Alex Greenwood insists England are not carried away by Euro 2022 favourites tag

Alex Greenwood insisted there is “no chance” of the Lionesses becoming complacent after the team’s 5-1 demolition of the reigning European champions the Netherlands on Friday.

“With this group? No. No chance,” she said. “We’re very much in the place we want to be. We looked at the game really honestly; 5-1 in the end was probably a little bit flattering.

“It just shows the mentality of our group – that we can come away from a 5-1 win and go, ‘We’re so much better than that in areas of our play’. When we were good, I thought we were really good.”

Plenty have marked England down as Euro 2022 favourites after the win, including the Netherlands manager, Mark Parsons. Greenwood, though, said the team is trying to shut out that talk.

“For us, on the inside, we’re very much focused on what went well, what could have gone better, and the noise outside is the noise outside,” she said. “Obviously, we’ll see things and read things, but we’re not going to get carried away. We’ve still got just over a week to go, and I think we’re in the right place.”

England travelled to Switzerland for a week-long training camp on Monday without record goalscorer Ellen White, who is still absent from the squad after testing positive for Covid. It is hoped she will fly out and join the side as soon as she presents a negative test.

“I’m pretty sure she’s absolutely fine,” Greenwood said of White’s symptoms. “I spoke to her when we found out she was positive. I went through it the week earlier and I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone. It’s really not nice at this stage of the tournament to sit at home and watch your team win 5-1 against the Netherlands and probably wish you were part of that. It’s important for us to make her feel that she’s very much a