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Straits Times
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
England rout neighbours Wales to cruise into Euro 2025 quarter-finals
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox ST. GALLEN, Switzerland - Reigning champions England thrashed neighbours Wales 6-1 to reach the Women's Euro 2025 quarter-finals on Sunday, securing second spot in Group D and cruising into the knockouts on a high note. Georgia Stanway struck from the penalty spot in the 13th minute after a foul in the box, calmly sweeping her shot into the far-left corner past the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Olivia Clark to open the floodgates. Ella Toone found the back of the net with a scrappy goal eight minutes later, while Lauren Hemp nodded home a third inside 30 minutes. Alessia Russo bagged her first goal of the tournament just before halftime and Beth Mead cut inside a defender before slotting home in the 72nd minute. Hannah Cain pulled one back to the delight of the Wales fans in the 76th minute, but England's Aggie Beever-Jones replied in the 89th. England will face Sweden in the quarter-finals on Thursday. France finished top of the group after their 5-2 victory over the Netherlands. REUTERS
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Wales will 'figure it out' at Euro 2025
Wales' most-capped player Jess Fishlock says her side "will figure it out," after suffering a 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in their first major tournament are the lowest ranked side at Euro 2025 and contained the 2017 winners the Netherlands until the final minute of first half stoppage time when Vivianne Miedema curled home a brilliant opener, her 100th international Wilkinson's side conceded against moments after the restart and were 3-0 behind on 57 minutes, with the Netherlands hitting the woodwork three times and forcing goalkeeper Olivia Clark to make several a chastening first match at a major finals, Wales' key performer and top goalscorer Fishlock is confident they can improve ahead of equally daunting contests against France and England."It was tough tonight. To concede just before half-time and then so quickly after half-time, it is probably lapses of concentration and at this level, you switch off and you get punished," Fishlock said."We are probably going to be a little bit disappointed in ourselves that we didn't get in and regroup the way we normally do. But this is this level and we have to get used to this really fast." The Seattle Reign midfielder, 38, says Wales will need to show a big improvement ahead of their next match against France on Wednesday, 9 July."What I do know is that we are going to regroup and get better as this tournament goes on," Fishlock said."I think we have learned we can't switch off and we have to be better on the ball. At this level you have to keep the ball and move the ball and create space. We'll figure it out."It is hard because we lost. I hate losing. But it is great to be here. All of our fans are fantastic." 'We have a huge mountain in front of us' Wales boss Rhian Wilkinson says her side must learn lessons from their opening defeat."I mean, like the very first question we get at the draw is what a group, right? And we have a hard group, there's no getting away from that," she said."To concede a goal right before half is always painful."We have to create more opportunities and we have to make sure that those moments of lapses get fewer and fewer. But this is the world stage. "This is the big event and, you know, it's intimidating. It's the first game, but equally this is what we want."Wilkinson is confident her players will improve against France in St Gallen on Wednesday night."Getting into the half at 0-0 would have gone a long way. In the second half, that quick goal definitely hurt us," she added."We have a huge, huge mountain in front of us in this tournament and we're excited about that. We want to play at the world stage and to be courageous in doing that."Wilkinson says she was "emotional," seeing the Welsh fans, with almost 4,000 making the trip to Lucerne and knows this is a chance to showcase the country."We're here now and forever Wales women have made it to a major tournament. These women will turn this around. I'm not worried about that," she added."It's disappointing to lose 3-0, but it's not calamitous. It is a new opportunity for us to go towards the next which will be another huge test."I don't want to be disrespectful, but many people don't know where Wales is on a map. And that's what we get to show people now." 'We will give it our all' - James Wales captain Angharad James admitted her side were not at their best."We looked a bit sluggish and didn't play the game we know we can but we knew it could go that way," she told Match of the Day Wales."We've waited a very long time to have this special occasion. Our fans were incredible, we could not ask for any more from them."I hope we did them and everyone at home proud but we know we've got a lot to improve on."Captaining Wales at a major tournament was a moment I will never forget. It was such a proud moment. I can't quite believe little Wales is here on this world stage."I'm so proud of everyone. We've got two more games and we'll give it our all."
