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Wasteful Alessia Russo's grip on her Lionesses starting role is starting to weaken: Winners & losers as Sarina Wiegman ponders England's precarious Nations League & Olympic position after shock defeat to Belgium

England might be the reigning European champions, and they might have reached this year's Women's World Cup final, but the chances of them winning the first edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League or securing Great Britain's place at next year's Olympic football tournament are suddenly in serious doubt after a shock defeat to Belgium.

The Lionesses appeared to be on track to getting over the defeat to the Netherlands that they ended their September international break with when they beat the Red Flames 1-0 in Leicester last Friday. However, the return trip to Leuven just four days later saw Sarina Wiegman's side produce a defensive horror show fitting for Halloween night, one that ended in a 3-2 loss that looks extremely likely to come back and, well, haunt them.

England will host the Netherlands at Wembley in December knowing that they absolutely have to win - and by at least a two-goal margin - to keep their Nations League and Olympic dreams alive. Even if they can achieve that, they still need other results to go their way, too.

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