Women's Euro: Austria book quarterfinal slot, England's red hot form continues

A goal from Nicole Billa helped Austria book a Euro 2022 quarterfinal clash with Germany defeating Norway by a margin of 10 here at The Falmer Stadium on FridayWith this loss Norway has been eliminated from the competition A draw would have been enough for the Norwegians to secure a runnersup spot in Group A but could not get it They failed to bounce back from their 80 defeat to EnglandAustria could not take a lead in the 12th minute when Petterson fumbled Laura Feiersingers shot onto her crossbar before the skipper Maren Mjelde scrambled the ball awayAfter a bad start Norway tried easing themselves but the striker Ada Hegerberg or winger Guro Reiten could not get the ball enough to cause damage to their opponentPettersen denied Billa a goal eleven minutes before halftime But she could not do much to keep the striker away from scoring as her header from Verena Hanshaws 37thminute cross helped Austria clinch the leadAustrians tried looking forward to adding to their lead rather than fumbling it in the second halfPettersen made saves from attempts from Barbara Dunst Billa Julia HickelsbergerFuller and substitute Lisa Makas in quick succession to keep Austria away from a double lead but they could not add anything to their own goal count losing the game 10Also on Friday Alessia Russos double in the second half helped England thrash Northern Ireland in their final group stage game of Euro 2022 at Saint Marys Stadium on SaturdayAlso Read Manchester United sign Christian Eriksen on a free transferEven the absence of manager Sarina Wiegman due to Covid19 could not do much to affect Englands game as they ran riot on their oppositionDrama started five minutes into the game when England was awarded a penalty after Georgia Stanways shot hit Laura Rafferty on her arm After a lengthy VAR review the penalty was ruled outFor 40 minutes it looked like Northern Ireland was in a position to frustrate their opponents England was being wasteful with their chances Lauren Wade looked lethal fired into the net of his opponent in the first half but Mary Earps save did not really make him look threateningIn the 40th minute Fran Kirby finally made it 10 in the favour of England Beth Mead scored her fifth goal of the competition just four minutes later firing a low hard shot at the near post that took a nick off sliding Rachel Furness It saw her goalkeeper Jackie Burns wrongfooted and England doubled their leadThree minutes after halftime Russo fired another goal nodding home Meads cross as the winger added an assist to her evenings performance Russo followed it with another goal just five minutes later She picked up a cross from Toone got better of defenders and hammered the ball past BurnsKelsie Burrows added another goal to Englands tally by an unfortunate own goal Her attempt to stop Meads cross from finding Chloe Kelly backfired as she netted the ball past her own goalkeeperEngland will finish the group stage with a 100 per cent recordThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever