 England's Kelly Smith scored a brilliant hat-trick |
England Women moved within one point of qualification for the 2007 Women's World Cup as Kelly Smith's hat-trick set up an easy win over Holland Women. Smith opened the scoring on nine minutes, controlling brilliantly and firing into the bottom corner.
She made it 2-0 on 25 minutes after being fouled inside the box and dusting herself down to slot home the penalty.
Smith grabbed her hat-trick with a deflected shot, before Rachel Yankey completed the scoring.
England: Brown, Scott, Unitt, Chapman, Asante, Phillip, Karen Carney, Fara Williams, Eniola Aluko (Jody Handley 84), Kelly Smith (Jill Scott 82), Rachel Yankey (Sue Smith 74)
Subs not used: Chamberlain, Potter, Exley, Johnson.
Holland: Wissink, Bito, Migchelsen, De Boer, Hogewoning, Spitse (Hoogendijk 55), Smit, Smit, Demarteau, Melis, Stevens (Delies 82), van der Heilingenberg (van Eyck 65).
Subs not used: Scheenaard, Legemate, Bos, Geurts.
Attendance: 7,931
Referee: Floarea Cristina Ionescu
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