Sarina Wiegman faces the final word take a look at of her England tenure as her aspect head into tomorrow night time’s must-not-lose conflict with the Netherlands.
A defeat, mixed with a France draw in opposition to Wales within the different Group D recreation, would see the defending European champions crash out on the first hurdle.
The Lionesses’ probabilities have been severely hit by Saturday’s lacklustre 2-1 defeat to France, a end result that leaves them with little wiggle room.
The Dutch – a aspect Wiegman led to continental success in 2017 – might be troublesome opposition and midfielder Georgia Stanway accepts England want to show up or face the implications.
The Bayern Munich midfielder stated: “It’s actuality. If we’re not ok on Wednesday then we don’t need to proceed within the event.”
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England have been unusually passive in opposition to Les Bleues and Stanway is aware of it’ll require a much-improved efficiency in Zurich.
She added: “We’ve spoken about eager to be ‘correct England’ and going again to what we’re good at and our conventional type of soccer – robust tackles and remembering why we’re right here.
“Sometimes it’s about blocking out the noise and getting on the pitch and getting caught in.
“I had a message from somebody I do know that stated ‘[the France game] was identical to a foul night time out and also you wish to overlook it as shortly as potential!’”
The Netherlands loved a 3-0 win over Wales on the weekend, impressed by Vivianne Miedema’s one centesimal worldwide objective.
Goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar might be a key determine in opposition to England and he or she might break the hearts of Arsenal team-mates Beth Mead, Alessia Russo, Leah Williamson and Lotte Wubben-Moy.
Van Domselaar advised UEFA.com: “I play virtually each match with them. I do know them very well as gamers, but additionally as people. They are actually candy women and in addition very gifted gamers. I actually stay up for enjoying in opposition to them. We spoke about it, in fact, earlier than the event, though we haven’t been in contact a lot not too long ago.
“We can have the identical preparations [as for Wales]. We strive to consider each state of affairs they could play. I do know I’ll most likely need to do some bit extra [than in the Wales game], however I’m prepared for it, as we’re as a group. We wish to win each recreation within the group section.”
