by Sarina Wiegman confirmed that captain Leah Williamson rolled her ankle against Sweden during the chaotic victory of Euro 2025 in England and said that the defender would be rated against Italy on Tuesday before the semi -finals.
The lion women fought two goals down and then survived an exciting criminal loss to keep their European title defense alive in Zurich, but Wiegman could count the costs of victory after Williamson was canceled in extra time.
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The central defender stayed below after England had cleared a corner and seemed to be awkward to land. Williamson tried to play, but found that she was not and was replaced in “100 percent” before the penalty drama developed.
“She rolled her ankle. She will be rated tomorrow,” said Wiegman in her press conference. “I don’t know what it is right now. She couldn’t stay on the field, so we had to lose her.”
Williamson, who stayed on the edge for England’s penalty shootout, said BBC that she was not sure how serious the injury could be, but said that she had to put the team about herself.
“It wasn’t about me [tonight] And a game like this requires that they are 100 percent, “said Williamson.” It was not the time to stay on the field, but I don’t know. “
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Lauren James and Lucy Bronze also seemed to limp after they had stayed additional time, but Wiegman solved further concerns by pointing out that it was only fatigue.
However, bronze had strapped around her left leg during the game and walked with ice on the right thigh through the area of the mixed zone in Zurich after playing through pain to achieve the decisive penalty in the shootout.
Lucy Bronze played injury in a heroic performance (Getty Images)
Lucy Bronze played injury in a heroic performance (Getty Images)
“At the end of the game I only felt a bit tight and thought I just had to get through to make sure that I can continue,” said Bronze. The right back removed the grain on her leg before she scored her penalty.
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“I thought it would hinder me in a penalty. Then I didn’t expect it to be the sixth punishment, so I didn’t lose it and then it was my penalty and I thought I had to take it off. I will actually beat it.”
Wiegman reserved a special praise for Bronze’s “resilience and struggle” and said she had never seen before that a player resisted injury to achieve such an important punishment.
“Lucy bronze is just unique, I’ve never seen it in my life before,” said Wiegman. “I am a very happy person that I worked with so many incredible people and incredible football players, and there are so many, but what she does and her mentality and how she has done this punishment and the goal. On the long contribution, she gets it online.
“But that doesn’t define it. What defines it is this resistance, this struggle. I think the only way to get it off the pitch is in a wheelchair.”
