Spain crush England while Germany book spot at Women's World Cup finals
<p>With the top teams from each of the four A groups qualifying automatically, Germany's 2-0 win gave them an unassailable four-point lead over Norway in Group A4 with one game left, while Spain and England are both locked on 12 points at the top of Group A3.</p><p>England's hopes of securing a spot with a win in Mallorca were quickly snuffed out, with Patri Guijarro giving the Spaniards the lead in the 19th minute and Alexia Putellas making it 2-0 before the break.</p><p>There appeared to be nothing England could do to stop the Spanish juggernaut, with Putellas adding a second goal 10 minutes after the break and Claudio Pina putting the icing on the cake with a goal from a superb pass by Aitana Bonmati to make it 4-0.</p><p>England retain a chance of qualifying directly but they will have to get a better result, when they host Ukraine next Tuesday, than Spain manage in their final fixture away to Iceland.</p><p>There was late drama in Group A2 as Ireland's Amber Barrett netted a 90th-minute goal to snatch a 3-2 home win over the Netherlands to move above the Dutch and into second place in the group, one point behind leaders France, who beat Poland 2-0.</p><p>The Irish play France in their final game in Grenoble, with the Dutch taking on Poland at home.</p><p>Earlier, Pernille Harder came off the bench and scored the winner for Denmark as they downed neighbours Sweden 2-1 to end the Swedes' hopes of qualifying directly.</p><p>The Danes top Group A1 on 11 points ahead of their final game against bottom side Serbia, while second-placed Italy, who are three points behind the leaders, next host Sweden.</p>