Hemp determined for Olympic qualification as forward eyes 50th England cap

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England must beat the Netherlands to keep alive their hopes of 2024 Olympic qualification on behalf of Team GB, as forward Lauren Hemp eyes her 50th cap for the Lionesses on Friday at Wembley.

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00:00 As you said, it's pretty surreal and would be a surreal feeling.

00:04 I mean, to do it at Wembley, there's no better place than to do it there.

00:09 It would be an incredible feeling if I was able to do that.

00:12 Every cap is special to me, but obviously to make 50 would just be incredible.

00:16 And if you told me that when I was younger, that at 23 you'd make 50 caps,

00:20 I don't think I'd believe you.

00:22 So it would be an amazing occasion for me to be able to do that,

00:25 but we'll just have to wait and see.

00:27 Obviously I've been to an Olympics before, so I've experienced it once,

00:31 but I want to experience that again.

00:33 I want to be at major tournaments every single year.

00:36 We've seen what we can achieve as an England group.

00:38 The next few years are so important for us.

00:40 We've got a lot of major tournaments coming up

00:42 and our sights are set right now on the next Olympics,

00:45 and we want to get there first.

00:46 We've got a couple of important games coming up

00:48 to put us in good stead to compete in that tournament,

00:50 and that's what we want to do as a group.

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