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Powys County Times
3 days ago
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Beever-Jones hails ‘incredible' first Wembley start following England hat-trick
Forward Aggie Beever-Jones agreed it was an 'incredible' first Wembley start for England after she netted a hat-trick in the Lionesses' 6-0 Nations League rout over Portugal. The 21-year-old became just the third woman – and second Lioness after Beth Mead – to score three times at Wembley, where she fired England out to a third-minute lead and Lucy Bronze headed home less than two minutes later. Beever-Jones struck twice more either side of Beth Mead's 29th-minute goal to hand England a 5-0 lead in the 33rd minute, while substitute Chloe Kelly added a sixth after the break. Aggie Beever-Jones! 🎩 — Lionesses (@Lionesses) May 30, 2025 'I'm delighted,' said Beever-Jones. 'I don't even know any of the records and whatever, but I think someone just said it was Beth. 'To be alongside her is something really, really incredible. It's my first time playing at Wembley for England and I don't think it could actually get much better than that. 'It was incredible. I think Wembley's always been a special place. Obviously, we won the FA Cup here, not so long ago with Chelsea. 'I saw the girls win the Euros here. For me it's such an historic place. I was just focusing on getting into the game and trying to do the basics well – I can't quite believe that. 'As a team, the first half was incredible. We executed the game plan really well. The girls took the goals really well. I'm just so happy.' England's triumph ensures they are still in contention to advance to the autumn Nations League finals, but will need to beat group leaders Spain on Tuesday night. Build-up to the penultimate group-stage contest was dominated by the shock international retirement of goalkeeper Mary Earps, who was instrumental in England securing their first major silverware with a 2-1 extra-time win over Germany at Wembley, three summers ago. Head coach Sarina Wiegman is expected to name her squad for that title defence – kicking off in Switzerland in just over a month – on June 5th, with next week's Spain meeting the last chance for players to make their case for selection. News of Earps' retirement on Tuesday had dominated the Lionesses' discourse leading up to the encounter, in which Chelsea's Hannah Hampton was England's number one. Beever-Jones added: 'As cliche as it sounds, Sarina said, 'It's a new kit, new England today. Go out there and put a graft in'. I think her words were 'destroy them' in her Dutch accent.' On a PLATE! 🍽️ @bmeado9 🤝 @chloekelly — Lionesses (@Lionesses) May 30, 2025 Asked about her hat-trick hero, Wiegman said: 'I think she is a goalscorer. She scores goals very easily and very well. She has such quick feet and is keeping them on their weight all the time in good positions. 'She is really tight on the ball. The team did well coming into positions so the connections were really good. I think she played really relaxed.' But the England boss would not say whether or not Beever-Jones had cemented her place on the Euros squad, only conceding with a smile: 'You are putting some words into my mouth. I think she did really well today.'
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
England hero details Sarina Wiegman's simple message before Portugal hat-trick
ENGLAND 6-0 PORTUGAL: Aggie Beever-Jones scored three times on her first ever Wembley start for the Lionesses as she stepped in for injured Alessia Russo as Portugal were put to the sword England hat-trick hero Aggie Beever-Jones admitted manager Sarina Wiegman told the Lionesses to go out and 'destroy' Portugal before their thumping 6-0 Nations League win. With Alessia Russo ruled out due to a minor injury, Chelsea striker Beever-Jones led the line in her first ever Wembley start for the Lionesses. And the 21-year-old had a dream night, opening the scoring inside three minutes and completing her hat-trick with barely half an hour on the clock. 'My first time playing at Wembley, actually, for England, so I don't think it could get much better than that,' Beever-Jones said. 'It was incredible. I think Wembley's always been a special place - we won the FA Cup here not so long ago with Chelsea and I saw us win the Euros here, so for me it's obviously a historic place, and for me I was just focusing on getting into the game, trying to do the basics well.' It was England's first game without Mary Earps, who announced her international retirement just days before the game, and their first in their new home kit, and if it can be considered a new era then it began in style. 'As cliche as it sounds, Sarina literally said it's a new kit, new England today, go out there and put a graft in, basically,' Beever-Jones added. 