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England boss Sarina Wiegman is looking forward to another Wembley occasion against one of the world’s best when they face Spain in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.England will welcome the world champions to the national stadium in the first meeting between the two sides since the Lionesses won the European Championship last summer on penalties.Both teams have won their opening two matches in World Cup qualification, beating Iceland and Ukraine, and a win for either would put them in a commanding position to take the one and only automatic spot from Group A3.

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00:05Yes, of course. You know, these are very competitive games.
00:09Of course, we are in the World Cup qualifiers, so there's more than this game.
00:13You want to qualify for the World Cup, but when you're allowed to play at Wembley again,
00:18and I think there's about 75,000 tickets sold, and you play Spain in that atmosphere at home,
00:26with the fans behind us, it's just really exciting.
00:29It just feels like a very competitive game,
00:32and we have played so many games over the last couple of years against each other.
00:37So I don't think about that. I just think about, well, we're playing qualifiers.
00:40We also see the bigger picture. We want to qualify for the World Cup.
00:44They want to qualify for the World Cup, and we both, as well as the other teams in our group,
00:49want to qualify, and as quick as possible, that would be nice too.
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