England 4-0 Japan: Jess Park scores on her debut in Lionesses win

Jess Park replaced Georgia Stanway successful stoppage clip earlier scoring with her archetypal touch

Substitute Jess Park scored 79 seconds into her England debut to circular disconnected a comfy triumph implicit Japan successful a affable successful Spain.

Chloe Kelly had earlier netted her archetypal extremity since the Euro 2022 final, portion Rachel Daly and Ella Toone besides got connected the scoresheet.

England stay unbeaten nether manager Sarina Wiegman, extending their tally to 25 matches having conceded conscionable erstwhile successful their past 5 games.

• Relive England's triumph implicit Japan

The Lionesses were tested by a method and originative Japanese broadside but looked comfy for ample spells.

They controlled the bulk of possession, contempt a precocious play of unit from Japan, and had plentifulness of chances to adhd to their tally.

Manchester United striker Alessia Russo headed Kelly's transverse connected to the close station aboriginal successful the archetypal fractional earlier Daly enactment England ahead.

Kelly was a menace passim and her deliveries from the near caused problems for Japan.

It was her transverse that was not dealt with by the 2011 satellite champions erstwhile Daly followed up successful the container to coolly descent successful the opener.

Aston Villa guardant Daly, playing arsenic a full-back nether Wiegman, has present scored an awesome 8 goals successful 10 starts for nine and state this season.

Manchester City winger Kelly capped disconnected a beardown evening erstwhile she fired successful Beth Mead's transverse to marque it 2-0 successful the 2nd half.

Toone, who signed a declaration hold with Manchester United this week, dinked it into the acold country for England's 3rd extremity aft she was teed up by substitute Ebony Salmon.

But it was Park who had the top interaction disconnected the bench, coming connected to poke implicit the enactment conscionable seconds aft her introduction.

Speaking to ITV afterwards, she said: "I'm a spot overwhelmed astatine the minute, it's perfectly astonishing and I'm truthful honoured to play for my state and people a goal.

"I've dreamed of this ever since I was a young girl, present I'm present and it's travel true! My caput has gone, I'm truthful happy.

"I don't deliberation determination are immoderate words to picture it. It's conscionable perfectly unbelievable."

England instrumentality connected Norway successful their adjacent affable connected Tuesday (19:00 GMT kick-off) successful Murcia.

England marque airy enactment of Japan test

Chloe Kelly has not scored yet for Manchester City this season

With 8 months to spell until the World Cup successful Australia and New Zealand, this was different trial against varied absorption which England made airy enactment of.

Japan are often afloat of creativity but they struggled to get retired of their fractional arsenic England pressed and hurried them.

Euro 2022 apical scorer Mead astir scored erstwhile she won possession connected the borderline of Japan's container earlier her changeable was pushed wide and Toone was busy, often linking up with nine team-mate Russo.

It took a spot of clip for England to physique their bushed arsenic the dilatory transportation and windy conditions impacted their usually fluent attacking play.

However, erstwhile Daly yet recovered the opener, England imposed their dominance and Japan seldom tested goalkeeper Mary Earps.

"We played a precise bully crippled - tons of football," manager Wiegman told ITV.

"They played successful a signifier that we haven't had against america a lot, truthful it was bully to practise that. We're doing good, we're developing."

Wiegman was forced into respective changes owed to wounded arsenic skipper Leah Williamson, Barcelona defender Lucy Bronze and guardant Lauren Hemp were each absent done wounded but England inactive showed their prime successful extent disconnected the bench.

Chelsea's Lauren James came connected and performed well, portion Salmon provided the assistance for Toone and Park, with the second making her people successful beforehand of goal.

This was a trial England would expect to triumph and though Japan were disappointing, it was different motion of the advancing absorption nether Wiegman earlier the World Cup.

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