by The English head coach Sarina Wiegman believed that the defending champion was created her “own problems” after opening her Euro 2025 campaign with a 2-1 defeat against France in Zurich.
The lionesses had to group newly after Alessia Russo had picked up an early goal after a Var check for the offside in the construction and had to dig deeper after Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore.
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But England tried to get a shot on the goal and end the competition with only two, and while late replacement deletes brought the lioness in the final phase, Keira Walshs 87th minute goal proved to be comfort.
“Of course I’m very disappointed,” said Wiegman. “I think we started well. After that, of course, we know that France is very good, but we have created opportunities (for France) with short passes. We were also a bit sloppy.”
It was a first defeat in the group phase for the Dutch head coach, who won the euro with the Netherlands in 2017 before led England to a Maden major trophy in front of three summers.
She added: “When we built, we decided on short passes and aimed at it.
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“They were pretty good in midfield, so I think we had to go around in moments. On the right we had overload where we could find it, but then they have to skip players and not play the short passers -by, but if they get them, they have to be closer to the ball and be faster.
“We also played from this press, which also developed, and I think we have caused a bit of our own problems and knew that it was a very good team if they don’t do these things against France so that they can harm them.”
The task of the lionesses is not easier, since the Netherlands look even more like a must-win game on Wednesday to avoid the real way of an early exit.
Lauren James, who returned from a three-month injury in her Jamaica send-off friendship on Sunday in a 30-month cameo appearance in her Jamaica-off friendship, was considered suitable and played an hour.
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The Chelsea striker looked a threat on the ball and missed a good chance in the first minute before trying to extend a teammate with a cross to avoid several English heads.
When asked whether it would be a mistake to start the 23-year-old, said Wiegman: “No. I don’t see it as a mistake. It is a choice and I think if she had hit in the first minute and if the cross made her, we just couldn’t get a head, I think it would have been a different conversation.”
Captain Leah Williamson said ITV that she had the feeling that the lionesses “defended cheaply in one -on -one conversations” and lost the ball “cheap to defend in an emergency”.
The defender Jess Carter said: “I think we played a bit frightened today. Maybe we weren’t aggressive enough, we may be worried about your threats back and what you can do instead of doing what we can do.”
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But Carter twitched the proposal from England, now has a big fight and added: “I don’t think it is different. Before the tournament even started, we knew that we had to win games, and we made our way to win every single game, and that doesn’t change now.”
