Another rampant England performance saw the defending champion demolish Wales on Sunday, 6-1, and book its spot in the quarterfinals of the Women’s European Championship.
England had bounced back from losing to France in its opener by routing the Netherlands, 4-0, and it raced into a 4-0 halftime lead against Wales following goals from Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo.
Substitutes Beth Mead and Aggie Beever-Jones added more in the second half either side of Hannah Cain’s stylish consolation for Wales.
The result saw Sarina Wiegman’s team advance as runner-up in Group D, ensuring England a potentially easier path to the final, after France beat the Netherlands 5-2 to win the group. Wales and the Netherlands have been eliminated.
England will play Sweden in the quarterfinals and could then face either Norway or Italy.
Had they won the group, the Lionesses would have encountered Germany before a possible semifinal against World Cup winner and tournament favorite Spain, which plays host nation Switzerland in the last eight.
It was always going to be a tall order for Wales, on its tournament debut, to beat the reigning champion. It had lost nine of its 10 previous matches against England, only managing one draw against its neighbor and historic rival.
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The challenge for Wales became even harder when England was awarded a penalty — by the video assistant referee — after Carrie Jones tripped Stanway just inside the area.
Stanway sent the penalty into the bottom left corner to give England a 13th-minute lead and a disaster in defense allowed the Lionesses to double that tally eight minutes later.
An attempted clearance came off Stanway and fell to Russo, who rounded the Wales goalkeeper before rolling it across for Toone. The Manchester United forward’s first attempt was blocked by Wales defender Lily Woodham, but she lashed the rebound into the top right corner.
Toone turned provider in the 30th, running onto a pass from Lauren James and crossing for Hemp to head in from a tight angle at the back post.
It was Hemp’s first goal since returning from a five-month layoff after undergoing knee surgery in November.
Wales had been poor, while England had been brutally efficient and the Lionesses added another goal on the stroke of halftime. A sublime pass from James — between two Welsh players — released Toone, who rolled it across for Russo to tuck into the bottom left corner.
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With the result a foregone conclusion, Wiegman rang the changes at halftime, bringing on Jess Park and Mead for Toone and Hemp.
Park almost scored early in her tournament debut, but Olivia Clark turned her volley onto the post with a smart save.
Mead was the Euro 2022 player of the tournament, and she got her first goal in this edition in the 72nd minute after a superb bit of skill saw her latch onto a good ball from Beever-Jones and carve out some space in the area before slotting past Clark.
Wales reduced the deficit in style as Jess Fishlock went on a storming run from inside her area before threading the ball through for Cain to lash into the back of the net.
Beever-Jones headed in Mead’s cross in the 89th minute to wrap up the scoring.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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