Rampant, ruthless and record-breaking. The Lionesses roared into the quarter-finals of the Euros with an 8-0 demolition of Norway that had everyone in Brighton’s sold-out and cauldron-like Amex Stadium wondering quite what on earth they were witnessing.
England had stuttered a little under the pressure in their Group A 1-0 defeat of Austria at Old Trafford, but against a potentially potent Norway they became the first team to score seven, and then eight, in a single game at a Euros (men’s or women’s). The crowd revelled in it, aware they were watching something special.
