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The attendance smashed the previous best for a match at the women's European Championship by nearly 30,000. The vast majority inside the Theatre of Dreams got what they wanted to see as Beth Mead's early goal ensured the hosts claimed victory despite a sub-par performance. "It was incredible, (there are) no more words," said Wiegman.
The crowd of 68,871 was the largest for a European Championship game, beating the previous best of 41,301 from the Euro 2013 final in Sweden, and the enthusiasm of the heavily youthful and noisy supporters fired England to a lively start.
England boss Sarina Wiegman credited the «incredible atmosphere» that helped get her team off to a winning start in the opening game of Euro 2022. The Lionesses weren't at their fluent best against a dogged Austria side, but Beth Mead's 16th-minute goal — a neat finish from Fran Kirby's assist — was enough to give them the three points in front of a frenzied Old Trafford crowd of nearly 70,000. Ad/> The victory puts England in a good position ahead of their next Group A fixture in the tournament against Norway on Monday.
MANCHESTER, England: The women's European Championship got under way with pre-game fireworks for a tournament record crowd but there was little sparkle from hosts England as they laboured to a 1-0 win over Austria at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Sarina Wiegman has made some mark on England in ten months as manager.
England concluded their Euros warm-up matches with another win as efforts from Alessia Russo, Georgia Stanway and substitutes Beth England and Jill Scott saw them defeat Switzerland 4-0 in Zurich.
England concluded their Euros warm-up matches with another win as efforts from Alessia Russo, Georgia Stanway and substitutes Beth England and Jill Scott saw them defeat Switzerland 4-0 in Zurich.
In just over a week, England will kick-off against Austria in front of a sell-out crowd at Old Trafford, getting Euro 2022 well and truly underway.