With a record win, England’s women’s national football team became the first team to reach the quarter-finals at the home European Championship.
With the 8-0 (6-0) win over Norway in Brighton, the English team booked a place in the last eight ahead of time. The hosts are already certain as the winners of Group A and could possibly become opponents of the German soccer women in the quarterfinals.
In front of 28,500 spectators at the sold-out Brighton & Hove Community Stadium, Beth Mead (34’/38’/81′) scored with a hat-trick, Ellen White (29’/41′), Georgia Stanway (12’/penalty), Lauren Hemp (15) .) and substitute Alessia Russo (66th) scored the goals for the vastly superior English women.
Austria keeps quarter-final chance
In 2017, the English women had won the title fights in the Netherlands against Scotland 6-0 – it had been the highest victory at a European Championship so far.
Austria’s national women’s soccer team had previously managed to win the finals of the European Championship for the first time and kept the quarter-final chance. The Austrians scored 2-0 (1-0) against Northern Ireland in Southampton.
The decision will be made on Friday in the game against the Norwegians. England meets Northern Ireland, who after two defeats have no chance of progressing.