England confident ahead of tough Euro 2025 opener against France – but decisions to be made by Sarina Wiegman | Football News

At the top of a hill overlooking the pretty town of Zurich is an exceptionally sophisticated five -star hotel that looks like a Disney castle.

It entertains some of the highest rollers in Switzerland, but in the coming weeks, it houses the current champions of Europe, the lionesses.

England has resumed a wing of the Grand dolder, where Sarina Wiegman has prepared projects to ensure that her team wins the consecutive European championships.

The preparations for their opening have been enveloped in secrets, cameras and foreigners have been kept away for most of the last three weeks.

Each continent’s team knows most of England’s favorite program. What Wiegman worked on is to make sure that his team is tactically, creative and physically the best in competition.

England began its two previous major tournaments in an interests with heavy victories 1-0 against Austria during the last euros and in Haiti during the 2023 World Cup.

France, one of the tournament candidates, stands on their way this time. A slow start will be punished by one of the best in Europe.

Wiegman saves another team in the top 10 of the world so early in the tournament, offering combat words when we talked to the team base earlier this week.

“We know their strengths, but we also think that they have a certain weakness and we will try to exploit this,” she said.

It is the confidence that victory in major tournaments brings.

England is not afraid of their much appreciated opponents, who are stacked with attackers.

You just have to look at the defeat of the League of Nations in Spain last month or the way in which Germany did so easily in Wembley last year to determine one of the regions on which England will have worked.

Their defense is responsible for experience, but finding the right balance through the four rear, in particular in the absence of Millie Bright, is the highest priority given the threats of attack in France.

The other major factor is to determine the best way to use Lauren James’ talents.

Her brief cameo against Jamaica showed that she had not missed a beat despite three missing months with an injury to the hamstrings.

Even if it is fully fit, what is its best position in the Wiegman system? Is it wide instead of Beth Mead or Chloe Kelly? If she plays in the center of the field, does this affect the balance that Ella Toone brings alongside Georgia Stanway and Keira Walsh?

James is likely to be a substitute given his recent lack of playing time, but Wiegman will be delighted that they have such a creative player to invoke what could be a peer game.

The defeat of England or France will mean that the qualifications for direct elimination stages become much more difficult with the Netherlands and the Wales in the hope of enjoying.

Wiegman says she is in Switzerland for “one thing” and it’s to win the euros. We will have a better idea to know if this is possible after the force test on Saturday evening in Zurich.