England 6-1 Wales: Ella Toone issues warning to Sweden as England book quarter-final spot | Football News

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Ella Toone issued a warning to the opponents of the opponents in the quarterfinals of England after a categorical victory 6-1 on Wales on Sunday, where the midfielder was on the match sheet for a second successive match.

Georgia Stanway, Toone, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, Beth Mead and Aggie Beever-Jones were all on the target for England, who finished the group D in France after their 5-2 victory against the Netherlands.

“They should be afraid,” said Toone, speaking to ITV Sport While England has obtained the qualification of the most difficult quartet of the competition.

“It’s going to be a difficult match,” she continued next to the Russo teammate. “We watched Sweden the other evening, and they were really good – a very good counterattack team. We just need to be on our best game. We were these last games.”

Sweden, which won its three games in the first group C, came from behind with a transport of four goals to beat Germany to ten players on Saturday and organized the last meeting in Zurich on Thursday.

The lionesses have now reached the direct elimination tour for a third consecutive Euros tournament, and the fourth of the last five.

Toone added: “We were really good. It is always difficult to play against a team that is in a low block and there is not much space for us, but I think we tired them, and it was good that we got goals in the first half. We really enjoyed the game.”

Second place could also be an unexpected bonus, as if they exceed the Swedes, England would avoid world champions in Spain in the semi-finals.

“We scored six goals and a large part of the game we dominated, a very good match”, a “England Boss Sarina Wiegman said. “Playing well is the most important, which scores is not so important.”

Many things have been done on the rivalry between the two nations, the Wales country wanting nothing better than spoiling the feast of England, but the reigning champions showed their vast experience against a team from Wales making their major tournament debut.

England won 10 of the 11 meetings between the two teams, the best result in Wales being a 0-0 draw in 2018.

Wiegman added: “I am very happy. We knew before this tournament how difficult this group was going to be, so when you lose the first match, there is a huge urgency to win the other two.

“It gave a lot of learning with the team and it gathered us – I think it’s pretty good.”

Wilkinson: a painful loss shows a gap between us and “the best teams”

The boss of Wales Rhian Wilkinson speaking on ITV Sport:

“It was not our game. We were outdated and I was surpassed. We know that we will take a lot, but I feel for the players. I would not want to resist another team.

“There is a gap between us and the best teams and we know it. My job is to continue to push and fill this gap.

“I would like to thank all of our support. It was a difficult match to stay strong and they did it for us. Back home, we have work to do. It is not a team that is ready for the tournament game in terms of three, four, five games on the back.

“It is an area of improvement. It was painful.”