News about Lieke Martens

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Millie Bright, England's captain, bemoaned the absence of VAR for last night's women's Nations League loss against the Netherlands, calling it'mindblowing.' Danielle van de Donk collected the ball in an off-side position before laying on Lieke Martens to score, prompting her to comment. The Netherlands went on to win the game 2-1. Bright admits that England may have better represented the situation, but that greater consistency in the deployment of technology throughout the women's game may have been desired.

HENRY CLARK INUTRECHT: England suffered to a late loss to the Netherlands in the Nations League on Tuesday night. In the first half, Lieke Martens led her team 1-0 before Alessia Russo equalized after 64 minutes. Renate Jansen scored a spectacular late kick to give the Netherlands three points - with England losing their second match in three games.

She has won two of her last three finals. She has a chance to win a third as her Lionesses face Spain on Sunday in the first time in history. She has won 24 major tournament matches out of her last 25 fights.

The Netherlands had just progressed to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup, but star midfielder Danielle van de Donk looked inconsolable. On Sunday, she was issued a one-match suspension after her yellow card in the second half of the 2-0 victory over South Africa. Her tears were likely in realisation that she may have played her last match of the tournament if the Dutch lose to Spain in the quarterfinals. But Netherlands coach Andries Jonker had no time for any negativity.

Esmee Brugts was the protagonist of the Netherlands' 7-0 victory over Vietnam at the Women's World Cup, with the forward scoring two identical goals from range in Dunedin. In the first 11 minutes of the Group E match at Forsyth Barr Stadium in New Zealand, Lieke Martens and Katja Snoeijs had put the Dutch side up 2-0. In the 18th minute, Brugts extended the lead in spectacular fashion by curling a shot at goal from outside the box.