What is there to learn from England’s 8-0 thrashing of China as they prepare to face Ghana, ranked 67th in the world, 51 places below their opponents last Saturday, in Southampton on Tuesday night?
When it comes to fixtures such as this, which should be routine for a team who have benefited from a financially, emotionally and strategically invested federation, the learnings are more subtle – but they are there. As Lucy Bronze said after the win against China, you could see it in the goals they scored.
