England beat Norway 8-0 on Monday in their Group A clash at the European Women’s Championships, making Sarina Wiegman’s team the first to reserve a place in the quarter-finals and the first to score eight goals. in a European Championship final.
England, who on Wednesday set an audience record in the Women’s European Championship at Old Trafford looking forward to more after the 1-0 win over Austria in the first match of the tournament, dominated the match against Norway, their biggest rival. hard of the group on paper.
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The Lions took a 1-0 lead from the penalty spot in the 12th minute from Georgia Stanway and scored again three minutes later with Lauren Hemp packing Beth Mead’s cross over the line.
England, who are in their longest unbeaten streak of 16 games, added two more goals each from strikers Ellen White and Mead before the break to make it 6-0 in the 38th minute.
A good header from Alessia Russo in the 66th minute and another goal from Mead for her hat-trick nine minutes from the end ended in victory, as England became the first team in the European Championship, men’s or female, scoring eight goals in a match.
England leads Group A with six points ahead of Austria, who beat Northern Ireland 2-0 on Monday to secure their first three points. The former Norway leader fell to third place with three points, while Northern Ireland have yet to score a point after two games.