FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS – ENGLAND VS UKRAINE – 09/06/2026 (PHOTO – GEORGIA STANWAY CELEBRATES)

ENGLAND WENT BACK TO WINNING WAYS LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST UKRAINE, AT THE HILL DICKINSON STADIUM IN LIVERPOOL, AFTER THEIR DEFEAT AGAINST SPAIN ON FRIDAY! LAUREN JAMES (WHO WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE), ALMOST SCORED EARLY DOORS, WITH A CRACKING CURLING BALL, WHICH WOULD HAVE GONE IN IF IT HADN’T BOUNCED OFF THE WOODWORK, BUT VERY SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, SHE FOUND JESS CARTER, WHO SCORED A STUNNING HEADER AT 14 MINS., WITH GEORGIA STANWAY FOLLOWING ON WITH A CRACKER AT 37 MINS! AND IN THE SECOND-HALF BETH MEAD CAME OFF THE BENCH, TO SCORE A BRILLIANT FREE-KICK AT 67 MINS. (HER 40TH ENGLAND GOAL!) THE UKRAINIAN LADIES TRIED THEIR VERY BEST, AND PUT ON A FEISTY, WELL-ORGANISED PERFORMANCE, BUT WITH THE LIONESSES ON TIPPETY-TOP FORM, IT JUST WASN’T TO BE THEIR NIGHT LAST NIGHT. THE LIONESSES ARE NOW SET FOR THE QUALIFYING PLAY-OFFS, AFTER SPAIN BEAT ICELAND, CONFIRMING THEIR SECOND-PLACE FINISH ON GOAL DIFFERENCE IN GROUP A3.

SARINA WIEGMAN AND ALESSIA RUSSO SPEAK AFTER THE MATCH