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- Yahoo
Spain's pioneers 'knocking down walls' with run to Euro 2025 final
Spain captain Irene Paredes said Saturday her team have been "knocking down walls" in helping women's football grow thanks to their remarkable achievements as they prepare to face England in the Euro 2025 final. Experienced Barcelona defender Paredes was referring to the development of the women's game since Spain's triumph at the World Cup in 2023, when they defeated England 1-0 in the title decider. Her team now have the opportunity to add a first ever European crown to the World Cup, and in doing so allow Spain to hold the both the women's and men's continental titles at the same time. "Firm steps have been taken but I think we need to keep opening doors and normalising the situation," Paredes said in Basel, where Sunday's final will be played. "A lot of walls were knocked down with our victory" in 2023, she added. "Now more and more people look up to us, but we still have some way to go." Spain's victory over England in the World Cup final was quickly overshadowed by different headlines, after a forced kiss by the country's football federation chief Luis Rubiales on player Jenni Hermoso as the team prepared to lift the trophy. Rubiales was eventually fined 10,800 euros ($11,670) for sexual assault in February this year. Montse Tome replaced Jorge Vilda as coach in the aftermath of that tournament, and she believes her team -- led by reigning Ballon d'Or Aitana Bonmati -- would be deserving European Championship winners. "As a team we have been fighting and working so hard in so many areas and we have managed to get everyone to just focus on the football, which is what matters," she said. "All the questions now are focused on football and that shows you the changes we have achieved." Tome insisted that neither she nor her team were feeling the pressure despite the high stakes at St Jakob-Park, with Spain already having made history on their run to the final. It is their first ever appearance in the final of a women's senior European Championship, achieved after a narrow last-four victory against Germany -- a team they had never previously beaten. "I am not thinking about pressure, just about all the history we have made during the tournament," she said, insisting that getting to the final was Spain's main goal in Switzerland. "At the beginning our aim was to play six games and we are going to do that, but England are the current European champions and we will just try to compete with them and enjoy it." It will be the third meeting of the teams in 2025, with Spain and England managing one win apiece during the recent UEFA Nations League campaign. "I expect a very even game against a team who also like to get forward -- England have so much potential in attack," Tome added. as-pm/lp
The Star
11 minutes ago
- The Star
Soccer-Spanish harmony to battle English resilience in Women's Euro final
Soccer Football - A combination picture shows Spain coach Tome Montserrat, the women's Euro trophy and England manager Sarina Wiegman ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Final. July 26, 2025. REUTERS BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) -Sunday's final of the Women's Euros in Basel pitches the two best European teams of the current generation against each other, as a unified Spain side bristling with technique and intelligence takes on an equally talented England side that never gives up. Both sides have overcome adversity on their way to the final, with Spain almost losing playmaker Aitana Bonmati to a pre-tournament meningitis scare, and Sarina Wiegman's England comingclose to elimination twice in the knockout round, only for late heroics to see them through. "We need to be at our best to beat Spain. I think they need to be at their best to beat us, too," England captain Leah Williamson told a media conference on Saturday. "I think there's a lot of respect between the two teams, and I'd be hesitant to rule an underdog in this scenario." Both sides said that all 23 squad members were fit and available for selection on Sunday, setting the stage for what is expected to be an intriguing battle of skill, wit and nerves. Defending champions England may not have played particularly well in their five games so far, but they have displayed an uncanny ability to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the knockout stage, first with a shootout win over Sweden and then with a come-from-behind extra-time victory over Italy. "I know that we've left it late," Williamson admitted. "(That was) definitely not the plan, we'd really like to wrap things up a little earlier and a little easier if we could." Spainhave also gotten off to several slow starts, but they have still run out convincing winners in their five games to date, eventually finding a way to break down their opponents. "We have a particular way of playing, of training, we are very confident. Even if we won the games, there are things always that we can correct, things we see on video that we practice, and that's our line of work," Spain captain Irene Paredes said. The Spain team for Sunday's final is a much more harmonious one than the one that took beat England 1-0 in the World Cup final in 2023, when several of the best Spanish players boycotted the tournament in a dispute withcoaching staff and their federation. Though Spain won that game 1-0 to claim their first major title, Montse Tome's squad has given a much more unified impression in Switzerland, with none of the negativity that surrounded them at that World Cup. "(This tournament) shows the change we are making, and right now I believe that, for all their efforts, the squad deserves to win," Tome said. "When you are in the elite football world that's not always the case, but we will do everything to win the final tomorrow." Spain's only defeat in their last 14 games came at the hands of Sarina Wiegman's side in the Nations League in February, and they will be slight favourites for Sunday's decider, but Paredes said such labels make little difference when the game kicks off. "I think both teams deserve to be in the final. We wanted to be there, at the beginning of the tournament that was our objective, to play six games. We're on our way. Tomorrow is number six," she told reporters. "We don't like this idea of being favourites. We know what it takes to be here, what we have to suffer, and we have to be focused." Sunday's final takes place at St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, with kick-off at 1800 CET (1600 GMT). (Reporting by Philip O'Connor; Editing by Jan Harvey)
Indian Express
12 minutes ago
- Indian Express
‘What do you expect from a debutant, that he should take 10 wickets?': Kapil Dev extends support to Anshul Kamboj after underwhelming debut in Manchester Test
With Anshul Kamboj coming under a lot of fire due to an underwhelming Test debut against England in Manchester, World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev backed the youngster saying that he has the ability to succeed in the future. Kamboj took 1 wicket and conceded 89 runs in the 18 overs he bowled as the Indian bowling lineup looked toothless against the hosts who posted an imposing total of 660 runs in their first innings. 'What do you expect from a debutant, that he should take 10 wickets? You have to assess his potential. If he's good enough, he will bounce back. Everyone is nervous when playing their first game. The result may not be ideal, but I believe the ability is there, and that's more important,' Dev said on Saturday. Kamboj was handed his maiden Test cap by former India wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta ahead of the toss, making him only the 10th Indian to make his debut at Old Trafford and the first since Anil Kumble made his maiden appearance at the ground. He was drafted into the scheme of things after the tall pacer had returned home last month following the India A tour to the UK. Kamboj sustained a shin injury there and has looked far from his best in the match where he replaced an injured Akash Deep. He was elevated to earn his maiden Test cap this week after his impressive red-ball profile from the last domestic season. Since September 2024, Kamboj had reeled in 55 wickets in 11 matches, including a 10-wicket haul against Kerala in Lahli. His Chennai teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, who had praised him a few days ago, said on Friday that could not decode the reason behind the depleted speeds on debut. 'I praised Anshul Kamboj yesterday, but I have to say that his bowling speeds were so low, I was quite surprised. I honestly hope he is okay, because he was bowling faster than this in the IPL. He looked like he was struggling a touch. All said and done, the only solution to this (injuries and inefficiency) is to be able to create a bigger pool of bowlers,' Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
