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Silence home fans says Keira

- NEIL MOXLEY 

KEIRA WALSH says silencing Sydney will be the key to England reaching the World Cup final. 

The Barcelona midfielder believes the Lionesses benefited hugely from home help as they claimed European Championship glory 13 months ago.

Co-hosts Australia are swimming in a sea of expectation.

The game is a 75,000 sell-out and, just like in England last July when the Lionesses headed to Euro glory, there is a huge groundswell of domestic support for ‘The Tillies’.