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Sarina Wiegman extended her unbeaten run as England manager to 30 games with Finalissima’s win over Brazil on Thursday.
Follow the Lionesses’ first major trophy at Euro 2022 and here, the PA news firm looks back on the race.
It took Ella Toone just 12 minutes to score the first goal of Wiegman’s reign in an 8-0 victory. opposed to North Macedonia.
There were 10 on the current stage, home and away in Luxembourg and Latvia, with an astonishing 20 home adjustment against the latter: Lauren Hemp’s first 4 goals abroad and hat-tricks also for Beth Mead, Ellen White and Alessio Russo. .
Qualification secured after 10 wins and 80 unanswered goals, with Mead leading with thirteen while White, despite retiring before the final two games, and Toone scored 10 each.
“@bmeado9, we love you. This is for June Mead. ” ❤️ pic. twitter. com/ZJeq0yjAMN
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) February 23, 2023
A high-profile warm-up occasion for the Euro saw England’s first in the Wiegman era, 1-1 against Canada and 0-0 against Spain.
They still won the trophy after beating Germany 3-1, with goals beaten by Millie Bright and Fran Kirby after Lina Magull cancelled White’s first game.
They defended their name in 2023 against a less formidable lineup of South Korea, Italy and Belgium, with captain Leah Williamson dedicating the name to the injured Mead and her late mother June.
Wiegman’s warm-up programme for the European Championship at home saw victories over qualifiers, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
The spotlight came in front of the coach’s home when they recovered from falling for the first time under Wiegman to win 5-1. Lucy Bronze took just 10 minutes to nullify Lieke Martens’ goal before Mead struck twice to take two in two. minutes from Toone and hemp.
Another feather on Wiegman’s cap came after Euro 2022 victory when his continental champions beat U. S. world champions. A 2-1 win at Wembley before a sold-out crowd, Hemp’s first game added through Georgia Stanway’s penalty. They also beat Japan but stayed until the end. the Czech Republic and Norway.
A tense opening victory over Austria forgotten at half-time in the next game, with England already six goals ahead en route to an 8-0 thrashing. Amazing and boasting of the beloved Noruega. La victory over Northern Ireland, with Wiegman absent due to Covid-19 and assistant Arjan Veurink leading from the bench, the stage of organisation ended.
Spain scared them in the quarterfinals with Esther Gonzalez’s first game before Toone equalized after time and Stanway scored a very good winning goal in extra time.
Sweden was largely eliminated 4-0 in the semi-final and Toone’s glorious first match at Wembley was overturned by another Magull draw, Chloe Kelly had the decisive say.
? The boss looks back on a big check our last win. . .
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) April 6, 2023
This earned England a position in the newly created Finalissima against South American champions Brazil at Wembley with over 83,000 fans.
Toone gave England the lead in the first half, but Mary Earps gifted Andressa Alves a beaten equaliser to take the game to penalties. Wembley.
Wiegman won 25 of his 30 games in charge, scored 138 goals and conceded 10, and never more than one per game.
Mead is the leading scorer with 21 goals in that span, Toone contributes 14, White and Stanway thirteen each, Russo 11 and Hemp 10.
Twenty other English players scored on Wiegman’s aggregate, in addition to six goals against his side.
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