3 min: Ghana get forward and Boaduwaa looks through on goal. She opts to lay it off and fluffs the final pass but Wubben-Moy did well to hold her line and the flag eventually goes up anyway.
2 min: The smoke from the fireworks has made it a bit hard to see in this opening minute. Ghana press immediately but England manage to get up the pitch and the play ends in a very tame Kelly shot.
The national anthems have been sung, team photos have been taken and we are underway at St. Mary’s. England in their all-black kit while Ghana don their all-yellow away kit.
The atmosphere is bouncing in Southampton with the fireworks a plenty. The players are in tunnel and kick-off is six minutes away.
Sarina Wiegman hailed her side for another “incredible” year after being asked to sum up England’s 2025.
