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Katie Smith

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Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

on the Football Daily Podcast.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

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Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

So England have failed to take the chance to qualify for next summer's Women's World Cup, losing 4-0 to Spain in Mallorca.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

I'm Katie Smith.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

Alongside me, former England midfielder Frank Kirby, our commentator Vicky Sparks.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

And Vicky, let's just lay out firstly, before we dive into that disappointing performance and what went wrong for England, let's lay out the situation now in terms of qualification as it stands after that game's been played.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

Yeah, so Spain, with that 4-0 victory, they came into this game knowing that they had to win by two or more goals to really put themselves in the driving seat for World Cup qualification.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

So they are now top of the group.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

They're level on points with England, but they're ahead on head-to-head.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

So it does go down to the final qualifiers.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

England are at home to Ukraine.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

That's on Tuesday night, live on Five Live, 8 o'clock from Everton's Hill, Dickinson Stadium.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

That is a game that England will expect to win.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

Spain are away to Iceland now apart from facing England in this group for Spain that is Spain's trickiest qualifier but if England if Spain sorry I should say if Spain match England's results in terms of winning if England win drawing if England draw losing if England lose Spain will be going through automatically as group winners and England will be heading into the playoffs as reigning European champions for next summer's World Cup

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

That was such a disappointing display, Fran, in so many aspects for England.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

It's the most one-sided iteration we've had of this ever-growing rivalry so far.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

Never been more than a one-goal margin previously.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

Why was it so one-sided in terms of quality today?

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

And I imagine from your perspective then, Fran, frustrating at times to watch, say, in the first half especially, those risky decisions being made out the back, passing around the area as opposed to getting some long balls up there.

Football Daily
The Debrief: Sorry England humbled in Spain

When, yes, England are not there to get a draw, they made that clear before the game began, but they still had a lot to play for if they were to draw or win.

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