England supervisor Sarina Wiegman hailed her facet’s “unbelievable 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 received in 2022 remained alive with a commanding lead to Zurich.
Against the nation of her delivery, Wiegman masterminded a much-improved efficiency from the one proven within the 2-1 loss to France on Saturday.
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An incredible efficiency and outcome for the #Lionesses tonight 🙌 https://t.co/JJpC0g4LqV
— 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 event. As it’s, the outcome offers a significant increase to England’s probabilities of qualifying from the so-called ‘group of loss of life’.
They go into their ultimate group sport in opposition to neighbours and event debutants Wales figuring out a win needs to be sufficient to see them safely by to the knockout phases.
Asked what happy her most concerning the victory, Wiegman advised the BBC: “The response of the staff after the France sport. 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 an enormous distinction.
“The execution of the sport plan actually helped. We did rather well and I’m actually happy with the staff.
“We should not there but however that is an unbelievable response.”
While the Lionesses boss was thrilled with the outcome, she admitted that such a convincing scoreline was not one thing she thought would occur.
“I’d not anticipate 4-0. Absolutely not,” mentioned Wiegman.
“First of all you wish to win and it’s important to win. When you win by greater than two objectives then you’re in the very best place going into the Wales sport. So, yeah, all simply superb tonight.”
England tackle Wales in St Gallen on Sunday, with kick-off at 20:00 UK time.
