ENGLAND 1 - 0 DENMARK

England signed of for the Euro's with a 1-0 win over Denmark.Substitute striker Jody Handley scoring in the 87th minute.
In their last warm-up match before Euro 2009 England fielded a much different team to the one that lost against Iceland last week.
There were welcome starts for Fara Williams, Karen Carney, Anita Asante and Alex Scott.
Karen Bardsley of NJ Sky Blue earned her 1st cap right from the start. Regular GK Rachel Brown took a knock in the warm-up and had to sit out. Boston Breakers Kelly Smith again did not play due to her troublesome knee.

England created a few chances early on with Fara Williams and Sue Smith on the end of some good moves.Williams shooting just wide on 18 minutes. Denmark playing with some youngsters also put on a good show.New star Nadia Nadim stood out, heading just over the bar on 21 minutes.

England continued to create chances in the 2nd half but the Denmark defence held strong with Captain Katrine Pedersen organising her defence well.

England lacked that creative spark to unlock the stubborn Danish defence. Denmark were well organised and should put up a good showing in the Euros.

RB Alex Scott started to be more prominent in the Danish half and on the 72nd minute nearly assisted on a goal. Scott sent a ball into the box and Williams got on the end and struck the ball towards goal. The ball was saved by the Danish keeper only for it to rebound out to striker Sue Smith who slid into the ball only to see it agonisingly strike the post.

With minutes running out Karen Carney sent in a ball from the left and Jody Handley on as a 2nd half substitute for Lianne Sanderson connected with a glancing header for her 6th career goal for England.

Boston Breakers Alex Scott was named Player Of The Match for another outstanding and tireless performance.

England will name their final 22 on August 4th. Scott and Handley have shown their intent to Hope Powell.

England: Karen Bardsley; Alex Scott, Lindsey Johnson, Anita Asante,Casey Stoney; Jill Scott (Emily Westwood, 90),Katie Chapman; Karen Carney, Fara Williams(C) , Sue Smith; Lianne Sanderson (Jody Handley, 46).

Denmark: Heidi ElgaardJohansen (Tine Cederkvist, 46); Marie Bjerg, Mette Jensen, Katrine Pedersen(C) , Line Hansen; Ditte Larsen, Nielsen (Marianne Pedersen, 90); Katrine Veje (Tina Rasmussen, 73), Nanna Christiansen (Jane Madsen 87), Nadia Nadim; Maiken Pape (Lene Jensen, 46).