The Blues won 3-1 with goals from Aggie Beever-Jones, Maika Hamano and Guro Reiten moving us top of Group B. Beever-Jones and Hamano were two of seven fresh faces Bompastor selected in the east of the Netherlands, and as she summarised the victory, our head coach highlighted how it underlined the depth in quality available to her.

‘I’m really happy with the first half,’ said Bompastor.

‘We started the game strongly. We were efficient being able to score really quickly. We saw some good movement from the players. For me, we just got the three points which is really important. We are top now which is the main goal.

‘Also, we had the opportunity to rotate and manage some players. Some players could rest in preparation for the game on Sunday.

‘It just shows how much quality there is in the group, and also how much I trust everyone in the group. Some of them were able to start and play 90 minutes in the Champions League.

‘It’s good to have the quality in the group to make sure we can rotate and play every single game with a lot of competition.’

Lauren James had been named in the starting XI but was replaced before kick-off by Johanna Rytting Kaneryd…

‘In the last moment of the warm-up she felt something in her foot,’ reported Bompastor.

‘At the moment it’s too early for me to say something else about LJ. We will have to assess her tomorrow in London and see how she feels.’