England vs Australia live: international friendly results and reaction

After the defeat in the World Cup semi-finals, Australia came out with the intention of taking revenge. Lioness a few years ago but England Won six matches and achieved first clean sheet.

England were looking to bounce back from their defeat to Brazil just three days earlier and they did so in spectacular fashion against the Matildas, who played most of the contest without Alanna Kennedy after a red card.

Sarina Wiegmann’s side have been accused of slow starts recently, but this time they were not mistaken as the two-time European champions completely dominated with a goal from Aggie Beaver-Jones in the first half. lucy bronzeOn his 34th birthday.

A celebratory evening spoiled because of the striker Michelle Agyemang After going down holding his knee, he was taken off the field on a stretcher. georgia stanway The victory was completed with a late penalty.

The 19-year-old, who earned national praise for his super-sub role in England euro 2025 This summer’s win came in the second half of the Lionesses’ 3-0 international friendly win over the Matildas on Tuesday night.

However, she withdrew from the competition after 18 minutes of introduction after going down holding her knee armory The debtor is seen in unbearable pain.

After being cared for by England doctors for a few minutes, she walked off the field on a stretcher to a standing ovation inside Pride Park.

Lucia Kendall was an absolute star on her Lionesses debut and although she did not score a much-deserved goal, she received praise from her manager.

“I thought he played really well,” Wiegman said. “She has impressed me and my staff since the start of the competition with Aston Villa, and she has also performed really well in training sessions. You could see when she almost scored that goal. She takes up really good positions, but she reads the game very well.

“She understands things and it comes with her and she keeps things really simple but it’s not always easy. She’s impressed us too, and that’s why she deserves the start today.

“She’s very young but very powerful, and she’s strong, but she also makes room for other people.”

Reflecting on her first England tour, Kendall said: “It was amazing to be honest. Felt at home, it was very easy to play with the girls. You have world-class players on that pitch, so it was easy to fit in.

“When I was a little girl you couldn’t have dreamed that I’d be able to go out there with the crowd. To play with a team that had just gone and won back-to-back Euros, it was really special.”

“Of course, we wanted to dominate the game and at the start of the game, we had a player sent off for them and they went down by 10,” Wiegman told ITV4.

“The previous day we had a lesson in how to do against 10, so we wanted to keep the pace of the game, create chances and make them suffer.

“I think we were OK on the ball but we could do better, especially in the final third, be tighter on the ball, align a little more, make better decisions, then we could have scored a little more. Overall, we were stronger when we didn’t have the ball, I thought.”

Wiegman also said that she wished Australia had not gone below 10 so early, as she wanted to use the friendly to properly test her team.

Tonight was perfect for England as they scored three runs And Maintained a clean sheet to return to winning ways.

But unfortunately, the serious injury suffered by Michelle Agyemang will weigh heavily on everyone’s mind. Let’s hope it’s not as serious as it looks.

Sarina Wiegmann was unable to provide any updates, but said it was “terrible” to watch and that it “didn’t feel good”.

Meanwhile, Beaver-Jones was disappointed to see her teammate leave the field like that.

She said, “It’s never good when someone goes off the stretcher, let alone a teammate. I don’t know what he did but I will pray that he recovers.”

“I’m fine,” she said. “I didn’t want to come out. It was good that they were already down 10 so it didn’t affect the game too much.

“It’s friendly so sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture. Just get over it and make some improvements.”

England thwarted Australia’s revenge mission as they won a 3–0 friendly at Pride Park.

Rematch of their 2023 World Cup semi-final – one Lioness Won in Sydney – Things went bad again for the Matildas when Alana Kennedy saw red for pulling down Alessia Russo on the edge of the Australia box; A desperate attempt to prevent a goal after he was dispossessed.

While the free-kick was originally misfired by Aggie Beaver-Jones, she made no mistake at the second time of asking as she put England ahead, before the hosts doubled their lead on the brink of half-time through birthday girl Lucy Bronze.

Sarina WigmanThe team continued to dominate after the break, but they were dealt a blow when Euro 2025 hero Michel Agyemang was sidelined with a serious injury.

Although that put an end to that brilliant performance, England finished the game in style as Georgia Stanway’s stoppage-time penalty put the icing on the cake.

And with it comes the full-time whistle! England is back on winning ways.

Stanway charges forward… and sends the keeper the wrong way! England is in third place!