Ukraine 1-6 England
Georgia Stanway and Jess Park also score twice
With a flurry of second-half goals England began their Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign in a 6-1 victory against Ukraine. Alessia Russo, Georgia Stanway and Jess Park all scored twice.
The European champions may feel they should have won by a greater margin: they were profligate in the first half, but eventually opened the floodgates as Park continued her bright Manchester United form.
The match was played on neutral territory in Antalya, Turkey, because of the war in Ukraine, and there appeared to be no more than around 250 people in the stands, including around 100 England fans. Sarina Wiegman said on Monday that the Lionesses had received assurances from the UK government they were safe in Turkey but they were keeping in close contact with authorities, monitoring the developing war in the Middle East.
