for Carolina Correira, on alongside Andreia Faria. Andreia Norton and Andreia Jacinto depart.
England 6-0 Portugal, 67 minutes
21:10
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Another England chance, and a warm reception for the arrival of Fran Kirby. Jess Park is replaced.
England 6-0 Portugal, 64 minutes
21:09
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Harry Latham-Coyle
With both Alex Greenwood and Leah Williamson on the pitch, England really do have incredible passing range from centre half.
But in a sign of the tougher test to come on Tuesday, Spain are powering away from Belgium: Athenea del Castillo has struck twice in two minutes to extend their advantage to 4-0.
GOAL! ENGLAND 6-0 Portugal (Chloe Kelly, 62 minutes)
21:07
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Harry Latham-Coyle
This time Chloe Kelly gets her goal!
A thing of fine construct from the hosts at Wembley! A glorious pass from Alex Greenwood picks out Beth Mead on the left, who sets her feet and then her sights on Kelly arriving at speed on the angle on the opposite wing. A clipped cross is oh so inviting - six of the best for England, with more perhaps to come...
England 5-0 Portugal, 60 minutes
21:04
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Harry Latham-Coyle
No goals, then, since the resumption. Ana Borges is forced into a hasty hustle to prevent Chloe Kelly changing that, the Portugal defender sliding in effectively.
England 5-0 Portugal, 58 minutes
21:03
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A booking for Grace Clinton, swinging at a ballooning ball at the same time as a Portuguese player and making contact with calf rather than her intended target.
England 5-0 Portugal, 56 minutes
21:01
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Changes for England. Away go Lucy Bronze, Lauren Hemp and Esme Morgan. Welcome to Chloe Kelly, Maya Le Tissier and Alex Greenwood. Le Tissier will go to right-back, it seems, to replace goalscorer Bronze.
England 5-0 Portugal, 54 minutes
20:59
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A pretty wasteful pass from Diana Silva in search of namesake Jessica, the latter settling for Silva in a sprint against an England defender having started some way behind them in pursuit of her teammate’s forward thump.
England 5-0 Portugal, 49 minutes
20:55
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A sore one for Lauren Hemp, a rake of the studs down the back of the calf never nice. She’s back on her feet soon enough - though Sarina Wiegman isn’t at all happy that the Portuguese player escapes without sanction in the form of a coloured card. Just a free kick.
England 5-0 Portugal, 49 minutes
20:53
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Over in Belgium, meanwhile, Spain are 2-0 up and thus keeping their place at the top of the group, despite England’s fun at Wembley.
Grace Clinton ambitiously lets fly from about 25 yards but skies it. Clinton’s finishing, to pick nits, hasn’t been at its best tonight.
England 5-0 Portugal, 47 minutes
20:51
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Harry Latham-Coyle
No changes yet for England. Was Sarina Wiegman tempted to give one of her other goalkeepers a half after Mary Earps’s retirement?
Second half...
20:49
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A half-time switch for Portugal: Dolores Silva is off and Jessica Silva is on. The latter should offer more forward threat, provided she is over a rather worrying eye injury that has addled her recently.
Back underway.
HALF TIME: England 5-0 Portugal
20:35
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Well that was all rather good from England, dynamic and devastating in attack on their way to five goals. A hat-trick for Aggie Beever-Jones was well taken, but it’s Lauren Hemp who has really been the star, effervescent, enterprising and, frankly, excellent throughout down the left hand side. Will the goal glut continue after the interval or will Portugal find a way to steady the ship?
HALF TIME: England 5-0 Portugal
20:34
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Harry Latham-Coyle
England 5-0 Portugal, 45 + 2 minutes
20:33
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Harry Latham-Coyle
The offside flag spoils England’s latest forward foray, with a gathering group of white shirts beginning to swarm towards the Portugal box, expecting another tasty morsel or two to devour. Beth Mead was the guilty party, just off as a pass was played her way.
England 5-0 Portugal, 45 minutes
20:30
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Portugal’s first-half misery is prolonged by three additional minutes.
England 5-0 Portugal, 43 minutes
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Harry Latham-Coyle
How has Grace Clinton not got there? Hemp plays the provider this time, sending in a spinning cross from the byline with her left foot that Clinton appears set to divert home. It evades the midfielder, though, who trudges back with an approving gesture to the winger, who really has been outstanding in this half.
England 5-0 Portugal, 41 minutes
20:28
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Harry Latham-Coyle
If Lauren Hemp’s feet were a size or two bigger, that might have been a sixth, a sliding Lioness just unable to get her claw on it as she attacks a low cross at the far post.
England 5-0 Portugal, 39 minutes
20:26
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Consecutive crosses from Lauren Hemp and Lucy Bronze each evade their intended targets, Portugal doing rather better with their marking than they did for Aggie Beever-Jones’s second.
