Chloe Kelly hits first international goal as England Women ease past Belgium

Chloe Kelly marked her England comeback with her first international goal as the Lionesses beat Belgium 3-0 at Molineux in their first warm-up match ahead of next month’s home Euros.

Having come on at the break for her first international appearance since returning to action from an ACL injury in April, winger Kelly put Sarina Wiegman’s side ahead with a deflected shot in in the 62nd minute.

Fellow substitute Rachel Daly added a strike four minutes later to double the lead, and the third then came with seven minutes of normal time remaining when skipper Leah Williamson hit the bar and the ball went in off goalkeeper Nicky Evrard.

It proved a comfortable victory in the end after a first half that had seen the hosts fail to make a breakthrough despite creating a flurry of chances, which included Williamson being denied by a goal-line clearance.

England, playing the day after Wiegman named her final 23-player squad for this summer’s tournament, will now face Holland at Elland Road in eight days and then Switzerland in Zurich before opening their Euros campaign by taking on Austria at Old Trafford on July 6.

Wiegman made two changes to her starting line-up from the 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in April, Demi Stokes and Lotte Wubben-Moy coming into the team for Ella Toone and Jess Carter.

Wearing black armbands in tribute following the recent death of Wiegman’s sister, England made a positive start to the contest, with Lauren Hemp teeing up a Georgia Stanway effort that was skewed wide and Ellen White seeing a shot pushed away by Evrard.

Hemp then brought a save out of Evrard herself having got past a couple of defenders, White was unsuccessful with a header – also connecting with the