Reuters
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Miedema's 100th goal fires Dutch to 3-0 Euros win over Wales
LUCERNE, Switzerland, July 5 (Reuters) - Vivianne Miedema scored her 100th international goal to send the Netherlands on their way to a 3-0 win over Wales in their Group D opener at the Women's European Championship at the Allmend Stadion in Lucerne on Saturday. Wales came into their debut match at a major tournament as underdogs against the 2017 champions and, after frustrating the Dutch for long periods of the opening half, Miedema's milestone strike before the break ended the Welsh resistance. "It's special. When you're a child, you don't even dream of this, or maybe you do dream, but achieving it is special," Miedema told NOS Sport. "We had some difficulties in building the plays, but it was good for me to score my goal right away." The Welsh were pinned back in their own half for long stretches, often making things difficult for themselves with some wayward passing but also regularly putting their bodies on the line in the box to block the constant Dutch danger. Jill Roord hit two powerful efforts in the first half, one saved by Wales keeper Olivia Clark, the other thundering back off the upright, while the Welsh intent was underlined by Lily Woodham picking up a booking inside 25 minutes for time-wasting. Wales looked like hanging on until the interval but, deep into added time, Miedema struck a curling shot from outside the area which sailed into the far top corner, a goal worthy of the captain's milestone in her 126th international appearance. The Dutch doubled their lead less than three minutes after the break, with Danielle van de Donk laying a pass back to Victoria Pelova in the box who blasted a shot through the legs of defender Gemma Evans and beyond the keeper. "To concede just before halftime and then so quickly after halftime, probably lapses of concentration and at this level, you switch off and you get punished," Wales midfielder Jessica Fishlock told the BBC. Roord again hit the woodwork, as the Netherlands almost added a third immediately, and they did find the net again in the 57th minute. Jackie Groenen's shot rattled the crossbar and, from the rebound, Pelova floated a ball to the back post which was finished off by Esmee Brugts. The Dutch threatened to run riot but despite plenty of chances were unable to add to their tally. The more than 4,000 Welsh fans inside the ground belted out their anthem as the game drew to a close, and Wales will have more battles ahead in arguably the toughest group in the competition, where holders England face France later on Saturday. "We'll be disappointed with the result but we left everything on the field and we knew it was going to be a tough group," Wales captain Angharad James told the BBC. "Every game is a tough game. We gave it our all. It wasn't quite good enough, we know that and we'll learn from that."
Washington Post
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Euro 2025: Netherlands great Vivianne Miedema scores her 100th international goal
LUCERNE, Switzerland — Netherlands great Vivianne Miedema scored her 100th goal in international soccer against Wales at the Women's European Championship on Saturday. Playing in her 126th game for the Dutch, the 28-year-old Miedema extended her national team scoring record in first-half stoppage time. The captain curled a right-foot shot from just outside the penalty area that dipped into the far corner of the Wales net leaving goalkeeper Olivia Clark with no chance.
Associated Press
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Euro 2025: Netherlands great Vivianne Miedema scores her 100th international goal
LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — Netherlands great Vivianne Miedema scored her 100th goal in international soccer against Wales at the Women's European Championship on Saturday. Playing in her 126th game for the Dutch, the 28-year-old Miedema extended her national team scoring record in first-half stoppage time. The captain curled a right-foot shot from just outside the penalty area that dipped into the far corner of the Wales net leaving goalkeeper Olivia Clark with no chance. Miedema created the space to shoot with clever skill by twice deceiving a defender when faking to strike the ball. It was a standout moment in Miedema's performance when her first touch was often heavy and she seemed to lack match fitness after an injury-hit season at Manchester City. The 2017 European champion took the lead into halftime in the opening game in Group D. ___ AP soccer:
