England Girls 7 – 0 Jamaica Girls
Ella Toone scored twice and Lauren James made her return from harm as England thrashed Jamaica 7-0 of their last warm-up recreation earlier than the Girls’s Euros.
Toone’s first-half double, both facet of a Lucy Bronze header, was adopted up by second-half strikes from Georgia Stanway, Alessia Russo, Aggie Beever-Jones and Beth Mead because the Lionesses cruised to victory of their first assembly with the Reggae Girlz.
With essential minutes now within the financial institution, all eyes will flip to their all-important Euros opener with France on Saturday in Switzerland, the place they are going to be defending their crown.
The England Girls workforce line up for a photograph forward of their pleasant with Jamaica
England began brightly, with Stanway coming shut from distance within the opening levels. It was Toone although who broke the impasse with a close to similar effort to Stanway, which this time evaded the diving Liya Brooks.
The hosts continued the stress with out reward, however had been virtually left shell-shocked by Jamaica’s first assault of the sport.
A fast breakaway led to a nook which was performed low and located Kayla McKenna breaking free from Alex Greenwood and changing previous Hannah Hampton to seek out what the Reggae Girlz thought was their first-ever aim in opposition to England.
Blushes had been spared although as VAR got here to the rescue and deemed Kiki Van Zanten, who gained the preliminary nook to start with, was blocking Hampton’s view in an offside place.
It appeared to offer the Lionesses a wake-up name, as they doubled their lead shortly after the half-hour mark. Jess Carter discovered fellow full-back Bronze with a pleasant cross because the full-back headed house clinically.
Each Lauren Hemp and Russo had been denied by the upright earlier than Toone stepped up once more to discover a third on the stroke of half-time, making the most of some poor Jamaica defending to seek out the far nook off the within of the submit.
The second half introduced a slower begin, however Stanway notched England’s fourth with a robust effort from contained in the 18-yard field. This was adopted by the most important cheers of the afternoon as Lauren James made her method off the bench for her first minutes since choosing up an harm in April.
Alessia Russo celebrates with Lauren James after scoring England’s fifth aim in opposition to Jamaica
It didn’t take lengthy for the Chelsea star to make an affect, as inside 10 minutes of her introduction, she discovered Russo ready eagerly on the again submit, with the Arsenal striker grabbing her customary aim with a simple header contained in the six-yard field.
Substitute Beever-Jones bought in on the act to seize the hosts sixth of the night earlier than Mead, who shook off an harm scare, added a seventh to spherical off a routine victory forward of far greater assessments on the horizon.
Aggie Beever-Jones celebrates after placing England 6-0 up in opposition to Jamaica
Wiegman: ‘We noticed what we would have liked to see’
England boss Sarina Wiegman chatting with ITV:
“I assumed it was an excellent efficiency. We anticipated to be within the last third quite a bit, so to attain seven targets was good. We may nonetheless be extra composed in moments and make an additional move, however we’re happy.
“I feel what we wished to see, we noticed. We are able to additionally make tactical selections however everyone seems to be in good type. I feel we now have many gamers who can play the No 10. That is what we noticed in the present day.
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Sarina Wiegman believes the calls for of the ladies’s recreation have elevated, which brings each positives and negatives for the gamers
“I really feel good. I am excited concerning the workforce. We have had two weeks of coaching and you may really feel the vibe within the workforce that we wish to go to the Euros. Let’s go prepare for France. I’m excited.
“It is laborious to say [how this squad compares to previous ones]. I have been concerned in lots of tournaments. You put together for the very best and assume ‘what do we want for each situation?’ and adapt to the whole lot in entrance of you and make massive choices. There are many choices on this squad so we now have some massive choices.”
Stanway: ‘Excellent efficiency’
England midfielder Georgia Stanway chatting with ITV:
“I had a couple of possibilities so I attempted to make one among them rely. It was a pleasant day. As a complete the efficiency was superb.
“It has been quite a lot of work. I did not anticipate to be having surgical procedure on the finish of January. Possibly it was for a purpose. It sounds cliched however I really feel match and contemporary.”