From 7 Sept 2025Anderson eyes World Cup squad placeElliot Anderson says it is “all eyes on the World Cup” but knows he has to build on his impressive England debut. The Nottingham Forest midfielder stood out on his senior bow against Andorra.“I think it’s only one game really. I’m focusing on the next game and then the game after that, to try and make an impact. But obviously, all eyes on the World Cup. It couldn’t have gone much better apart from if I’d have scored. I should have scored, it is what it is...next time.”Noni Madueke was one of the bright attacking options, creating the opening goal with a cross which Christian Garcia headed into his own net.
Madueke said: “Obviously, we had the experience of playing them at the end of last season, and we knew that, give them credit, they’re a very stubborn opposition. I think we could have scored more goals, and I think it was definitely a much improved performance from the last time. I’m happy overall.“You have to just get the ball and just have that fearless mentality. There’s 11 players in 30 metres of space, so the only way you’re really going to get to goals is if you outplay somebody, or if you get crosses in like Reece James did with the second goal. So I feel like as a collective, that was really what we tried to do.”Key events7 Sept 2025Anderson eyes World Cup squad place7 Sept 2025Good morning, footballShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAnd that concludes today’s buildup. Do join Billy for the WSL action, and there’s F1, cricket and tennis to come.More international football ahead but Jonathan Wilson has written about Mikel Arteta, and his lack of bravery from the bench,Phil Grey has an idea: “I’m just going to throw this one out there. The bottom 12 in the Nations League meet each other in exciting playoffs to reach the group stage of European World Cup qualification, and there are 12 groups of 4. That way there would be fewer fixtures for the top players to cram into the packed calendar. The only thing I’d miss would be Barney’s articles about the meaningless mismatches.”Brighton fans with an early pint of their WSL game at Crawley.Brighton v Aston Villa at Broadfield Stadium. Photograph: Harriet Lander/WSL/WSL Football/Getty ImagesSpain v Turkey does look a cracker, it has to be said, and the key fixture in Group E.Germany v Northern Ireland looks the tie of the day...
