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Sarina Wiegman said England were “in a very smart position” but “still needed some things” after concluding their pre-Euro warm-up matches at home by beating Switzerland 4-0 in Zurich.
Alessia Russo put the Lionesses in front with a header in the 56th minute, before Georgia Stanway’s penalty extended the lead in the 74th minute and Beth England’s replacement did so 3 minutes later. Replacement Jill Scott added a fourth goal in stoppage time.
It was another great feature of Wiegman in the second half, who scored 3 goals after the break by beating Belgium 3-0 at Molineux in their first warm-up match, then 4 in the 5-1 win over the Netherlands at Elland Road last week. , with players back taking effect on the bench.
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– Lionesses (@Lionesses) June 30, 2022
The result also adds 12 victories in 14 games without knowing the defeat – with 84 goals scored and 3 conceded – under the direction of the Dutch for England, which starts its crusade for the European Championship facing Austria at Old Trafford next Wednesday.
Asked if the team could be in a better position ahead of the tournament, Wiegman told ITV: “We have things to improve.
“I think we are in a very smart position, but it will be seen in the Euro. These are all friendly matches, it’s very good to play and be informed of them, but it starts next Wednesday.
“And I think we’re in a very smart position, but we still want some things. “
In the first half, England were unable to make a breakthrough despite creating a number of chances, with Fran Kirthrough and Lauren Hemp having the efforts stored through goalkeeper Seraina Friedli from the start and Rachel Daly’s header cleared from the line.
Wiegman said: “It’s a very smart result.
“We scored all the goals in the middle of the moment, and I think once back it showed that we are a very compatible team.
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– Lionesses (@Lionesses) June 30, 2022
“They were tired, we brought in substitutes and it also showed that we are betting with 11 players : we have a lot more players in our team and we can make a replacement in the middle of the moment, so be patient.
“We are fine. We had 3 great chances early in the game, and then it would have been easy to score the goals, but we didn’t. I think the goalkeeper also did a very clever task.
“And after that, they had opportunities, they were dangerous. It can happen, but we want to do a little better. “
“I think we had to speed up the game more in the first half: we were slow, the speed of the ball was too slow. I think in the moment part we did a little bit better and they got a little tired. “
Wiegman had brought Russo and Stanway into the lineup amid three changes in the match against the Netherlands, the team he led to Euro 2017 glory at home.
Lionesses’ most sensible scorer, Ellen White, returned to the day’s team after missing last time due to the coronavirus and remained on the bench.
Another player who could return to action with England next week is Lucy Bronze, after not being fit after feeling unwell.
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