England Thrash Wales before an unspoken Boost Euro 2025 hopes

“I think we’re in a good place,” said Sarina Wiegman about this 6-1 victory against Wales. This may not only apply to performance.

Although this was the greatest victory of Euro 2025, the victory that was possibly most important for England at night was perhaps in Basel. France’s 5: 2 comeback victory against the Netherlands made sure that Wiegman’s team took second place to go into the more forgivable side of the draw.

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Of course, Sweden offers a very hard quarter -finals – especially according to his own statement against Germany – but there is no Spain there. It is much less open. The cheers who welcomed the announcement of second place said enough.

Wiegman would not be pulled away and refused to talk about the happiness of the draw. “In tournaments it is really difficult to believe that we want to go like this … You just try to win every game.”

England’s victory emphasized pretty well that she does not allow this kind of thinking.

Although it was seen as an almost identified conclusion that they would excite the victory that would bring them through the group, there was no indication of complacency. There was only one page that was considered to put another marker who took a big step after the 4-0-down lands.

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England was ahead after only 13 minutes, Georgia Stanway scored a penalty after Carrie Jones was depressed. It could have been earlier, except that the decision went through a long VAR check.

After that, the night was pretty over when every type of tension port competition, but not as an occasion.

One of the loudest moments of the game was when the replacement of Hannah Cain in this strike of the 75th minute was smashed, Wales what their fans wanted out of the game: a goal. Before the game, many had happily talked about how their tournament debut was a very entertaining learning experience, and their managers were satisfied that it already had a significant impact on women’s football in the country.

“You are groundbreaking in what you are doing,” said Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson, even though she was added: “There is a fitness gap”.

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They said pretty much everyone that they would simply love this a goal against England – especially if they couldn’t really dream of turning them off – to really complete it.

You understood it, but it was also one of the goals of the tournament. Team star Jess Fishlock rose before slipping through a fine ball.

It was a jubilation that became louder when the rousing singing of ‘The Land of My Father’ before the game.

As they celebrated, the English players looked really worse when they granted the goal. There was certainly no sense that this was only nice for their defeated neighbors.

It speaks for the attitude that Wiegman has distilled in them since this opening defeat against the French. “We didn’t have a good start to France, but that gave us the urgency to do things better,” she said.

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Aggie Beever-Jones finally got a header nearby to make sure there were six different goal scorers for England. Such a variety was one of many satisfactory elements of the game and even allowed the forgiving nature of the opposition.

Of these goals, Alessia Russos felt the most meaningful because England’s tireless number nine finally opened her account. This will only help a tournament in which she invested some selfless displays.

Stanway now looked so sharper than a week ago. Keira Walsh Imperious was next to her. It was all the obvious that they stop Walsh to stop England. However, this is a thought for Thursday and this quarter -finals against Sweden.

Sweden will have to think of Lauren James himself, of whom Wiegman said, is “much more relaxed”. It said. She was amused.

Around him, Ella Toone scored from a slightly different tactical position to the Dutch match, whereby the repressed Beth Mead scored to the fifth goal. Lauren Hanf had scored four, another goal nearby, which only spoke to England’s dominance.

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When it was announced after the game that France had won 5-2 and Wiegman’s team finished second, there was almost a jubilation from the end of England to reach the gates of Wales.

The manager will not say it, but everyone knows how important it is. Before you come to Spain, this page of the draw is considered overloaded, with more quality.

England doesn’t have to worry for the time being. You just have to worry about Sweden, which is a big test.

At least they go there with the greatest profit of the tournament so far – one thing they have about Spain.