White scores as Soccer Aid raises £15m

Lionesses fable Ellen White became nan first female to ever people astatine Soccer Aid arsenic much than £15m was raised for kindness astatine nan arena connected Sunday.

Former shot stars including Joe Cole, Eden Hazard and Alessandro del Piero each sewage connected nan scoresheet astatine Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium.

The yearly kindness lucifer pits teams of erstwhile footballers and celebrities against each different for an England v nan Rest of nan World match. England won 6-3.

After nan crippled it was announced Soccer Aid has raised much than £106m for kindness since its inception successful 2006.

Mauricio Pochettino was backmost successful nan dugout arsenic head of nan Rest of nan World side, conscionable weeks aft leaving Chelsea astatine nan extremity of nan Premier League season.

In complaint of nan England squad was different erstwhile Blues leader Frank Lampard, who was moving alongside his uncle Harry Redknapp.

Playing successful a retro 1996 kit England took nan lead done an early Cole extremity earlier Hazard, who retired past summertime aft 4 years astatine Real Madrid, put a free-kick past erstwhile England goalkeeper David James.

Juventus fable Del Piero past put nan Rest of nan World 2-1 up aft 100m world grounds holder Usain Bolt group him up.

Female players first joined Soccer Aid successful 2019 and grounds Lionesses scorer White became nan first to people successful nan fixture pinch a tap-in aft erstwhile Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere had taken nan shot astir ex-Chelsea keeper Petr Cech.

It was not conscionable astir erstwhile footballers getting connected nan scoresheet.

Boxer Tommy Fury struggled to get to grips pinch nan crippled and caught nan oculus erstwhile he took an underarm throw-in.

Actor Emmett Scanlan admitted he had ne'er played shot earlier but was picked successful nan starting line-up for nan Rest of nan World - earlier coming disconnected pinch a pulled groin.

The 2nd half astatine Soccer Aid is erstwhile nan personage goalkeepers travel on, and is usually erstwhile astir goals are scored.

Early successful nan 2nd play entrepreneur Steven Bartlett put England 3-2 up, his changeable going done nan legs of erstwhile cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew. Bellew made amends pinch a bully prevention from erstwhile Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe moments later.

Defoe past made it 4-2 pinch a powerful onslaught past Bellew and Bartlett sewage his 2nd to make it 5 erstwhile he charged down a clearance from nan keeper.

Freestyle footballer Billy Wingrove pulled 1 backmost from nan spot pinch 15 minutes to spell but ex-Arsenal guardant Theo Walcott made it six for England soon afterwards pinch a lob.