England Ladies have convincingly crushed the Netherlands to maintain their Euros hopes alive.
Sarina Wiegman’s group got here into the match as defending champions, however slumped to a 2-1 defeat towards France of their opening match.
Of their second sport towards the Netherlands, the Lionesses took a commanding lead within the must-win tie, and it ended up being a thrashing.
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Lauren James celebrates certainly one of her two objectives in England’s win over the Netherlands. Pic: Reuters
Lauren James, freshly returned from damage, starred within the 4-0 victory, scoring twice earlier than being substituted off within the second half.
Georgia Stanway and Ella Toone had been the opposite goalscorers, whereas FA patron Prince William was amongst these cheering on the group within the Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland.
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England’s Ella Toone (high proper) and Lauren Hemp rejoice within the Lionesses’ rout of the Netherlands.
Pic: Reuters
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Georgia Stanway (proper) celebrates scoring England’s second objective.
Pic: Reuters
The efficiency was much-needed, as a loss would have left their marketing campaign on a knife-edge, counting on outcomes elsewhere.
Going into the competitors, the England camp was hit by a sequence of setbacks as three senior gamers pulled out for differing causes.
England will play Wales of their third and remaining group sport on Sunday 13 July.
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Ella Toone celebrates scoring England’s fourth objective with Alessia Russo, Georgia Stanway and Alex Greenwood.
Pic: Reuters
Talking to the BBC after the sport, James mentioned: “I loved it rather a lot, the objectives say all of it.
“We bounced back from the previous game and showed we were more than capable [of] showing the world what we can do.”
Fellow objective scorer Stanway mentioned: “I’ve always said, and said the other day, this is about showing who we are. We fought from the very first minute to the very last.”
Wiegman, who has additionally led her native Netherlands to Euros glory, additionally talking to the broadcaster, lauded her group’s response after shedding towards France.
“We’re absolutely not there yet, but this is an incredible response,” she added.
Sir Keir Starmer, an Arsenal fan, additionally celebrated the win with a put up on X.
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