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'This team thrives under pressure' - Hemp on England

England are building up to their Euro 2025 “derby” against Wales as the Lionesses look to reach the quarter-finals with a victory over their neighbours in Switzerland.

The holders kept their tournament defence alive with a 4-0 win over the Netherlands and will be through to the knockout stages with a win against Wales, who are all-but out after defeats to France and the Netherlands.

Tournament debutants Wales will be desperate to spoil England’s plans and ensure they do not come home empty handed, while England’s Lauren Hemp has vowed that the Lionesses won’t be complacent.

England’s possible quarter-finals opponents could be revealed tonight as Germany and Sweden clash in Group C. Both teams are already through but Sweden can claim top spot with a draw while Germany need to win.

Should England beat Wales and France avoid defeat to the Netherlands, the Lionesses will play the Group C winners in their quarter-final clash in Zurich. Follow the latest from Euro 2025 below

Women's Euro 2025: Latest news ahead of England v Wales

Hosts Switzerland reach Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-finals with last-gasp goal

Switzerland's Riola Xhemaili scored a last-gasp goal to salvage a 1-1 draw with Finland that sent the joyous hosts through to the quarter-finals at Euro 2025, and sends heartbroken Finland home.

Finland looked to be heading for the knockout round after Natalia Kuikka scored from the penalty spot in the 79th minute, but the Swiss kept up the attack in the breathless dying minutes and Xhemaili scored with a tap-in in added time to blow the roof off at Stade de Geneve.

Switzerland, who needed only a draw to advance based on goal difference, finished second in Group A behind Norway after a game that for most of the night was far from a classic. It is the first time the Swiss women have advanced to a knockout round in a European championship.

Alessia Russo confident of Women’s Euro 2025 chances after England rediscover ‘DNA’

Alessia Russo feels “the sky’s the limit” for England after the Lionesses rediscovered their “DNA” in an emphatic 4-0 group-stage victory over the Netherlands which kept alive their Women’s European Championship title defence.

“After the France game, we looked at ourselves a lot as individuals and how we can all be better and obviously within the team,” said player-of-the-match Russo, who contributed three assists.

“I think that going into this game we wanted to start with that, setting our own standards high on and off the ball and we definitely did that.

“I think when that’s our standard as a team.”

Alessia Russo confident of Women’s Euro 2025 chances after England rediscover ‘DNA’

Russo and her team-mates ‘set the standard’ as they bounced back from defeat to thump the Netherlands 4-0

Jamie Braidwood12 July 2025 13:10

'It's a derby and we want to win, end of'

Lauren Hemp promised “fight” and “character” from England and said the Lionesses are aware of how much this upcoming match means for Wales as they prepare for what is likely to be their final match at the Euros.

“It's gonna be a really tough match, obviously we've got so much respect for Wales,” Hemp said. “They've done really well in the competition so far, but we're very desperate to win and we know what it's going take to win. You never know what you're going to get from this team, but what you will get is a lot of fight and a lot of character.

“Wales have done so well to get here and we have got so much respect for them as an England team. We know the rivalry is huge, so we want to win as much as possible.

“It’s important that we all want to improve the women’s game as far as we can. It’s a great rivalry and these are the games you want to be involved in. We’re all very excited about it and we don’t need to explain the rivalry. It’s a derby, we want to win, end of.”

Lauren Hemp was happy as England raised their level against the Netherlands (Nick Potts/PA) (PA Wire)

Lauren Hemp vows England won’t be complacent in Women’s Euro 2025 ‘rivalry’ against Wales

Lauren Hemp has vowed England won’t be complacent against Wales and said the Lionesses are treating the Euro 2025 clash as a “derby” as the holders look to advance to the quarter-finals.

“We definitely won't go into the game complacent,” Hemp said. “Wales have done well this tournament, they deserve to be here and we've got so much respect for them. They've got a lot of great players who I have experienced playing week in week out in the WSL, so they've got a good team.”

Hemp vows England won’t be complacent in ‘rivalry’ against Wales

England have only won consecutive games once in the past year but need to win to reach the quarter-finals

Jamie Braidwood12 July 2025 11:49