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England Ahead beth mead The Lionesses have been urged to be more “brutal” despite beating Australia 3-0 in the second game of their homecoming tour at Pride Park.
Sarina Wiegmann’s team responded brilliantly to their 2-1 defeat brazil As Aggie Beaver-Jones played at the Etihad Stadium just three days earlier, lucy bronze And georgia stanway Everyone got on the scoresheet.
Alana Kennedy’s dismissal in the first half helped England but the hosts took 29 shots in the entire match, nine of which were on target.
Mead was pleased with Brazil’s response to the defeat, but knew he could have had more goals to show his dominance.
“I thought we started the game very well,” he told the England website. “They sent a player off and that changed the situation and helped us be more effective in the game.
“A good win, good goals but we probably still need to be more ruthless in the final third.
“We are in a good place and you obviously don’t want to see that in the game, and you don’t want to see people going out because you want to test yourself against 11 players.
“It’s a bit of a shame but you’ve got to play what’s in front of you and I thought we did that really well.
“We say we don’t lose, we learn and that’s what we did against Brazil and it was good to get the win today.
“We were disappointed, it wasn’t the best 20 minutes of football we played, but ultimately we had to show a reaction, we’re playing against different teams with different styles of play, and I thought we reacted well.
Bronze made his first start of the season in Tuesday’s friendly after recovering from a fractured tibia suffered during Euro 2025.
The Chelsea defender scored his second for England on his 34th birthday and Mead was full of praise for his team-mate.
He added: “I’ve been here for a while and I’ve only seen Lucy here in the changing rooms and she’s such an amazing person.
“She brings a great attitude and professionalism day in and day out and she deserves everything she is getting right now and is an incredible legend Lioness.”