England team ‘growing really fast’ after victory over Germany – Sarina Wiegman

England boss Sarina Wiegman said she felt her team were “growing really fast” after they beat Germany 3-1 at Molineux to win the Arnold Clark Cup.

After Ellen White’s 15th-minute opener for the Lionesses was cancelled out by an excellent Lina Magull free-kick just prior to the break, England struck twice more late on through Millie Bright in the 84th minute and then Fran Kirby in stoppage time.

The result, following draws against Canada (1-1) and Spain (0-0), sees hosts England finish ahead of the latter on goal difference at the top of the new invitational tournament’s final table.

What was England’s seventh win in nine matches unbeaten since Wiegman took charge last September was only a second victory over Germany – ranked five places above them at third in the world – in 26 meetings, and first in a home match.

Wiegman, whose side’s Euros campaign on home soil begins on July 6, said in her post-match press conference: “Of course it’s really nice to win a tournament, and you always want to win every game.

“The tournament has been great. I think we expected three top-level opponents and we did get that. We wanted to develop our style of play, to get to know about ourselves more, what options we have within our team, try different players in different positions. We did that, and I think then it’s really nice to finish with a 3-1 win.

“I think what we have shown and how we have developed this week and what we have seen from our team, and different players, that’s really good. We can continue from there. The other teams develop too.

“It’s just really good to see today how we won, because we didn’t play a great match. I think we played better against Spain.

“Germany is very tough, very powerful, had a lot of speed up front