England supervisor Sarina Wiegman hailed her facet’s “unimaginable response” because the Lionesses bounced again from defeat of their opening Euro 2025 match with a dominant 4-0 victory over the Netherlands.
A Lauren James brace, Georgia Stanway strike and Ella Toone end ensured England’s hopes of defending the crown they gained in 2022 remained alive with a commanding result in Zurich.
Towards the nation of her start, Wiegman masterminded a much-improved efficiency from the one proven within the 2-1 loss to France on Saturday.
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— England (@England) July 9, 2025
Defeat in opposition to her native nation would have nearly definitely meant Wiegman’s facet would progress nom additional within the match. As it’s, the consequence provides a serious increase to England’s probabilities of qualifying from the so-called ‘group of demise’.
They go into their last group recreation in opposition to neighbours and match debutants Wales understanding a win needs to be sufficient to see them safely via to the knockout phases.
Requested what happy her most concerning the victory, Wiegman instructed the BBC: “The response of the staff after the France recreation. How we got here collectively and the way we performed on the pitch.
“I’m very pleased with the rating as a result of that’s a large assist and aim distinction could make a giant distinction.
“The execution of the sport plan actually helped. We did rather well and I’m actually pleased with the staff.
“We’re not there but however that is an unimaginable response.”
Whereas the Lionesses boss was thrilled with the consequence, she admitted that such a powerful scoreline was not one thing she thought would occur.
“I might not count on 4-0. Completely not,” mentioned Wiegman.
“To begin with you wish to win and it’s important to win. Once you win by greater than two objectives then you’re in the most effective place going into the Wales recreation. So, yeah, all simply excellent tonight.”
England tackle Wales in St Gallen on Sunday, with kick-off at 20:00 UK time.
