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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tom Garry

Alessia Russo double for England sparks Women’s World Cup qualifying win against Ukraine

Alessia Russo runs with the ball wearing black England kit with blue and red detail. Ukraine's Yana Kotyk, in yellow kit, runs alongside.
Alessia Russo scored twice for England, on 47 minutes and 51 minutes, to spark a dominant win against Ukraine in Women’s World Cup qualifying. Photograph: Reuters

Stressed, anxious or doubtful after a goalless first half? Not these England players, who remained fully confident in their ability and found a flurry of second-half goals to begin their Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign with a 6-1 win against Ukraine.

It helps when you have players with the firepower of Alessia Russo, Georgia Stanway and Jess Park all thriving and scoring twice. The European champions may feel they should have won by a greater margin: they were profligate in the first half, but eventually opened the floodgates as Park continued her bright Manchester United form.

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