England 5-0 Portugal, 38 minutes
20:24
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Sarina Wiegman doesn’t tend to give too much away in her technical area but you’d suggest the Lionesses boss is enjoying the ruthlessness her side are showing here. There’s been on easing, really, in their purpose in possession, the European champions perhaps recognising an opportunity to send a message with the defence of their title looming.
England 5-0 Portugal, 36 minutes
20:21
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Jess Park fancies getting in on the act, going it alone with Beth Mead and Aggie Beever-Jones well placed near her. Dolores Silva gets back to prevent a sixth but can only concede a corner.
GOAL! ENGLAND 5-0 Portugal
20:20
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Jamie Braidwood
What on earth are we seeing? A 33-minute hat-trick for Aggie Beever-Jones. She started making the curved run across the Portugal defence before Leah Williamson even received the ball - knowing the captain had the vision and quality to pull off the pass in behind. The touch was excellent. The finish was confident.
It gets worse for Portugal.
GOAL! ENGLAND 5-0 Portugal (Aggie Beever-Jones, 35 minutes)
20:19
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A first-half hat-trick for Aggie Beever-Jones!
Talk about seizing one’s chance! It’s a gorgeous ball forward from Leah Williamson, stepping out and play-making as she can at her best. A raking pass is taken down nicely by Beever-Jones and the fierce finish is just as good - though Ines Pereira will be disappointed to have been beaten at the near post.
England 4-0 Portugal, 32 minutes
20:18
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Harry Latham-Coyle
It’s tough to know where Portugal go from here. They just haven’t been at it at all.
A bit of a concern for England as Keira Walsh pulls up and hobbles around for a while with an apparent injury. Is that a slight grimace on her face? She’s continuing for now but I’m not sure she’s totally comfortable.
England 4-0 Portugal
20:16
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Jamie Braidwood
The Portugal goalkeeper Ines Pereira pulled her team-mates in for an huddle as England celebrated their fourth. It’s been a wretched half hour for them.
GOAL! ENGLAND 4-0 Portugal (Beth Mead, 29 minutes)
20:15
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Delightful! England are irresistible; Portugal all over the place!
Oh dear oh dear. Jess Park runs Dolores Silva off the ball a little too easily and then slips in Beth Mead. Mead brushes off the temporary attentions of Catarina Amado and opens up her body to find the gaping space to the goalkeeper’s left.
England 3-0 Portugal
20:14
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Jamie Braidwood
Portugal are starting to look like the team that conceded seven and four to Spain last month’s Nations League double-header, rather than the side that frustrated England in a 1-1 draw in February. Beever-Jones was totally unmarked.
But the smile is back on Sarina Wiegman’s face. After a difficult week of questions following the retirement of Mary Earps, this is the lift everyone needed.
England 3-0 Portugal, 28 minutes
20:14
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Portugal feel frazzled here. They were very good in the reverse fixture, holding their shape effectively, but that early double strike just totally unsettled them.
GOAL! ENGLAND 3-0 Portugal (Aggie Beever-Jones, 26 minutes)
20:12
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Harry Latham-Coyle
It’s three! The simplest of headers for Aggie Beever-Jones!
A fine cross from Lucy Bronze but where are the Portugal defenders? Two are just about within touching distance of the England striker as Bronze swings it in from deep but go off chasing others, leaving a beaming Beever-Jones all alone in the middle of the dancefloor. A firm planted header clips the crossbar on its way.
England 2-0 Portugal
20:10
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Jamie Braidwood
There have been a couple of flashes of what England have missed when Lauren Hemp has been unavailable, namely that ability to quickly change pass and accelerate an attack. A Mexican Wave spreads around Wembley.
England 2-0 Portugal, 24 minutes
20:10
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Andreia Jacinto’s slightly ropey back pass is just about kept in play by Ines Pereira , though all the goalkeeper can do is punt the ball into touch. The replays suggest it was already beyond the line - though it matters not for England as they earn the corner they deserved soon after the throw-in.
England 2-0 Portugal, 22 minutes
20:08
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A concern for Portugal as Ana Borges stays down after that tangle with Hemp. I think she’ll be ok to continue, but out come a couple of medics to check her out.
England 2-0 Portugal, 20 minutes
20:06
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Harry Latham-Coyle
More liveliness from Lauren Hemp, turning a defender with a vicious twist of limbs. She sends Jess Park onwards but the midfielder can’t make much of the position.
England 2-0 Portugal, 18 minutes
20:04
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Lauren Hemp breaks beyond the Portugal defence, beating Fatima Pinto to the ball and accelerating away. Her touch drags her too wide to fashion a shot but she reloads, connecting with a teammate and then crafting a cross, which flies to deep. Good signs, though, from Hemp, who was excellent after making her comeback for Manchester City last month.
England 2-0 Portugal, 16 minutes
20:02
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Carter and Leah Wiliamson sandwich Diana Silva as the Portugal striker retreats, and there is cover beyond them, preventing the dangerous Andreia Jacinto from careering away down the right. England really did show some defensive frailties in Belgium earlier in this Nations League campaign but this has looked better so far.
