England Vs China - World Cup Review - video Dailymotion

Simon Collings reviews England 6-1 win against China as they qualify for the World Cup last 16

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00:00 Well, that wasn't too bad, was it? England threw to the last 16 and they did it in style.

00:05 A 6-1 victory over China here in Adelaide and it's the performance we've been waiting

00:10 for from England. We said after those first two games they needed to lay down a mark on

00:15 this tournament, they needed to show the rest of the team what they can do and they did

00:19 exactly that tonight. In a way, it wasn't the way we expected them to go about their

00:23 business because three at the back, lots of changes to the team, something Serena Beeman

00:27 doesn't normally do, but everything paid off for her. The golden touch she had at the Euros

00:32 seemingly still with her, but the star of the show, undoubtedly, Lauren James. What

00:36 a player she is. 21 years old and she is taking this tournament by storm. She could have had

00:42 a hat-trick tonight, probably should have had a hat-trick, that VAR decision ruling

00:45 out what would have been a wonderful third goal for her, but don't let that take away

00:49 from what she did. China really did not have a clue about how to stop her. It was interesting,

00:53 Rachel Yankie in the column in the paper this week for us said how she wanted to see Lauren

00:57 James in that number 10 role because she can get on the ball, she can influence games and

01:01 I think Rachel was spot on because the way Lauren James dominated this game, it should

01:06 fill England with so much confidence going forward. They've got a player who is at the

01:09 top of the game, she's got the world at her feet and for England, it's onwards and upwards.

01:13 END