'I think her words were 'destroy them', in her Dutch accent. "But for us it was just executing the game plan, and first half we were really good at that, and in the second half if I'm honest we struggled just because they obviously dropped down and there's less spaces. 'I think for us to get to the next level, how do we hurt teams when they're like that. I think we can look back on today and be really proud of ourselves and be ready to go again on Tuesday.' Beever-Jones treble helped England race into a 5-0 lead before half-time, with Lucy Bronze and Beth Mead also on target. Chloe Kelly came off the bench to add a sixth in the second half, ensuring England know victory away to world champions Spain on Tuesday night will see them top their Nations League group and go into this summer's Euros flying high. "Of course that is what we wanted," Wiegman said after the win. "You go back to business and you want to show it on the pitch. "It was an important game, we want to do well in the Nations League, we want to keep in the running to win it. We needed a win and it is really good to see the team showing up like this.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Germany qualify, England hit six in Women's Nations League
Aggie Beever-Jones (number 9) is mobbed by her England teammates after completing her Wembley hat-trick (Ben STANSALL) Germany joined already qualified France in the Women's Nations League semi-finals as England knocked Portugal for six at Wembley on Friday. Euro 2022 champions England shrugged off the shock international retirement of Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Mary Earps this week to sweep aside Portugal 6-0 and set up a tantalising decider for Sarina Wiegman's side in the final group game against world champions Spain in Barcelona on Tuesday. Advertisement Spain eased past Belgium 5-1 and top their group by two points from England with only the winner of the four top-tier mini-leagues advancing to the semi-finals in October. Germany booked their ticket to the two-legged semis with a 4-0 rout of the Netherlands. That left them three points clear of the Dutch. In the event of the two sides ending up level after Tuesday's closing games the Germans will go through on the basis of their head-to-head results - they drew when they met in the opening game in February. At Wembley the star of the show was Aggie Beever-Jones, who will forever remember her first ever start at the iconic stadium. Advertisement The Chelsea forward scored in the third minute, again in the 26th with a header from Lucy Bronze's cross, and then completed her treble in the 33rd minute. "I'm absolutely shattered," the 21-year-old Beever-Jones told ITV. "Coming into this today after a busy season and I got told I was starting and I wanted to help the team as much as I can. I'm absolutely delighted right now," she added. Joining her on the scoresheet were her club teammate Bronze, whose father is Portuguese, the Euro 2022 Golden Boot winner Beth Mead, and Chloe Kelly. France, who secured their path to the semi-finals on the last matchday, maintained their perfect record beating Switzerland, hosts of July's Euro 2025, 4-0 in Nancy. Advertisement Les Bleues were runners-up to Spain in last year's final. At Euro 2025 their group stage opponents include defending champions England and 2017 winners Netherlands. Group A4 meanwhile is finely poised, with Sweden and Denmark, who meet on the final matchday, level on nine points, two clear of out of contention Italy. As well as defining the make-up of the Nations League semi-finals the group standings also determine the teams contesting promotion and relegation matches to establish their starting league position in the European qualifiers for the 2027 Women's World Cup. nr/mw
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Beever-Jones' rapid hat-trick as England dismantle Portugal in Nations League
Aggie Beever-Jones celebrates her first goal, with Beth Mead and Jess Park (right), in a dominant first half for England at Wembley. Aggie Beever-Jones celebrates her first goal, with Beth Mead and Jess Park (right), in a dominant first half for England at Wembley. