DUBLIN – Targets from Lauren James and Alex Greenwood gave England a 2-0 win over an Eire facet that battled to the top in Dublin within the Ladies’s Euro qualifiers on Tuesday, however France stay high of League A Group 3 after a 1-0 win away to Sweden.
With Leah Williamson retuning to captain England after a 12 months out of the crew on account of an ACL damage, Chelsea attacker James gave the guests the lead within the twelfth minute with a crisp end after the Irish did not take care of a cross into the field.
Alex Greenwood netted a penalty six minutes later, and she or he was awarded one other likelihood from the spot for one more handball on the half-hour mark, however this time she struck Courtney Brosnan’s left-hand submit and the ball bounced to security.
A change to a extra direct strategy late on enabled the Irish to exert some actual strain within the second half however they could not get the ball within the internet as they fell to their second successive defeat within the four-team qualifying group.
Earlier within the night, France went high due to a 1-0 win over Sweden. Wendie Renard scored the winner within the 81st minute and French ahead Vicki Becho was dismissed deep into stoppage time for a second yellow card.
In Group 1, Finland bounced again from a defeat by Norway to beat Italy 2-1 in Helsinki, whereas the Netherlands beat the Norwegians with Lineth Beerensteyn getting the one purpose of the sport.
In Group 2 the Czech Republic took a shock 1-0 lead over Spain, however the world champions got here roaring again to win 3-1 to high the group on six factors after two video games forward of Denmark, who beat Belgium 4-2, on purpose distinction.
Germany’s Lea Schueller struck twice as her facet went high of Group 4 due to a 3-1 win at dwelling to Iceland, with Austria second within the standings after a 3-1 win away to Poland. REUTERS
