Five of our players took another step closer to next summer's European Championships in Switzerland by winning their respective round one second leg play-off matches.

Following an emphatic 5-0 win away to Albania last week, Guro Reiten played 90 minutes and scored for Norway in the reverse fixture in Oslo. The 30-year-old netted her side's eighth from the penalty spot late on as her country claimed a 9-0 victory on the night, meaning a 14-0 scoreline on aggregate.

To secure their place at the next major tournament, Reiten and her Norwegian team-mates will have to see off Northern Ireland in the second round of the play-offs which will take place during the next international window in late November/early December.

Blues defender Nathalie Bjorn and winger Johanna Rytting Kaneryd both started in Sweden's resounding 8-0 win - 12-0 on aggregate - win over Luxembourg. The latter was on the score sheet again for her country, as she was on Friday night, netting their second goal after 11 minutes and also assisting another.

Her goal on Tuesday evening means Rytting Kaneryd, who featured for 76 minutes, has now scored five goals for club and country since the start of the season.

Sweden's victory - in which our goalkeeper Zecira Musovic was an unused substitute - means they will now face Serbia in the play-off second round.

Having helped Scotland take a 1-0 advantage to Edinburgh thanks to a narrow victory in Hungary on Friday night, Erin Cuthbert played 60 minutes and found the back of the net in the first half against the same opponents this evening.

Scotland went ahead at Easter Road after 17 minutes, before our midfielder netted a trademark Cuthbert wonder strike from just outside the box to double her country's lead just after the half-hour mark. Two more were added by the hosts meaning a 4-0 victory on the night - 5-0 on aggregate - which sets up a clash with Finland in the next stage.

Friendlies

Defensive duo Millie Bright and Lucy Bronze made substitute appearances in England's 2-1 win over South Africa in Coventry, meanwhile, goalkeeper Hannah Hampton and forward Aggie Beever-Jones remained on the bench throughout.

Our defensive duo got minutes as Bronze came on as a substitute and played the final half an hour, meanwhile Chelsea captain Bright entered the fray in the 73rd minute.

Oriane Jean-Francois started her first match for France in over a year and played the first half in her country's 2-1 defeat to Switzerland in Lancy. Chelsea team-mate Sandy Baltimore came on in the 82nd minute for Les Bleues, while defender Maelys Mpome was an unused substitute.

In a re-match of last week's friendly encounter, Mayra Ramirez played 90 minutes as Colombia again faced Brazil. Following the 1-1 draw in their previous meeting, the latter nation claimed a 3-1 win on this occasion.

Veerle Buurman, who signed for the Blues in the summer before returning to PSV on loan, made her senior debut for the Netherlands in their 2-1 win against Denmark in Esbjerg. The 18-year-old featured for 82 minutes in defence on her maiden appearance.

On-loan defender Brooke Aspin, who is spending the season at Crystal Palace, played the full match as England U-23s beat Portugal 1-0 in Shrewsbury. Midfielder Ashanti Akpan, who is currently on loan in the Championship with Birmingham City, was an unused substitute.