England's last chance of winning a semi-final place in the Samsung Women's World Cup was lost this afternoon when they failed to overcome the host nation, Spain. A Mel Clewlow penalty corner strike put the teams at 1-1 when the final hooter sounded, but this gives Spain the remaining semi-final place and relegates England to playing for the 5th/8th place. Their first match will be against Japan on Friday morning. TalkHockeyRadio will be in Madrid from Friday and this blog will be updated from pitchside, hopefully with photographs.
