England Women 8-0 China
Mead 12 14, Hemp 16, Stanway 23 38pen 52, Toone 71, Russo 78
Deja vu? Heavy England wins have been few and far between in recent years. A 7-0 defeat of a heavily depleted and underfunded Jamaica in their final warm-up game before the Euros was the biggest since a 10-0 defeat of Luxembourg in 2022.
Against China at a moon-topped Wembley, the margin was eight, a Georgia Stanway hat-trick and Beth Mead double was added to by goals from Lauren Hemp, Ella Toone and Alessia Russo to complete the rout.
There was some nostalgia in the comprehensiveness of this victory. When Sarina Wiegman’s tenure began in 2021 there was no Nations League and World Cup and Euros qualifying looked a little different. England went unbeaten under Wiegman all the way to their first European Championship title in 2022, sweeping teams aside by large margins.
