ON TUESDAY evening, I waited for the match between England Women and Latvia to begin. I was looking forward to seeing if Ellen White would beat the all-time goal-scoring record — which she did — but I was not expecting the game to unfold the way it did. In fact, I don’t think anyone could have predicted that. 

If you missed it — England punished Latvia with 20 goals and kept a clean sheet, all in a matter of 90 minutes. With no exaggeration, I refreshed my phone every five minutes or so to check the score, and another goal would pop up on the screen.

It was an incredibly positive display from Sarina Wiegman’s side, who it seems have become forces to be reckoned with under her management, and showed how advanced our women’s team have become. Their finishing and quality on the ball was fantastic, and the sense of community and spirit within the squad itself was inspiring.