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6 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
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04-04-2025
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England, Germany and Spain on mark in women's Nations League
England, Germany and Spain on mark in women's Nations League Lucy Bronze opens the scoring for England (Ben STANSALL) England and Germany cruised and World Cup champions Spain downed Portugal on matchday three in the women's Nations League on Friday. First-half headers from Lucy Bronze and Millie Bright set England on the road to beating Belgium in Bristol, with maiden Lionesses goals from Aggie Beever-Jones and Keira Walsh and substitute Jess Park also contributing to the lop-sided 5-0 win. Advertisement The two sides meet again next Tuesday in Leuven with England manager Sarina Wiegman firmly focused on her side's European Championship title defence and an event further ahead. "Now, of course, every game is competitive, but you have to win because we want to get in the best possible position for the World Cup draw too," Wiegman said. "I would never be complacent. We'll bring the team on the pitch that we think at that moment is the best team to play against Belgium." World champions Spain downed Portugal 4-2 to go second by one point to England in group A3. Germany were also in trigger happy mood, routing Scotland at Dundee's Tannadice Park 4-0. Advertisement Scotland conceded their first goal with less than a minute on the clock after a terrific strike from Elisa Senss. The hosts responded well and were in the match until Scotland's Germany-born defender Sophie Howard's own goal. The top seeds and third-ranked side in the world completed Scotland's miserable night with goals from Cora Zicai and Lea Schuller. Scotland have plenty of food for thought before round two in Wolfsburg on Tuesday. Germany are top of their group on goal difference from the Netherlands, 3-1 winners over Austria with Sherida Spitse becoming the joint most capped European player. Advertisement France, beaten finalists to Spain in last year's Nations League, beat women's Euro 2025 hosts Switzerland 2-0 in St Gallen. Sandy Baltimore opened the scoring with Selma Bacha's powerful long strike lifting France five points clear at the top of their group from Norway, who they face in Oslo on Tuesday. The four League A group winners qualify for the finals in the autumn. 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, running through 2026. nr/iwd
