Siobhan Chamberlain
Ex-England and Man Utd goalkeeper on ITV

Italy have got good attacking players. England need to stay switched on.

Lotte Wubben-Moy clatters into Michela Catena a she clears an Italy cross, but it's accidental and there's no chance of being penalised.

Catena quickly returns to her feet.

Italy have their first break as Sofia Cantore finds space behind Alex Greenwood.

She gets away but can't find anyone when she tries to pull the ball back.

Italy can't get anywhere near England.

Grace Clinton has the ball in the middle and looks to make a nice turn, but she's tripped by Arianna Caruso and England have a free-kick.

Once more they're dangerous from the set-piece, but Laura Guiliani pushes Lotte Wubben-Moy's header past the post.

Dangerous... Chloe Kelly spins a delivery towards the back post but it's sent behind by Valentina Bergamaschi before Lauren Hemp can get to it.

England started with intensity and they've carried that on.

They're dominating the ball and knocking it around Italy's third with ease.

Siobhan Chamberlain
Ex-England and Man Utd goalkeeper on ITV

We said we wanted goals and a fast start and we have got just that.

It's a fantastic delivery and Lotte Wubben-Moy directs it perfectly into the corner. What a perfect start for England.

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England get the game started.

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Here we go! The teams are out in Algeciras and it's time for the anthems.

Who do you think will be the winner this evening? Hit the thumb's up for England, or thumb's down for Italy.

Eni Aluko
Former England forward on ITV

There is always competition for places and Niamh Charles had been patient and nailed down that spot as her own.

The defensive side of her game is important. She has done brilliantly to really cement her place in that team for England.

This is England's game before they begin their Euro 2025 qualifying campaign.

The draw for the qualifying groups takes place on Tuesday, 5 March, with qualifying beginning in April.

Qualifying uses a similar system to the nations league, with England being in League A and needing to finish in the top two of their fourth-team group to reach next summer's tournament in Switzerland.

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This England camp has seen young talent make their mark on the Lionesses' senior side.

The future looks bright for the Lionesses with a host of youngsters breaking through the international set-up - but who could soon become a first-team regular?

Grace Clinton stole the show on Friday night as the former under-23s international scored on her debut in Sarina Wiegman's side's 7-2 thrashing of Austria.

She is one of several players to have made the step up in recent years, and with the under-23s joining the European champions on a warm-weather training camp in Spain this month, there is even more desire for others to follow suit.

BBC Sport's Emma Sanders takes a look at five young players to look out for.

England

England manager Sarina Wiegman on playing friendlies at small-capacity grounds in neutral countries: "What we want to do is find balance

"We want good friendlies in good circumstances - so we have very good pitches here, the weather is always nice so we can stand still a little bit and have good training sessions.

"We did know there were probably going to be less fans than we would have hoped. There were fans here on Friday and they enjoyed it. I hope the fans at home watching it enjoyed it too.

"We will be back home in April, June and July and the rest of the season we will play a lot in England so I hope that connects with the fans enough."

• England have lost just one of their past seven matches against Italy in all competitions (W5 D1), and are unbeaten in four against them (W3 D1) since 3-1 loss in the Cyprus Cup back in March 2012.
• The Lionesses will take on Italy for a second time under Sarina Wiegman, with the previous meeting taking place in last year’s Arnold Clark Cup in February (a 2-1 win for England courtesy of a brace from Rachel Daly).
• England have scored 13 goals across their last two games (Six v Scotland & seven v Austria), scoring six-plus goals in back-to-back matches for a second time under Wiegman, with the previous instance coming in her first two games in charge of the Lionesses (8-0 v North Macedonia & 10-0 v Luxembourg). They’ve never scored six-plus goals in three successive games previously.
• None of the previous seven meetings between England (four wins) and Italy (three wins) to be played outside of either country has ended level, with the Lionesses winning four of the last five such encounters, including the most recent one in March 2014 (a 2-0 win in the Cyprus Cup in Cyprus).

England manager Sarina Wiegman has welcomed the announcement of new female-specific health projects in top-level football.

The Women's Super League and Women's Championship have worked with health experts to create the initiatives.

The projects include online courses for staff on topics such as menstrual cycles and the appointment of a female athlete health lead at all 24 clubs.

"It is another step in the right direction," said Wiegman.

"It's really good and also very necessary. It has been said all the time there needs to be more research about women in sport and more support too.

"We have to keep going and doing research, which will take time to make it the best for women in sport. We need to do what's best for them."

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