England's Lionesses down Iceland to stay perfect in World Cup qualifying

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bronze-lucia/SxntgHta/"]Lucy Bronze[/a], earning her 145th cap, powered them ahead midway through the first half after a cross from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/james-lauren/nR4k89xo/"]Lauren James[/a] on the left.[/p][p]Goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hampton-hannah/hI89NEeP/"]Hannah Hampton[/a] needed to make a superb save to deny Sandra Maria Jessen, whose header was angling into the top corner, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stanway-georgia/nskaaZK1/"]Georgia Stanway[/a] sealed the win in the 78th minute.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/KI2O8L8F/"]England[/a] thrashed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ukraine/KUOwt2r3/"]Ukraine[/a] 6-1 earlier in the week and top group A3, with world champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/t6OJR9UG/"]Spain[/a] playing the Ukrainians later on Saturday.[/p][p][b]"[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-KI2O8L8F/iceland-ziYx1IA7/?mid=rDJZq9G8"]An important win[/a]. I think we played well, we know they're very disciplined, very powerful and really dangerous on the counter,"[/b] England coach Sarina Wiegman told ITV.[/p][p][b]"For the most part, we took that out so they didn't become dangerous. They had that one chance where Hannah Hampton did really well.[/b][/p][p][b]"Overall, we showed some good football. Of course, we want to score more goals but it starts with winning the game."[/b][/p][embed guid="5b9ac10c-7e00-4241-bfd0-4d052f957f46" url="https://x.com/Lionesses/status/2030299438086832443" social-type="twitter" /][p]England and Spain meet in a repeat of the Euro 2025 final and the 2023 World Cup final next month.[/p][p]Only the winners of each of the four European 'League A' groups will qualify automatically. The other 12 teams go into play-offs which will also involve the four League B group winners and the six group winners and two best runners-up from League C.[/p]