Aggie Beever-Jones performed a starring position for England of their 6-0 Nations League win over Portugal, scoring a first-half hat-trick on her Wembley Stadium debut.
Beever-Jones netted 3 times in simply half-hour on Friday, with the Lionesses’ victory ending a tough week on a excessive following Mary Earps’ retirement.
England opened the scoring in simply the third minute when Andreia Norton misplaced possession near her field, permitting Beever-Jones to stroke the ball past Ines Pereira.
The Lionesses doubled their tally two minutes later when Lucy Bronze headed in from shut vary after Beth Mead’s blocked effort fell kindly to her contained in the penalty space.
Bronze then turned supplier for England’s third, whipping a pleasant ball onto the pinnacle of Beever-Jones, whose effort struck the underside of the crossbar on its manner in.
The outcome was put past doubt simply earlier than the half-hour mark when Mead turned Catarina Amado earlier than curling the ball into the bottom-right nook with a relaxed end.
And the first-half rout was accomplished by Beever-Jones, who, after amassing Leah Williamson’s lengthy ball, rattled the ball in at Pereira’s close to publish with assistance from the woodwork.
Chloe Kelly rounded off the scoring within the 62nd minute, rising highest to energy Mead’s cross into the online to finish an ideal night time for Sarina Wiegman’s facet.
England keep second of their Nations League group after Spain thumped Belgium 5-1 earlier within the day, with Esther Gonzalez and Athenea del Castillo each scoring twice.
What an evening! pic.twitter.com/wG1uYuUX03
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) Might 30, 2025
Information Debrief: Lionesses roar to victory
England at the moment are unbeaten in 12 earlier conferences with Portugal throughout all competitions (W7 D4), solely dealing with Finland (13) extra usually with out struggling defeat of their historical past (additionally 12 in opposition to Northern Eire and Switzerland).
And their triumph was led by Beever-Jones, who grew to become the primary England participant to attain a first-half hat-trick since Mead did so in a 20-0 win in opposition to Latvia in November 2021.
Mead’s aim additionally noticed her notch her twenty seventh below Wiegman, greater than every other participant since her appointment again in September 2021.
The Lionesses additionally continued their spectacular type on dwelling turf. They’ve misplaced simply one among their final 51 aggressive dwelling matches (W42 D8), shedding 2-1 to France 364 days in the past in Might 2024 in a European Championship qualifier.