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  • 3 years ago
England boss Sarina Wiegman lauded the Lionesses’ adaptability after a system shake-up sparked a thumping 6-1 victory over China at the Women’s World Cup.The Lionesses had not scored more than once in their opening two matches but came alive on a crisp night in front of 13,497 at Adelaide’s Hindmarsh Stadium to seal top spot in Group D.Wiegman took a gamble as she swapped England’s usual 4-3-3 for a 3-5-2 formation, and she was rewarded with goals from five different players including a brace from Chelsea prodigy Lauren James, who also picked up three assists.

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00:00 What did you think of the team's performance?
00:06 I'm very proud of the team. I think when we discussed that we wanted to change like this, everyone really believed in it straight away.
00:16 And that's what you can see on the pitch. I think we were able to press high and early, but also when we were in possession,
00:25 we really found a way to play the possession game well, go forward and get behind the defence. So that was really nice.
00:34 I think we are growing into this tournament. I think tonight we had a great performance. I think the first part of the game Denmark we played really well too.
00:48 And the second half we were struggling a little bit, especially with keeping the ball in possession.
00:52 So to prevent, or of course to try to create chances and score goals, but also prevent counter-attacks.
00:59 We had some moments of that today. We hardly had moments like that.
01:04 It was because we played well, but also China didn't press all the time.
01:10 They sometimes jumped a little bit, but they kept their low block and they couldn't press us because they stayed in their shape and they were not able to press us.

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