BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – England coach Sarina Wiegman was at pains to try to preserve her workforce’s ft on the bottom following their record 8-0 thrashing of Norway in Group A on Monday, saying it was only one sport in their quest to win a primary main title on the Women’s Euros.
The win at Brighton’s Amex Stadium got here by a relentless efficiency from the hosts, who went 6-0 up in the primary half because of a penalty from Georgia Stanway adopted by objectives from Lauren Hemp and two every by Ellen White and Beth Mead.
Alessia Russo added one other after halftime earlier than Mead accomplished her hat-trick to make it a record European Championship win for the Lionesses, extensively considered one of many favourites to elevate the trophy on July 31.
“It was a really particular evening. We didn’t anticipate to make such a giant win but we performed rather well,” Wiegman advised the BBC after her workforce secured a spot in the quarter-finals.
“We actually exploited their weaknesses and we’re actually pleased, but on the identical time it’s only one sport. We’ll benefit from the second but we’ll keep actually grounded.
“‘What’s happening right here?’ That was going by my thoughts. Norway didn’t have the solutions. We created probabilities, scored objectives and it was very fulfilling to look at.
“Games can go actually unusual. We’ve seen so many video games when it’s 3-0 and goes to 3-3, but when it went to 4-0 and 5-0 I believed they’re not going to get better from this.”
Norway, taking part in their first main match in 5 years with key ahead Ada Hegerberg in the lineup, have been woeful in defence and struggled to offer any justification for his or her standing as darkish horses in the match.
“Norway did not have the most effective sport as we speak. We’re actually proud of the efficiency. We confirmed how good we’re. When we undergo (from the group stage) we’ll get examined at the next stage. We must do higher each sport,” Wiegman added.
“We actually confirmed our qualities. The followers have been very nice once more, nearly 30,000 of them. We simply must take pleasure in that second, chill out somewhat bit then begin making ready for the following sport.”
In the final eight England will tackle both Germany or Spain, who meet on Tuesday after each groups recorded emphatic wins in their opening video games.
(Reporting by Christian Radnedge in London; Editing by Ken Ferris)
