In the most ridiculous circumstances, the Lionesses beat Scotland 6-0 at Hampden Park yet failed to reach the Nations League finals by virtue of the Netherlands scoring a 95th-minute fourth goal of their own, 688 miles away.
Sarina Wiegman said she wanted her side to “go wild” in attack, and they needed to in order to produce a three-goal swing on whatever result the Dutch achieved against Belgium in Tilburg.
