"Against China at a moon-topped Wembley, the margin was eight, a Georgia Stanway hat-trick and Beth Mead double was added to by goals from Lauren Hemp, Ella Toone and Alessia Russo to complete the rout. There was some nostalgia in the comprehensiveness of this victory. When Sarina Wiegman's tenure began in 2021 there was no Nations League and World Cup and Euros qualifying looked a little different."
"England went unbeaten under Wiegman all the way to their first European Championship title in 2022, sweeping teams aside by large margins. Since then, the impression has been that England have failed to regain that all-conquering form of Wiegman's early tenure, but that would be a naive and unfair assumption to make. The reality is that work has been done by Fifa and Uefa to improve the competitiveness of qualifiers and improve the challenge for teams up and down the rankings list."
England thrashed China 8-0 at Wembley, with Georgia Stanway scoring a hat-trick, Beth Mead two, and goals from Lauren Hemp, Ella Toone and Alessia Russo. The result was the biggest England win since a 10-0 victory over Luxembourg in 2022 and followed a 7-0 win over a depleted Jamaica. England previously went unbeaten under Sarina Wiegman to win the 2022 European Championship, often beating weaker opposition. Fifa and Uefa have since made qualifiers more competitive, raising the standard for teams across rankings. Wembley was sold out with an official attendance of 74,611, though the upper tier looked patchy.
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