England boss Sarina Wiegman hails 'tremendous' Lionesses after qualifying for World Cup with perfect record

Sarina Wiegman hailed a «tremendous» performance from her side as England completed a perfect World Cup qualifying campaign with a ten-goal thrashing of Luxembourg. The Euro 2022 winners again showed their ruthless edge in Stoke, returning to home action for the first time since securing continental triumph at Wembley in July.

Ad Georgia Stanway and Beth England each struck twice in the 10-0 win, with Beth Mead, Ella Toone, Rachel Daly, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo and Nikita Parris also on the scoresheet. Football‘You never get bored with winning’ – Wiegman overjoyed as Lionesses qualify for World Cup04/09/2022 AT 07:30 The Lionesses' close their Group D campaign with a maximum 30 points from ten games, scoring 80 times without conceding to progress in a commanding manner through to next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

«I don't think it could be much better than this, so really happy,» said manager Sarina Wiegman. «After the Euros it always seems to be a hard one, but I think the team has done a tremendous job coming out of the summer.

»We played two games like this and we knew tonight we were so much better but we had to keep the tempo in the game and I think that's what we did in most parts of the game. Only 117 goals until Haaland breaks Ronaldo’s record, in 2032, probs – The Warm-Up Brobbey reveals desire to join Manchester United — Paper Round «We knew we would win the game so we wanted to try some things out and some players.» Wiegman selected a stronger-than-anticipated starting side for the encounter with Luxembourg, who finished fourth in the group on nine points.

A predictably one-sided affair saw the visitors fail to register a shot and have less than a fifth of possession. Before the game,