England vs Netherlands: Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses have no option but to go hard – or go home from Euro 2025 | Football News
“If we are not good enough on Wednesday, we do not deserve to be in the tournament”.
The harsh reality of Georgia Stanway will resonate in the locker room of England before taking the Netherlands in his Vital Group game at euros.
Losing and they will be on a return flight on Monday morning, becoming the first title champions to be eliminated in the group phase.
It looks like a cliché but there is certainly an additional intensity in the training. The media are generally authorized to film the first 15 minutes of a session the day before a tournament match, which traditionally consists of warm -up, light races and basic passage exercises.
England was the second best in most of the departments of their defeat against France
The day before the Netherlands match, however, things accelerated. The players were stronger, faster, sharper. Obviously, words have been pronounced and messages sent. Things have to improve.
A subject of discussion that would have surprised the head coach of England Sarina Wiegman is the discussion surrounding Lauren James.
The Chelsea striker did everything she could to recover from an injury to the hamstrings to do the initial training against France after more than three months.
Players like James can win matches in a lonely moment of shine – you cannot blame Wiegman to want someone’s immense talent from the start against a exceptional team from France.
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Speaking on the Podcast Lionesses, the captain of Manchester City, Alex Greenwood, said that England will put his defeat in France behind them while they are preparing in the following Netherlands in group D
There have been so many debates away from the camp to find out if James was fully ready to play, if she would have had more impact of the bench and if she should play in the center or outside.
The Leuren Hemp also returning from a major injury and the form of Beth Mead is not what it was during the previous seasons, creativity and the fear factor of James are considered essential to England, creating enough chances of the best in competition.
James is not considered internally as the problem of England, the errors of the players and the lack of intensity on the field.
England has made far too many errors and individual errors against France, which turned out to be expensive
The Netherlands offer a completely different threat to France, with technically gifted players who like to dominate central areas.
The England match plan will be broadcast, but it will be hammered by Wiegman and its staff in order to avoid the many errors that have destroyed performance against France.
If England stumbles, no one can blame the preparation. The players know what is expected and how they are supposed to go about it.
Stanway says she wants lionesses to return to a performance of “good England” in physics and grain.
It’s time to go hard or go home.
