Defending champion England beat Wales 6-1, winning a ticket to the Euro 2025 quarter-finals

(NLDO) – The England women's team showed their superior class when they crushed Wales 6-1 in the final round of Group D, thereby winning a ticket to the quarter-finals of Euro 2025 as second place in the group behind France.

Deploying the strongest lineup in the match that will decide the ticket to continue in Group D in the early morning of July 14, the England women's team did not hide their intention to win all 3 points to avoid the risk of stopping early at Euro 2025 like many other "big sisters".

The match started with controversy in the 13th minute when Georgia Stanway won a penalty after VAR determined she had been fouled in the box. Stanway herself converted the free kick to open the score 1-0 for England.

Georgia Stanway (8) opened the scoring for England from the penalty spot.

Just five minutes later, it was Ella Toone's turn to double the lead with a close-range rebound. Before Wales' defense had even settled, Lauren Hemp headed home a beautiful Toone assist to make it 3-0. Before the first half ended, Alessia Russo scored her first goal of the tournament, giving England a 4-0 lead.

Alessia Russo (23) scored the fourth goal

In the second half, coach Sarina Wiegman changed the personnel to save energy for the next round but the game was still completely in favor of the "Three Lions". Beth Mead increased the score to 5-0 in the 72nd minute before young player Aggie Beever-Jones scored her first goal at Euro, sealing the 6-1 victory in the 89th minute.

Beth Mead after scoring to make it 5-0

Wales only managed to score a consolation goal in the 76th minute through Hannah Cain – their first ever goal in their history at the Women’s Euros. Despite failing to progress beyond the group stage, Wales were still recognised for the fighting spirit and efforts of veterans such as Jess Fishlock, who left the team after this match.

England enter quarter-finals, start title defense campaign

With a big win over Wales, England finished the group stage with 6 points, ranked second behind France (9 points) and qualified for the quarter-finals. Their next opponent is Sweden - the winner of Group C. Meanwhile, the Netherlands (3 points) was eliminated along with Wales (0 points).

This is England's second consecutive win after a shaky start and is a strong affirmation of the team under coach Wiegman. With their rising form and excellent attack, the "Three Lions" are expected to successfully defend their European title in Switzerland.

Eight teams in the quarterfinals revealed

Except for the "big sister" Netherlands who had to stop early, the top names of women's football in the Old Continent all got tickets to continue. They are Norway, Switzerland (Group A), Spain, Italy (Group B), Sweden, Germany (Group C) and France, England (Group D).

The quarter-finals take place from July 16 to 18 with four matches:

+ Norway - Italy (July 16, Geneva)

+ Sweden - England (17-7, Zurich)

+ Spain - Switzerland (18-7, Bern)

+ France - Germany (July 19, Basel)

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