Could the European champions do it on a Tuesday night in Stoke?

Against Luxembourg, ranked 117th in the world, the answer was always going to be yes. The final game in their World Cup qualification campaign ended with a 10-0 victory.

Eighty goals in 10 games and none conceded - the Lionesses walked their group.

This was not about the result for England, they had already sealed qualification against Austria at the weekend, but about how far they have come in 12 months.

Sarina Wiegman's first game in charge was September 17 last year.
They beat North Macedonia in front of just 8,000 people in Southampton.

England put on a truly dominant display to put ten goals past Luxembourg on Tuesday

Sarina Wiegman was given her Coach of the Year trophy before the World Cup qualifier 

Bayern Munich's Georgia Stanway bagged a first half brace before being substituted

Nikita Parris helped the Lionesses to their first win on home soil since lifting the Euros trophy

Twenty-one games later they are European Champions and selling out stadiums.

The fact that many supporters did not make it in before kick-off due to heavy traffic shows how times have changed.

‘I don't think it [the qualifing record] could be much better than this so I'm really happy,' Wiegman said.

‘This camp after the Euros always seems to be a hard one, [we had] very big highs, but I think the team has done a tremendous job coming after the summer.

‘We knew of course tonight that we were so much better than Luxembourg but we had to make the tempo of the game and keep the energy in the game.

That's what we really wanted to do and I think that's what we did in most parts of the game. A 10-0 is really nice to go home with.'

 Stanway scored twice in 15 minutes either side of Russo's header to make it 3-0 by 26 minutes

Alessia Russo staked her claim to the No 9 spot with the Lionesses's second of the evening

Wiegman has transformed this team and many people's perception of women's football.

As fans inside the Bet365 Stadium sang Sweet Caroline, this was a celebration of the summer and everything that was achieved.

‘The crowd were very enthusiastic. At the moment we're very popular, I just hope that we keep doing that, that we keep our fans happy and I hope they had a very good night and I hope they enjoyed watching the game.

You have to play with energy even when you have an opponent that's weaker than us.'

Georgia Stanway got the party started in the 11th minute, converting from the penalty spot after Alessia Russo had been tripped. Russo then doubled England's lead with a header from a Leah Williamson cross before Rachel Daly added a third shortly after.

Manchester United forward Ella Toone scored from the spot after 57 minutes for the eighth

Bethany England also bagged a brace in England's goal-fest in Stoke on Tuesday night

Another strike from Stanway and a Beth Mead goal gave the Lionesses a 5-0 lead at half-time.

It took two minutes after the restart for England to score a sixth, with substitute Beth England tapping-in from a Mead cross.

The unthinkable almost happened when Ellie Roebuck failed to control a back-pass, nearly ruining England's perfect record of a clean sheet in every game, but the goalkeeper just managed to stop the ball going rolling over the line.

Player of the Euros Beth Mead was also on the scoresheet at the Bet356 Stadium

After that brief scare, England went on the attack again and were soon 7-0 up, with Nikita Parris firing in from close range.

Parris was then fouled from behind in the box to give England another penalty as Ella Toone stepped up to add her name to the scoresheet.

Lauren Hemp was the next to find the net, with a tap-in in the 90th minute before England rounded off the scoring in the 92nd minute with a header from a corner.