27 Oct 2007
VIDEO: England 4-0 Belarus

Alex Scott grabs a brace, Kelly Smith and Eniola Aluko complete the scoring as England win their Euro 2009 qualifier.

England

4-0

Belarus

Scott 11, 64, Smith 33, Aluko 49

 


UEFA Women's European Championship
Qualifying Round, Group One
12.30pm, Saturday 27 October 2007
Banks's Stadium, Walsall FC

England returned from China in style with a comfortable 4-0 win over Belarus, earning three crucial Euro 2009 points in the process, and you can now watch the highlights from the game.

Alex Scott scored her third and fourth goals of 2007, while captain Kelly Smith and Eniola Aluko also struck to give a suitably emphatic tone to the scoreline.

Just after the half hour mark England doubled their advantage through skipper Kelly Smith, again with a headed goal as Alex Scott was scorer-turned-provider.

It was an inch-perfect delivery from the Arsenal defender to pick out her teammate on the penalty spot, and Smith made no mistake as she headed the ball forcefully past Novikava.

As the teams returned from half-time and Aluko added her name to the scoresheet. Kelly Smith played a perfectly weighted pass into her path and Aluko glided past the last defender and slotted the ball into the far corner.

Aluko then played her part in a sweeping move that gave Hope Powell's side a fourth goal, and a second for Alex Scott.

Aluko and substitute forward Lianne Sanderson swapped a superb one-two on the edge of the area before Sanderson angled the looping ball across goal for Scott to fire the ball into the roof of the net.