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Miguel Delaney on England's Euro 2025 defeat to France

Holders England suffered a chastening start to their Euro 2025 campaign as France won 2-1 in Zurich to take charge of Group D along with the Netherlands.

England could now find themselves out of the Euros on Wednesday if they lose to the Netherlands and France beat tournament debutants Wales, who lost 3-0 to the Dutch earlier in the day in the other match in Group D.

Captain Leah Williamson said the Lionesses need to take “responsibility” for their performance. "We lost the game with poor defending one-on-one,” Williamson said “Not good enough with the ball, we weren't good enough.”

England manager Sarina Wiegman also said that her team created their own problems in the defeat. “Of course, I’m very disappointed,” said Wiegman. “I think we started well. After that we created chances (for France) by playing short passes all the time. We were a bit sloppy too.”

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England go into Wednesday’s game against the Netherlands knowing they’re up against another strong opponent. Vivianne Miedema scored her 100th Netherlands goal in the 3-0 victory over Wales and will be their biggest source of danger.

"It's very special, this is something you don't dare dream of as a little girl," Miedema said after reaching the 100-mark. “It was very unreal when the milestone was getting closer, and it is extra special that it is achieved at the European Championship.

"There were definitely emotions released. Tears? Yes, when we walked on the pitch, at the goal, and after the game. That shows how much this affects me. I think we all know how tough the past two and a half years have been for me and how hard I've worked to get here.”

(AP)

Jamie Braidwood6 July 2025 15:05

'We’ve got to sort ourselves out, dust ourselves off'

England forward Beth Mead, speaking to ITV:

“Both teams had chances and it could have gone either way. It wasn’t our best performance and we are disappointed with that.

“I think we’ve had a good build-up, been good in training, but it doesn’t always come onto the pitch sometimes. It wasn’t our best ball-playing game today and against a team like France you have to be good on the ball.

“We seemed a bit reactive to each other. It was frustrating because we started well. We just couldn’t take the momentum into the rest of the game.

“We’ve got to sort ourselves out, dust ourselves off and focus on Wednesday.”

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