BRIGHTON (UNITED KINGDOM) – England recorded the biggest win in European Championship history as Beth Mead’s hat-trick inspired an 8-0 demolition of Norway that booked the hosts’ quarter-final place on Monday.
Sarina Wiegman’s side scored six in the first half on route to smashing their own women’s Euro record margin of victory set when they beat Scotland 6-0 in 2017.
No team, either male or female, had ever scored eight at a European Championship until England’s incredible goal-spree against the overwhelmed Norwegians in Brighton.
Georgia Stanway’s 12th-minute penalty opened the floodgates and Lauren Hemp struck three minutes later.
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