England 2-0 Portugal, 14 minutes
20:00
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Jess Carter has looked lively in these opening skirmishes, the left-back eager to get forward with the ball and tough to shift off it when she gets on the move. The construction of England’s back four over the next couple of months will be interesting, particularly given the slight uncertainty around Millie Bright - one hopes the centre half feels able to return to the squad soon.
England 2-0 Portugal, 11 minutes
19:57
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Portugal skipper Dolores Silva raises a hand of apology to her teammates after getting her feet in a tangle and conceding a soft throw-in to put them under pressure. No harm done, England tossing it backwards and then running aground.
England 2-0 Portugal, 10 minutes
19:56
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Off the post! Portugal threaten twice from crosses with England failing to perform their aerial duties effectively. Andreia Norton heads towards goal but watches it fall the wrong side of the post with Hannah Hampton sprawling - I think the goalkeeper had it covered...
England 2-0 Portugal, 7 minutes
19:53
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Harry Latham-Coyle
It feels like England might score every time they have the ball. Lauren Hemp is full of vim and vigour, like a carbonated drink shaken up after a long time out of the side through injury. Her ball just evades Aggie Beever-Jones.
ENGLAND 2-0 Portugal
19:53
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Jamie Braidwood
The difference a goal makes. Or rather, the difference Lauren Hemp makes on the England left. The winger gives England natural width on that left side and the option to take on her defender on the outside. In the box, there was right back Lucy Bronze. With Jess Carter in the team, she’s given the freedom to push high.
GOAL! ENGLAND 2-0 Portugal (Lucy Bronze, 6 minutes)
19:52
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Another! England’s start gets better!
Portugal cry offside but Lucy Bronze is just on! It’s forceful play from England down the left, not allowing their visitors to settle in after the early concession. Aggie Beever-Jones and Beth Mead are denied but as the ball floats across the box, there is Bronze to gobble it up. She heads home 90 seconds after her club colleague had opened the scoring - England are flying!
GOAL! ENGLAND 1-0 Portugal
19:50
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Jamie Braidwood
A dream first Wembley start for Aggie Beever-Jones. It’s almost her first touch, given how Hannah Hampton immediately played a long ball to her from kick-off and it sailed over her head. Credit to Jess Park for the press - that’s what she’s in the team for. Beever-Jones slipped on the finish and the contact wasn’t clean - but that’s a big moment.
GOAL! ENGLAND 1-0 Portugal (Aggie Beever-Jones, 4 minutes)
19:50
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A lightning start from England and Aggie Beever-Jones is there to pounce!
Poor from Portugal! A risky pass across midfield just outside their own box allows Jess Park to put Andreia Norton under pressure, with the Benfica player coughing up possession. Beever-Jones seizes the chance and slots home.
England 0-0 Portugal, 2 minutes
19:48
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Clinton is on the offensive this time, looking to latch on to a lift forwards after neat interplay between Aggie Beever-Jones and Beth Mead. Portugal get bodies back to clear.
England 0-0 Portugal, 1 minute
19:46
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A bright start in possession from Portugal, zipping it around a few English bodies down the left. Strong tackling from Grace Clinton ensures no particularly threatening progress is made.
KICK OFF!
19:45
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Harry Latham-Coyle
A peep of the whistle and off we go! England kick proceedings off - will Sarina Wiegman like what she sees with the Euros looming?
England vs Portugal
19:42
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Harry Latham-Coyle
The few Portugal fans among the assembly wave their national colours enthusiastically as their jaunty anthem sounds. England look fully focussed on the task at hand.
England vs Portugal
19:38
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Harry Latham-Coyle
Wembley is slightly more sparsely populated than it has been for some recent Lionesses visits, but a crowd of more than 50,000 is still a very good number. In the tunnel, the players are ready to go.
Aggie Beever-Jones gets another shot
19:35
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Harry Latham-Coyle
It’s a first England appearance at Wembley for Aggie Beever-Jones on the back of a fine season for Chelsea. One suspects she will have a bench role in Switzerland but this is a real opportunity for the forward to stake her claim to a starting spot tonight - can she help deconstruct this strong Portuguese backline?
England to debut Euro 2025 kit against Portugal
19:30
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Jamie Braidwood
England will tonight play in their new kits the Lionesses will be wearing at Euro 2025 this summer.
England won the Euros on home soil three years ago and the new Nike designs are said to honour that victory as well as the pioneers of the past.
The home kit takes inspiration from the 1980s, reflecting the England shirt worn at the 1982 men’s World Cup, with a blue and red print across the chest. England will also play in blue shorts.
Eyes on Hannah Hampton
19:23
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Jamie Braidwood
Cheers for Hannah Hampton as the England line-up is announced at Wembley, though not as loud as the reception that would usually greet the name of Mary Earps.
With Earps not here, the England fan favourite is now, by far, captain Leah Williamson. Hampton is now firmly England’s No 1 and this is her fourth consecutive start for the Lionesses.
England's Women's Nations League standings
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