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Lauren James was picked up of Manchester City's Lauren Hemp successful the starting XIEngland's defence of their Arnold Clark Cup rubric got disconnected to the cleanable commencement arsenic they comfortably bushed South Korea astatine Stadium MK.
Chelsea's Lauren James was a standout performer arsenic she scored her archetypal extremity for England successful the 2nd fractional aft earlier winning a penalty, which Georgia Stanway coolly fired successful for the opener.
England had dominated possession and were cruising successful the 2nd fractional aft Chloe Kelly made it 2-0 wrong 16 seconds of the restart, earlier Manchester United's Alessia Russo smartly dinked it past the goalkeeper astatine the adjacent post.
James' thumping onslaught precocious connected sealed triumph for the European champions, who won the inaugural Arnold Clark Cup tourney past year.
Sarina Wiegman's broadside made airy enactment of South Korea, ranked 15th successful the world, and already determination to the apical of the standings connected extremity quality aft Belgium's Tessa Wullaert scored a precocious victor to bushed Italy 2-1 successful the tourney opener earlier connected Thursday.
Victory besides extends England's unbeaten tally nether Wiegman, going 674 days without decision - their past coming successful April 2021 - arsenic they hole for this summer's World Cup successful Australia and New Zealand.
James impresses arsenic Wiegman experiments
England are dense favourites to triumph the contention arsenic the highest-ranked broadside and Wiegman was capable to marque respective changes to the starting XI without seeing a drop-off successful performance.
James, who has been outstanding for Chelsea successful the Women's Super League this season, was fixed an accidental to amusement her creativity and did not disappoint.
Her driving runs successful the archetypal fractional helped unfastened up a stubborn South Korean defence, yet forcing Jang Sel-gi into a foul to concede the punishment which Stanway made nary mistake successful putting away.
The Chelsea forward's stature grew adjacent much successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile she was progressive successful the build-up to Russo's goal, switching it crossed to Alex Greenwood with a burst of gait down the right-hand side, and capped disconnected her show with a archetypal planetary extremity successful the 78th minute.
Wiegman, who was without important midfielder Keira Walsh done illness, was capable to look astatine respective formations and introduced Manchester City's Laura Coombs successful the 2nd fractional - her archetypal quality for England successful 8 years.
Captain Leah Williamson was besides utilized successful midfield and defence, giving a glimpse into Wiegman's options for the World Cup which kicks disconnected successful July.
Line-ups
England
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Earps
- 2Bronze
- 5Bright
- 15CarterSubstituted forZelemat 45'minutes
- 3GreenwoodSubstituted forCharlesat 64'minutes
- 8StanwaySubstituted forCoombsat 67'minutes
- 6Williamson
- 10Toone
- 16JamesSubstituted forRobinsonat 81'minutes
- 9RussoSubstituted forDalyat 64'minutes
- 7KellySubstituted forHempat 63'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Hemp
- 12Daly
- 13MacIver
- 14Park
- 17Salmon
- 18Zelem
- 19Charles
- 20Robinson
- 21Roebuck
- 22Wubben-Moy
- 23Le Tissier
- 24Nobbs
- 25Coombs
- 26Ramsey
South Korea
Formation 3-4-3
- 18KimBooked astatine 85mins
- 3HongSubstituted forChunat 86'minutes
- 6Lim
- 20Kim
- 2Choo
- 8KimSubstituted forParkat 56'minutes
- 13Lee
- 16JangBooked astatine 57mins
- 12KangSubstituted forShimat 57'minutes
- 7SonBooked astatine 9minsSubstituted forJangat 86'minutes
- 11Choe
Substitutes
- 1Yoon
- 4Shim
- 5Kim
- 9Park
- 10Ji
- 14Jang
- 15Park
- 17Jang
- 19Lee
- 21Ryu
- 22Ko
- 23Lee
- 24Bae
- 25Chun
- 26Kim
Referee:Andreza de Siqueira
Live Text
Match ends, England 4, Korea Republic 0.
Second Half ends, England 4, Korea Republic 0.
Attempt missed. Lucy Bronze (England) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leah Williamson pursuing a corner.
Corner, England. Conceded by Kim Hye-Ri.
Attempt missed. Lauren Hemp (England) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Niamh Charles.
Katie Robinson (England) hits the close station with a near footed changeable from the centre of the box.
Attempt saved. Ella Toone (England) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Niamh Charles with a cross.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Jang Yu-Been replaces Son Hwa-Yeon.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Chun Ga-Ram replaces Hong Hye-Ji.
Kim Jung-Mi (Korea Republic) is shown the yellowish card.
Attempt saved. Leah Williamson (England) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Rachel Daly.
Corner, England. Conceded by Choo Hyo-Joo.
Attempt blocked. Katie Robinson (England) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Niamh Charles.
Attempt missed. Lauren Hemp (England) header from the centre of the container misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Katie Robinson (England) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Ella Toone.
Substitution, England. Katie Robinson replaces Lauren James.
Attempt missed. Laura Coombs (England) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the left. Assisted by Ella Toone.
Goal! England 4, Korea Republic 0. Lauren James (England) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost close corner.
Lauren James (England) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Lim Seon-Joo (Korea Republic).
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