Aston Villa star Alisha Lehmann continued her good goalscoring form with another strike for Switzerland against Hungary.
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Lehmann opens scoring in Switzerland winCelebrates in style after goalSwiss set to host Euro 2025WHAT HAPPENED?
Lehmann opened the scoring on Friday as Switzerland beat Hungary 2-1 in qualifying for next summer's European Championship. The Villa star, who scored twice in her last three games of the WSL season, netted with a strike from inside the penalty area to make it 1-0. Hungary levelled after the break, before Ramona Bachmann struck the winner from the penalty spot just after the hour mark.
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Lehmann also unveiled a new celebration after the win and took to Instagram with a message which explained the gesture and seemed to be aimed at boyfried Douglas Luiz. She wrote: "Catched (sic) a big fish today" with a series of emojis and tagged the Brazilian in the post.
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Lehmann is back on international duty after holidaying with Luiz in Brazil. The result means Switzerland top their group with nine points from nine after three games played and are three points clear of nearest rivals Turkey in second place. Of course Switzerland are already guaranteed a place at the 16-team tournament as hosts.
WHAT NEXT FOR LEHMANN
Lehmann and Switzerland face Hungary again on June 4 and then do not play again until July when they come up against Turkey and Azerbaijan. The new WSL season is due to kick off on the weekend of September 21-22.