Lucy Bronze let her anger recognized after England's thrashing of China on Tuesday as she snubbed the provide of a handshake from referee Casey Reibelt after the full-back gave away a penalty in what proved to be the one blip on an in any other case excellent show from the Lionesses. England went into their match towards China figuring out a draw could be sufficient to safe prime spot in Group D.

But England have been clearly in no temper to accept a goalless draw as they hit China for six in an epic show from Sarina Wiegman's aspect. The Lionesses boss modified formation to a 5-3-2 for the beginning with Lauren James enjoying within the pocket behind Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo.

Rachel Daly and Bronze have been deployed as wing-backs on both aspect with all 10 of England's outfield gamers taking to the system instantly. Russo gave England the lead inside 4 minutes with Hemp and James including two extra earlier than the break.

James was then denied a belting second purpose together with her weaker left foot after curling in a marvel strike from the sting of the field. Bronze was adjudged to have been offside within the build-up play regardless of some confusion on whether or not the ball touched her or not.

England have been capable of brush off the minor disappointment on the break as they held a cushty and deserving 3-0 lead over China. But China got a route again into the match underneath extra controversial circumstances involving Bronze initially of the second half.

After an extended VAR overview, Bronze was adjudged to have dealt with the ball contained in the field with referee Reibelt awarding China a penalty and brandishing a yellow card for the England star. China scored the next penalty, though England maintained their composure and regained their commanding lead earlier than roaring to a 6-1 victory.

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