Beth Mead says her third England hat-trick in six months shows her confidence has been restored. The goals came after she was dropped from the national team and the Team GB Olympic squad and Mead believes she has “channelled my disappointment in the correct way”.
After England’s 10-0 defeat of North Macedonia in Skopje on Friday, she said: “I never thought I would have scored a hat-trick in all these qualifiers. We can let these things break us or we can use them as motivation and I think it motivated me this season to do better on and off the pitch. I can control what I’m doing and enjoy my football. Hopefully that’s showing on the pitch. I’m confident and that’s really showing.”
