The English surely did not expect such an easy match, the Norwegians such a catastrophic evening.
The Euro 2022 host country crushed Ada Hegerberg's teammates 8-0 in their second group match and qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition.
Better, they are guaranteed to finish at the top of the group.
For their second match, the "Lionesses" settled the target with 6 goals on their first 8 shots on target, beating, less than 24 hours later, the French record with 5 goals in 45 minutes.
"I think I can be satisfied tonight," joked coach Sarina Wiegman at a press conference, who regretted the lack of realism of her players in the opening match against Austria.
Unrecognizable, Norway, which was classified among the possible outsiders before the competition due to the return to its ranks of the star striker of Lyon Ada Hegerberg, took on water from all sides.
"I didn't understand what was going on"
The first half hour was a real nightmare for Maria Thorisdottir, the Norwegian and Manchester United defender, who caused the -- generous -- penalty of 1-0, converted by Georgia Stanway (12th), brought into play by Lauren Hemp on the 2-0 (15th) and lost a ball 25 meters from his goals on the 3-0 by Ellen White (29th).
"There are games that we make plans for, we talk to the player for a long time, we expect it to be very competitive... But there, we managed to keep them away from our goal and honestly, I don't didn't understand what was going on," admitted Wiegman.
Neither do the Norwegians.
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