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The Sun
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- The Sun
England Rebounds at Euro 2025, Set for Sweden Clash
IF England's opening loss to France at Euro 2025 was a cause for concern, coach Sarina Wiegman said being faced with a huge challenge right out of the gate might have been a blessing in disguise for the reigning champions. Wiegman's team bounced back to beat the Netherlands 4-0 in a must-win match and then thrashed tournament debutants Wales 6-1 on Sunday -- and now ride a confident wave of togetherness into their quarter-final match against Sweden. 'We didn't have a good start against France, but that gave us also the urgency to fix, to do things better as a team on the pitch, getting the connections better,' Wiegman said. 'With that loss, the urgency came. 'The team really responded well on that, and now hopefully we can show that again against Sweden. We built momentum also from the France game, because that really brought us together.' Sweden, who lost to England in the semi-finals at Euro 2022, were barely challenged in this year's group stage, winning all three of their games by a combined score of 8-1. England finished second in their group, which means, provided they get past Sweden in the quarters, they will avoid world champions Spain in the semi-finals. Wiegman played down the idea that England may have benefited by not winning the group. 'I think that in tournaments, that's really tricky to think, 'Oh, we want to go that way, because, then we might have this and this',' Wiegman said. 'If you start thinking like that, that's very tricky. You're trying to just win every game, and then see where you finish in the group, and then you play who's in front of you. 'If you want to be successful in the tournament, you should be able to win every single game. So that's how we approach it.' The celebratory England crowd at Arena St. Gallen on Sunday periodically broke into a song about Wiegman, who has won 14 of the 15 European Championship games she has coached. Singing to the famous 1958 tune by The Champs, every time the song loudly exclaims 'Tequila!' the supporters yelled 'Sarina!' 'It's really nice,' Wiegman said, looking slightly red-faced at the question. 'Doesn't make me feel really comfortable. But yeah, they were creative, I clapped a little bit for them. I hope they can sing a lot still over the next weeks.' Wiegman's team take on Sweden on Thursday in Zurich - REUTERS
The Star
an hour ago
- The Star
Soccer-Cascarino powers France into last eight with 5-2 win over Netherlands
Soccer Football - UEFA Women's Euro 2025 - Group D - Netherlands v France - St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland - July 13, 2025 Netherlands' Dominique Janssen in action with France's Delphine Cascarino REUTERS/Denis Balibouse BASEL (Reuters) -An electrifying second-half performance from Delphine Cascarino fired France to a 5-2 win over the Netherlands on Sunday that secured victory in Group D at the Women's Euros and set up a quarter-final meeting with Germany in Basel on July 19. France finished the group with nine points from their three games, three ahead of England, who join them in the knockout stage for a quarter-final meeting with Sweden in Zurich on July 17 following a 6-1 win over Wales. The Dutch, champions in 2017, had their moments, but never came close to the three-goal victory they would have needed to progress as a second-half defensive collapse cost them dearly. Following a frenetic opening, Marie-Antoinette Katoto fluffed her lines in the 21st minute, spooning a first-time shot from a good position over the bar after a brilliant surging run by Oriane Jean-Francois. Katoto made amends a minute later by scrambling down the left and pulling the ball back on the edge of the box to Sandie Toletti, and she sent a bouncing drive into the bottom corner to open the scoring. The lead didn't last long, Victoria Pelova curling a brilliant equaliser after French goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin turned a shot from Chasity Grant into her path. The Dutch went ahead in the 41st minute when French defender Selma Bacha's attempted clearance only resulted in her turning the ball into her own net to send her side in 2-1 down at the break. With the French lying in second place in the group at that point, Cascarino took over,teeing up Katoto for the equaliser in the 61st minute before conjuring a moment of magic, slashing through the middle and scoring with an unstoppable shot in the 64th minute. Shescored again three minutes later as a Katoto shot that hit both posts fell into her path to drill into the net and Sakina Karchaoui scored a late penalty to secure the 5-2 win and send the French through as group winners. France coach Laurent Bonadei hailed the character of his players following their comeback win. "A match is made up of two halves. We started well, then we got a bit scared," he told French TV. "At halftime, the players remobilized, they had a bit more bite. We had a great second half with some nice goals, it's the football we love, focused on attack." (Reporting by Philip O'ConnorEditing by Christian Radnedge)
The Star
2 hours ago
- The Star
Soccer-Disappointed Dutch come up short as they exit Women's Euros
Soccer Football - UEFA Women's Euro 2025 - Group D - Netherlands v France - St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland - July 13, 2025 Netherlands' Jill Roord looks dejected with teammates after the match REUTERS/Stephane Mahe BASEL (Reuters) -Netherlands crashed out of the Women's Euros on Sunday, falling to a 5-2 defeat by France that meant they finished third in Group D, condemning the 2017 champions to an early exit after another disappointing defensive collapse. They took a 2-1 lead in the first half but had no answer in the second when French attacker Delphine Cascarino ran riot, creating one goal and scoring two more as France roared to victory to make it three wins from three in the group, while the Dutch managed only a single victory over bottom side Wales. "We went through the wall today we gave it all today unfortunately we gave away the 2-2 and then something broke in the team so I will not look at the end result -- of course, it was disappointing," Dutch coach Andries Joncker said. "But you know that when it happens, you can suffer a heavy defeat, but even after France scored the fourth goal, the team did everything to prevent a bigger loss." The Dutch suffered a similar defensive meltdown against England as they slumped to a 4-0 defeat in their second group game that left them needing a three-goal win over France to progress. They never really looked like getting it, but Joncker told his players after the game that he was proud of them. "(I told them) that we played a fantastic first half, that we were a good team, but it was not good enough. Looking at the three games together, I think we did not show enough in order to make it through to the next round," he said. "We made a number of individual mistakes and we literally were playing with the knife at our throats, because we conceded a number of goals, which meant that we had to score even more goals, so my conclusion is that the potential of this team is immense, but that currently we're not there yet." (Reporting by Philip O'ConnorEditing by Christian Radnedge)
