England vs Netherlands LIVE: Result, final score and reaction from Euro 2022 warm-up as Lionesses run rampant
England 5-1 Netherlands: Follow reaction from Elland Road as the Lionesses continue Euro 2022 preparations in style
A dominant second-half display from England secured a thumping 5-1 victory over the Netherlands in their latest Euro 2022 warm-up match at Elland Road.
England coach Sarina Wiegman led the Dutch to the European title in 2017 and watched as her former side took the lead through prolific midfielder Lieke Martens.
Lucy Bronze, soon to be a teammate of Martens at Barcelona, equalised for the Lionesses, before they pulled away after the break with further goals from Beth Mead (two), Ella Toone and Lauren Hemp providing an emphatic win.
It might have been different had Dutch midfielder Sherida Spitse, winning her 200th cap, not missed a penalty when she struck the post with the scores level. England went up the other end of the pitch and Mead gave them the lead 54 seconds later and they never looked back.
Follow all the reaction from Elland Road as England thump the Netherlands:
England’s Lucy Bronze pleased to end speculation over club future ahead of Euros
Lucy Bronze is delighted her club future has been sorted ahead of the start of this summer’s Euros campaign with England after she chose a move to Barcelona over a return to Lyon.
It was announced in May that the right-back was leaving Manchester City at the end of her contract and last weekend a move to Barca on a two-year deal was finalised.
Barca were Champions League winners in 2021 and runners-up last season, losing in the final to Lyon, whom Bronze played for from 2017 to 2020.
Asked if it was nice to go into the Euros with a clear head having completed the transfer, the 30-year-old, holder of 89 England caps, said: “Definitely.”
England’s Lucy Bronze pleased to end speculation over club future ahead of Euros
The right-back has joined Barcelona
England full-back Lucy Bronze joins Barcelona
England defender Lucy Bronze has joined Barcelona after signing a two-year deal.
The 30-year-old left Manchester City this summer and joins the Primera Division winners, who won all 30 league games last season.
Bronze made 111 appearances for City, scoring 14 goals, in her second spell at the club.
She previously played for the club between 2014 and 2017, winning the FAWSL title, Continental Tyres League Cup and Women’s FA Cup.
England vs Netherlands
England come into this game undefeated in their last 12 across all competitions with 10 wins and two draws, during which time they have scored 75 goals and conceded only twice.
They last had a longer run between March 2010 and March 2011, where they went 13 in a row without defeat (nine wins, four draws) The Netherlands have only lost one of their last 16 matches (nine winse, six draws), with that lone defeat coming against France back in February.
Their two games since that defeat have been a 12-0 win over Cyprus and a 5-1 win against South Africa.
Netherlands starting XI
Netherlands XI: Van Veenendaal; Wilms, Van der Gragt, Nouwen, D. Janssen; Spitse, Groenen, Pelova; Roord, Beerensteyn, Martens
‘I definitely felt the pressure’: Jill Scott relieved to make England Euros squad
Jill Scott has described waiting for England’s squad announcement for next month’s home European Championship as “probably one of the worst days of my life”.
Lionesses head coach Sarina Wiegman named her final 23-player squad last week and Scott, behind only Fara Williams as England’s most capped women’s player, feared she would not make the cut.
But the 35-year-old will appear at her 10th major tournament for her country at Euro 2022 and could make her 157th international appearance when the Lionesses take on the Netherlands in Friday’s friendly at Elland Road.
Jill Scott reveals ‘pressure’ to make England’s Women’s Euros squad
Lionesses head coach Sarina Wiegman named her final 23-player squad last week
England vs Netherlands
This will be the first meeting between England and the Netherlands since the 2017 European Championships; a tournament which the Netherlands went on to win, after beating England 3-0 in the semi-final.
The Netherlands will be looking to beat England in consecutive matches for the first time, following their 3-0 win back in 2017.
The three goals they scored in the last meeting were as many as they had netted in their nine previous games against England combined - one win, two draws and six defeats.
England team changes
Sarina Wiegman makes five changes to the England line-up that faced Belgium last Thursday. Rachel Daly and Alex Greenwood slot into the defence in place of Lotte Wubben-Moy and Demi Stokes.
Fran Kirby replaces Georgia Stanway in midfield with Bethany England and Chloe Kelly also starting after making appearances off the bench last week. Beth Mead drops to the bench but Ellen White has left the squad after testing positive for Covid-19.
Playing at Elland Road a dream says Daly
Rachel Daly earns a starting place in tonight’s England line-up and will make her first appearance at Elland Road in the match against the Netherlands.
Daly, a life-long Leeds fan from Harrogate, said it was "nice to be back home" and she will be fulfilling a childhood dream if she plays.
"I haven’t played here before so it will be special. My whole family are die-hard Leeds fans but any game I get to put the England shirt on is special so I will treat it like any other," she said.
"Obviously it has an added element of sentiment but I just want to win the game and play as best we can.
"Playing for Leeds for most of my childhood I thought maybe one day [I would play at Elland Road] but not for England. You can only dream for that moment."
England starting XI
England XI: Earps, Bronze, Bright, Greenwood, Daly, Walsh, Williamson, Kirby, Kelly, England, Hemp
Women’s football now completely different from Euro 2005 in England says Powell
Hope Powell has spoken of the importance of the Women’s Euros England hosted 17 years ago in the journey to the “completely different” current picture ahead of this summer’s home tournament.
Brighton boss Powell was in charge of the Lionesses when they were hosts at Euro 2005, opening with a 3-2 victory over Finland in front of almost 30,000 fans at the Etihad Stadium, sealed by a late goal from then-17-year-old Karen Carney.
After that campaign ended at the group stage, Powell’s England tenure – running from 1998 to 2013 – would subsequently include overseeing a runners-up finish at the 2009 Euros in Finland, and she also managed the Great Britain side at the London 2012 Olympics.
Hope Powell: Women’s football now completely different from Euro 2005 in England
Brighton boss Powell was in charge of the Lionesses when they were hosts at Euro 200
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