Dom Smith on England 0-0 USA
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00:00Full time here at Wembley and it's a goalless stalemate between the Lionesses and the United States.
00:06It was a really feisty affair, lots of excellent defending on show.
00:11In an interview with the Standard this week, Emma Hayes, of course a proud English woman and now managing the USA,
00:18she said she wasn't focused on England in the lead-up, she was focusing on her team.
00:22And it showed because I think the USA really were the better team in this game.
00:25They had three decent chances in the first half which England goalkeeper Marriott did well to keep out.
00:31And then in the second half England were fortunate, although on both occasions it was the right decision,
00:37that first of all an offside goal was disallowed, an American goal scored by Lindsay Horan,
00:42and then a penalty awarded to the USA was rightly overturned by VAR because the ball had struck Alex Greenwood in the stomach before hitting her arm.
00:50England defended resolutely, I think that would be really pleasing for Serena Veedman
00:55given that defending was slightly suspect last month when there were some really poor passes out from the back
01:02against South Africa and also against Germany in the defeat here.
01:05So a goalless draw in front of over 78,000 here, which is a world record for a women's international friendly match.