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Images It doesn't matter how you get your chance to shine, what matters is you take it, and on Friday night at a balmy Wembley Stadium Chelsea forward Aggie Beever-Jones did just that in a 6-0 defeat of Portugal. Alessia Russo has nailed down the No 9 shirt following the retirement of Ellen White after the Euros in 2022, but a fitting substitute and challenger to her has been missing. Beever-Jones staked her claim in front of 48,531 fans, her hat-trick in a five-goal first-half blitz coming in only her second England start. Advertisement Related: England v Portugal: Women's Nations League – live It was a heartening win for the Lionesses as they focus all eyes on the Nations League and this summer's Euros in Switzerland. It also keeps England two points behind Spain in Nations League Group A3 before the rivals go head to head on Tuesday. Sarina Wiegman's England ship, so used to sailing under clear skies, hit choppier water this week, the retirement announcement of Euro 2022 winner Mary Earps, just 39 days out from the team beginning their title defence, sending shockwaves through St George's Park. Wiegman implied in April that Hannah Hampton had leapfrogged Earps in the pecking order, when she described the Chelsea goalkeeper as being 'a little bit ahead'. It was hoped that Earps would act as the elder stateswoman of a group of young keepers and provide substantial backup to Hampton, with Anna Moorhouse and Khiara Keating currently uncapped. Advertisement Earps' exit is undoubtedly a blow, as was the absence of Millie Bright, unavailable through choice for being 'mentally and physically at my limits'. However, nothing buries bad news as well as good news and an emphatic win over Portugal, with five first-half goals from a starting XI looking a little different from how it will shape up in Switzerland. Spain, who beat Belgium 5-1 on Friday night, will offer a far greater test in Barcelona of where England are before their European title defence but, on the evidence here, the squad depth at Wiegman's disposal is a major advantage. It took just three minutes for Beever-Jones to put the home team ahead. Jess Park's dogged pressure on Andreia Norton forced the ball free from the feet of the wing-back and Beever-Jones pounced, putting it coolly beyond goalkeeper Inês Pereira. Two minutes later and England had their second. Jess Carter, fresh from a Concacaf Champions Cup win with Gotham FC, won the ball and fed Lauren Hemp on the left and it was worked from Beever-Jones to Mead. Her shot was blocked but the ball fell to Lucy Bronze, who headed into an empty net. Advertisement Beever-Jones' second arrived courtesy of Bronze, the latter's cross into the middle turned in by the head of the unmarked forward. Mead joined the party for England's fourth. Park shrugged off Dolores Silva before releasing the Arsenal forward, who nutmegged Catarina Amado and fired in. Beever-Jones's hat-trick was completed in the 33rd minute, making her the second England women's player to score a Wembley treble after Mead. A long ball from Leah Williamson, one of five of Arsenal's Champions League winners in the squad, alongside Mead, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Alessia Russo and Chloe Kelly, found the forward, who took a couple of touches before firing in low at the near post. It would be easy, and a little lazy, to describe Portugal, ranked 22 in Fifa's world rankings, as pushovers. They were poor defensively but this is a team who have been a small thorn in the side of Wiegman's England side. The Lionesses were held to a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture in February and a 0-0 draw in a friendly on the eve of the World Cup in July 2023. In fact, England's last victory against the Portuguese came towards the end of Phil Neville's tenure, a sloppy 1-0 win amid a sea of draws and defeats in October 2019. England calmed down a little in the second half, but three changes around the hour re-energised the players, who have clawed their way to the end of a long season only to be straight back in with their national team. Kelly added the team's sixth, fellow substitute Alex Greenwood sending a pinpoint pass from back to front to Mead, whose cross was headed home. There were no more goals but it was an emphatic and entertaining performance, the off-pitch drama comfortably excluded to leave England focused on preparing for the Euros.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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🎥 Lionesses off to a flier with two early goals vs Portugal 🙌
🎥 Lionesses off to a flier with two early goals vs Portugal 🙌 England know they needed to win tonight's Women's Nations League clash with Portugal, and they have gotten off to the dream starts with two goals inside five minutes at Wembley. Aggie Beever-Jones got the first with a neat finish after being slipped. It was the second goal of her young international career, as she won her fifth cap. The Portuguse barely had a moment to gather their breath before it was 2-0, and this time it was Beever-Jones' Chelsea teammate, Lucy Bronze, who got the goal. Advertisement It might have been the easiest goal of her career, after fine work from Lauren Hemp. Will the Lionesses go on and score more tonight? It certainly looks like it. 📸 BEN STANSALL - AFP or licensors
