Lionesses in seventh heaven as Euro 2025 preparation completed with Jamaica rout | OneFootball

Defending champions head to Zurich for first group game

England completed their Euro 2025 preparation in emphatic fashion with a devastating 7-0 win over Jamaica at the King Power Stadium.

The Lionesses ripped their Caribbean counterparts to shreds in Leicester, with Ella Toone bagging a brace, Alessia Russo amongst the goals, and Lauren James continuing her return to full fitness.

This is a “new-look” England side from the one that lifted the trophy on that stunning Wembley evening in July 2022. There are fresh faces aplenty - seven major tournament debutants in the squad - and one of them was on the scoresheet here, Aggie Beever-Jones netting the sixth off the bench.

Wiegman named a full-strength line-up to simulate this summer’s testing conditions, and to ensure that patterns of play were in tact. The players could not have impressed her any more with their displays, as a collective and individuals.

They were ahead inside 10 minutes when Toone bent a shot beyond the clasp of Liya Brooks, and it was two further into the first half as Lucy Bronze towered above her marker to nod home.

That wasn’t before a real scare from a Jamaica corner, as the visitors stunned England with a neat routine off the training ground that saw Kayla McKenna sweep home, but there was a Jamaican body adjudged by VAR to have hampered Hannah Hampton’s vision, with the goal chalked off.

After that, though, the Lionesses put their foot down on the gas, with Toone notching her second with a left-footed scoop into the top corner on the stroke of half-time.

Georgia Stanway’s rocket just shy of the hour made it four, before Russo finally got her goal after a frustrating afternoon for the Women’s Super League top goalscorer. She had the simple task of nodding home James’ sumptuous delivery on 74 minutes, before she was replaced by Beever-Jones.

It was the Chelsea striker who backed up her reputation as a super-sub, having an impact within 10 minutes of coming on. She was desperately unlucky when Brooks produced two fine saves within seconds to deny her from point-blank range, but third time was the charm as she swept home Niamh Charles’ cut-back for a sweet sixth.

The scoring wasn’t done until late on, as Beth Mead got in on the act, showing fine poise with her first touch, before slotting underneath Brooks to complete the thrashing.

It is a superb morale-booster for the Lionesses as they jet off to Switzerland tomorrow, but it is not one that they will have any time to dwell on. The real work starts now.