Olaug Tvedten scores twice as Albion beat Genk 3-0 in pre-season friendly

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Dario Vidosic pleased with his team's performance as they stay unbeaten after five friendlies.

Heather Miller

2026-08-18T22:00+01:00

Taylor Warren made it 3-0 with a well-placed shot. 📷Paul Hazlewood

Three first-half goals earned Albion a 3-0 win over KRC Genk in the first of two friendlies during the women’s first-team training camp in the Netherlands on Tuesday.

Olaug Tvedten set the pace with a clinical first-half brace - poking home from close range before doubling her tally with a crisp strike from the edge of the box.

Albion youngster Taylor Warren then capped off an emphatic opening 45 minutes, curling in her debut senior goal to seal a dominant victory.

Reflecting on yet another solid pre-season performance head coach Dario Vidosic said, "It's always difficult when you play teams and players you don't know as well. We managed to watch one game leading in, but their shape was very different.

"They were a back four that turned into a five, and while they pressed high at times a lot of the time they dropped back.

Olaug Tvedten scores the first of her two goals in the win over Genk. 📷Paul Hazlewood

"They worked extremely hard, so it was a really good test for us. It showed the importance of positioning, how much quicker we have to take up those spaces, and our decision making in confined areas. But crucially we got a lot of players good minutes leading into the Barcelona match on Friday."

This was Albion's fifth pre-season friendly and they remain unbeaten.

Vidosic added, "It’s really important to develop a winning mentality - wanting to chase that victory and enjoying the feeling when all the hard work pays off.

Dario Vidosic was pleased with his side's togetherness as they maintained their unbeaten record in pre-season. 📷Paul Hazlewood

"We're not always focused solely on the result. It's nice when the performance is there and the result follows. In all our pre-season games we've progressively got better. The girls are grasping the ideas, the new players are taking all the information on board and we've controlled a lot of matches and scored goals.

"I think we left a couple out there today, but Genk provided a stern test. They tried to make it as hard as possible, so we’ll take some good learnings from this one ahead of a tough test on Friday that we've been really looking forward to."