France vs England team selection: Euro 2025 success rests on Sarina Wiegman’s grasp of risk vs reward | Football News

England has 16.1% chance of winning the European championship this summer, according to the Opta prediction model. For all those who have followed the lioness since 2022, this number seems low. Spain world champions are pure and simple favorites at 24.8%.

Wales, at the other end of the scale, was offered 0.1% chance of becoming champions. Perhaps, in light of that, England can be considered well placed. But how does each department really look?

From goalkeeper to n ° 9, Sky Sports Analyze the abundance of options from Sarina Wiegman and in which areas this tournament could be won or lost.

Goalkeeper: All Hail Hampton

By far the simplest selections. Wiegman put all his eggs in the Hannah Hampton basket, involuntarily evolving Mary Earps accordingly.

Examination of the 24 -year -old goalkeeper, without a tournament cap, because the new n ° 1 of England will therefore be different from anything experienced in women’s football in this country.

She will make her debut in major tournament against France on Saturday as a nailed to Starter, with Wiegman’s Trust, but knowing that the spotlights shine more than ever on the rise of the Earps – which was much more progressive.

The growing Hampton stature at Treble Winners Chelsea will serve it in this regard. At the national level, it represents the dominant force in the female super league and will benefit from the similarities between the style of Sonia Bompastor and that of Wiegman.

Hampton always had the edge with the ball at his feet. A precision of passing in his half of 92% last season overshadowed everything that managed to manage in his career WSL. Young people officially usurped an experience.

Hopefully the succession comes up against the award and not to regrets.

Defense: rear of the left back?

Assuming that the bottom line hides from the right back Lucy bronze to the central defensive appearance Leah Williamson and Alex Greenwood, the only hole to be filled is on the back on the left.

Bronze reflects Niamh Charles well in Chelsea – they specialize in the flank attacks – and this option brings energy and dynamism, if it is less defensive. Jess Carter would offer more robustness as an authority 1V1 defender and a player who offers physicity in the two boxes – more rare given the absence of Millie Bright.

The left canal, in the usual Wiegman plan, benefits from the tireless work of Lauren Hemp, which can follow and cover endless enthusiasm and the Charles-Hemp partnership is promised because of this. Carter obtained a sign of the head against Jamaica in the last warm -up match of England, but the question marks remain on his attacker repertoire.

Perhaps Charles is the voluntary runner when the legs start to get tired in the second half of the matches, although, interesting, Wiegman chose to exchange it with bronze when she arrived from the bench against Jamaica last week. At least, the depth of choice is something that Wiegman can cherish.

Greenwood’s experience has never really taken off and this option was evaporated anyway. If Wiegman wants the defenders to make the defense and the attackers to attack, Carter is probably the one who faces France.

Midfielder: irreplaceable walsh – turn the rest?

Keira Walsh is the Lynchpin of the Wiegman Master plan. So much so that when the midfielder was injured in the knee during the World Cup in 2023, England had to change their proven training to deal with the loss. In Wiegman’s eyes, the quality of Walsh is incomparable.

So if Walsh is the basis, who are his favorite accomplices? The easy option would be to select the reliable Georgia Stanway, but the growth and versatility of Grace Clinton are just as convincing. The 22 -year -old was part of the WSL season team for two campaigns taking place.

Now more refined and mature, its ability to put the ball in danger and operate in tight areas is undoubtedly better than that of Stanway. Its figures also accumulate out of possession. Last season, she ranked second in the league for the plated won and the possessions recovered in the middle of the third party. It is a complete n ° 8 – which can pass transparent to n ° 10 if necessary.

As for position n ° 10 itself, Ella Toone turned out to be worthy, especially because of the relationship and the understanding she shares with the starting striker Alessia Russo. Toone has now scored almost as many goals (21) as Stanway (22) in a shirt in England, and the latter is the designated penalty lessee.

Wiegman has appointed only five players under the “field circles” section in his team of 23 players, rather choosing to pack the department before – fine in theory, unless injuries occur. It is the area of ​​the pitch, England cannot afford to make compromises.

Each of the five nominees – Walsh, Stanway, Clinton, Toone and Jess Park – have a crucial role to play in a tight rotation if the lionesses must make their third final of the consecutive major tournament.

Attack: Alessia and Aggie can absorb responsibility

Being a successful number 9 is accepting the responsibility of the role. Russo scored 23 times in 51 caps, which is an honorable return. She enters this tournament at the back of a stellar season for Arsenal – and is a winner of the newly orderly Champions League. Its notation capacity will be all the better for that.

Beyond Russo, England has a queue of capable deputies. Aggie Beever-Jones has had a season of small groups with Chelsea and Michelle Agyemang is a choice of funny joker. Each tournament team should be decorated with raw teenage talent, overflowing with fearlessness and eagerness to impress.

Beever-Jones has scored nine goals of 12 WSL begins at the national level the last mandate, and scored five in eight appearances for England. It is unlikely that it begins, but will rather assume the role that Russo played triumphantly at Euro 2022 – Sub Impact.

What complies particularly well is the difference in Chelsea Starlette. It is comfortable on one or the other of the wings and has an exceptional speed, capable of drifting largely and bursting inside as would do an advantage of the old school.

“She scores very easy goals, such fast feet, tight on the ball. She plays relaxed,” said Wiegman about the 33-minute triplet of Beever-Jones against Portugal in May. It could be a real weapon if England is stuck for a spark, or requires unpredictability of the bench against the more difficult opposition.