WFW: England victorious after shootout chaos and Italy stun Norway
On the podcast today: England reach the Euro 2025 semi-finals after an astonishing 3-2 penalty shootout win over Sweden in Zurich. The panel discusses the game in detail, from Sarina Wiegman's super subs and Michelle Agyemang's breakout moment to secret notes, Hannah Hampton's heroics, and Lucy Bronze's nerveless strike. They also weigh up the Lionesses' chances against their semi-final opponents, Italy.
Elsewhere, Italy knocked out Norway with a dramatic Cristiana Girelli double, including a 90th-minute winner, to make their first Euros semi-final in 28 years. The panel asks what went wrong for Norway, and where do they go from here, and from those celebrations, are Italy getting ahead of themselves?
Also today: Wafcon quarter-finals, WSL transfer news including Olivia Smith's record-breaking Arsenal move, and Jordan Nobbs's next chapter.
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