Aggie Beever-Jones said it was a \u201cdream come true\u201d after scoring her first England goal in their 5-0 thrashing of Belgium in their Nations League clash on Friday. <\/p>\n Beever-Jones, along with Chelsea team-mate Kiera Walsh, were on target for the first time for their country, capping a special game at Ashton Gate for Sarina Wiegman\u2019s team.<\/p>\n England hit the front in the 21st minute when Lucy Bronze, on her 130th cap for her country, glanced a header that squirmed beyond the grasp of Nicky Evrard following Lauren James\u2019 delightful ball into the box. <\/p>\n Millie Bright then doubled the Lionesses\u2019 advantage on the stroke of half-time, bundling the ball home on the line after Beth Mead\u2019s teasing delivery from a corner was flicked to the back post by Bronze. <\/p>\n The result was put beyond doubt in the 67th minute when Beever-Jones, on to replace James for the second half, turned home Mead\u2019s cross into the box from close range. <\/p>\n It got even better for England soon after when Jess Park capitalised on a mistake by Belgium captain Janice Cayman, racing towards goal and placing the ball past Evrard. <\/p>\n The icing on top of the cake was provided by Keira Walsh, who, on her 83rd England appearance, found the back of the net for the first time for the Lionesses. <\/p>\n The Chelsea midfielder collected the ball on the edge of the box and saw her shot deflect into the bottom-left corner. <\/p>\n A moment to remember forever!<\/p>\n Both netting their first senior England goals tonight pic.twitter.com\/t1B6E7AoFR <\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lionesses (@Lionesses) April 4, 2025 <\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Beever-Jones received her first call-up in May of last year and has played four games for England, but said this moment was the best of her playing career to date. <\/p>\n \u201cI was on loan at Bristol. I played at this stadium before and scored before, so I had a good feeling coming into it,\u201d Beever-Jones said. <\/p>\n \u201cFor me, I pride myself on keeping my feet on the ground and working hard and for hard work you get moments like this.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m so happy that I took it well and I had people around me, I had Niamh [Charles] behind me who helped me so much over the last however many years.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is so surreal and a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n The Lionesses are now unbeaten in their last six games and building real momentum ahead of their title defence at the European Championships in the summer. <\/p>\n Speaking after the game, Wiegman conceded her side had dropped the speed of their play after making several changes, but said that her team were getting closer to being at their best. <\/p>\n \u201cI think the second half we dropped a little bit in tempo and then the subs came in, and they brought the energy again, but also quality,\u201d Wiegman said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd what I really like too, is that we kept it simple, so we didn\u2019t stop playing our own game. We kept playing our game, our England game, and it looked easy, but it is pretty hard, and I really enjoyed that.<\/p>\n \u201cI basically said to the team a bit what I just said, like keeping it simple and staying together and everyone who came on the pitch was really ready to go and showed up. Tuesday\u2019s going to be a different game, so now we win 5-0, we don\u2019t all of a sudden think that we are in the best possible place.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know we have to improve things. Belgium is a totally different opponent and Spain was and then Portugal is.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know where we\u2019re at and what we want to improve, and we\u2019re working on it every day, and we need to keep having these connections because I do feel something\u2019s happening, and we\u2019re getting closer.\u201d<\/p>\n What a performance. pic.twitter.com\/HsJSB5Lwrn <\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\")
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