FROM ESTADIO NEUVO MIRADOR – England began 2024 with a 7-2 victory that includes 5 totally different scorers towards well-known foe Austria as a part of their heat climate coaching camp in southern Spain.
England touched down in Marbella earlier within the week to kick-start their preparations for the Euro 2025 qualifiers which start in two months.
Ella Toone changed Fran Kirby within the lineup following the warmup after the Chelsea midfielder was dominated out as a precaution.
Grace Clinton marked her first England begin with a purpose as Sarina Wiegman closely rotated her squad. Alessia Russo and Beth Mead netted braces whereas Jess Carter added additional gloss with a nifty flick on the close to put up and Rachel Daly accomplished the night with a robust stoppage-time strike.
Virginia Kirchberger was in a position to get on the scoresheet twice for Austria to melt the blow.
England will spherical off their heat climate coaching camp with one other pleasant towards Italy on Tuesday.
How the sport unfolded
Inside three minutes, England broke the impasse after Arsenal goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger parried Mead’s preliminary shot and membership teammate Russo tapped dwelling.
Clinton, making her senior England debut, was agonisingly denied by the woodwork earlier than marking her first cap with an outstanding header within the nineteenth minute to double the lead.
Half an hour in, Austria nipped one again towards the run of play as Kirchberger acquired a head to a looping cross and beat Chelsea’s Hannah Hampton – making solely her third Lionesses look – within the England purpose.
Lauren Hemp broke into the field to tee up Russo, however the Arsenal striker didn’t get her preliminary shot to take flight. Mead was there to assemble, flip and ship a lofted shot into the highest nook with loads of time to safe England’s third.
Mead was sad that referee Ainara Acevedo Dudley didn’t grant her cries for a penalty after reaching to satisfy a cross on the stroke of half-time.
By the start of the second half, England had been wanting comfy because the rain relented. Maya Le Tissier compelled an enormous save from Zinsberger as her header regarded to dart into the again of the web. However as Georgia Stanway, donning the captain’s armband, pounced on a skewed ball, she teed up Russo expertly to finish her brace earlier than being subbed off for Daly.
Mead’s looping nook discovered Arsenal teammate Lotte Wubben-Moy, who headed the ball into Carter’s path and the defender scored her second England purpose with a nifty flick into the underside nook.
Within the closing minutes, Esme Morgan was overwhelmed by Kirchberger on the again put up who headed dwelling. Instantly response, substitute Lauren James hit the put up earlier than Mead collected the rebound and completed with aplomb.
Daly rounded off the scoring with a stoppage-time rocket to shut a productive night for England.
GK: Hannah Hampton – 6/10 – Did effectively to learn and accumulate Austria’s minimal probabilities however usually had little to do all through the sport.
RB: Maya Le Tissier – 7/10 – Learn and anticipated her opponents’ actions exceptionally.
CB: Esme Morgan – 7/10 – Made some spectacular tackles to disclaim a composed Eileen Campbell careering down on purpose.
CB: Alex Greenwood – 7/10 – Managed her aspect effectively and whipped in set items in with ease. Was let down by a missing finish product.
LB: Niamh Charles – 7/10 – A much less productive evening for the Chelsea defender however did effectively to offer another attacking choice.
CM: Georgia Stanway – 9/10 – Glorious within the eight function and orchestrated the tempo of the sport. After a rocky run of type, the midfielder massively stepped up.
CM: Grace Clinton – 8/10 – Glorious on debut, maintaining composure in midfield and taking a pop at purpose, scoring on her second probability. A vibrant England future lies forward of the Manchester United starlet.
CM: Ella Toone – 7/10 – Referred to as in on the final minute attributable to an damage to Kirby and did effectively to drop deep, accumulate the ball and progress play.
RW: Beth Mead – 9/10 – Was in a position to get on the top of skewed probabilities however lacked a scientific end at occasions regardless of scoring twice.
LW: Lauren Hemp – 8/10 – Despatched quite a few crosses in the place the top product was missing from her compatriots however did effectively to proceed to interrupt down the Austrian defence.
ST: Alessia Russo – 8/10 – Popped up on the proper time to complete probabilities however failed to stay to her participant on the different finish, resulting in Austria’s first purpose.
Substitutes
SUB: Lotte Wubben-Moy (46′ for Greenwood) – 7/10.
SUB: Lauren James (46′ for Hemp) – 5/10.
SUB: Jess Carter (62′ for Charles) – 7/10.
SUB: Rachel Daly (62′ for Russo) – 6/10.
SUB: Jess Park (62′ for Clinton) – 7/10.
SUB: Keira Walsh (78′ for Stanway) – N/A
Unused subs: Keating (GK), Earps (GK), Bronze, Turner, Beever-Jones.
Supervisor
Sarina Wiegman – 9/10 – Rotated the squad to present fringe gamers important minutes whereas displaying religion in her youthful members to grant them pivotal expertise forward of a busy collection of excessive stakes camps.
GK: Manuela Zinsberger – 5/10 – Didn’t anticipate pictures effectively and parried clearances moderately than claiming them.
RB: Katharina Naschenweng – 5/10 – Struggled towards Hemp’s tempo and astute studying of the sport.
CB: Virginia Kirchberger – 8/10 – Did effectively to attain each of Austria’s targets to melt the blow of the loss.
CB: Marina Georgieva – 6/10 – Was far too simple for England to carve out the backline to ship crosses in.
LB: Katharina Schiechtl – 6/10 – The Austrian defender made it far too simple for Mead to shake her off and transfer into house.
RM: Lilli Purtscheller – 7/10 – Managed to interrupt into house on the counter to attempt to tee up her teammates however England normally foiled her plans.
CM: Sarah Zadrazil – 6/10 – Brought on points within the midfield for England, maintaining calm below constructing stress.
CM: Sarah Puntigam – 6/10 – Discovered some composure after the primary half however was struggling to string passes collectively towards England’s velocity.
LM: Barbara Dunst- 5/10 – Didn’t make a lot affect on the sport.
AM: Marie Hobinger – 7/10 – The Liverpool midfielder did effectively within the face of England’s aggression.
CF: Eileen Campbell – 7/10 – Put England’s again line below stress persistently and tried to engineer probabilities from few choices.
Substitutes
SUB: Laura Feiersinger (63′ for Puntigam) – 7/10.
SUB: Verena Hanshaw (63′ for Schiechtl) – 6/10.
SUB: Nicole Billa (77′ for Campbell) – 7/10.
SUB: Annabel Schasching (77′ for) – N/A
SUB: Lisa Kolb (88′ for Dunst) – N/A
Unused subs: Kresche (GK), Pal (GK), D’Angelo, Klein, Pinther.
Supervisor
Irene Fuhrmann – 4/10 – Her aspect had been outclassed by England and he or she was unable to rejig her plans to fight their tempo and composure.