Women's Euro 2025: England and Wales reaction ahead of Norway v Finland
Date: 2025-07-06T07:25:05.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: Greetings everyone and welcome to matchday five of the Euros. England and Wales will be waking up with headaches this morning after chastening defeats in their tournament openers yesterday. In a match between two teams whose pre-tournament run-ins were dominated by talk of who wasn't in their squads as much as who was, France unmistakably looked better equipped and slicker last night against an England side who stirred too late. Was starting with the still-recovering Lauren James too much of a gamble? What should Sarina Wiegman do for the Netherlands game? All thoughts welcome.
And the Dutch will be tough opponents, as they demonstrated in their 3-0 steamrollering of Wales, who fought hard on their tournament debut in front of magnificent support in the stands and who had their moments in the first half but were always second best.
Meanwhile, later today we return to Group A, with Norway meeting Finland in Sion. Both won their opening games, with Finland perhaps doing so more convincingly though the talent in Norway's ranks makes them favourites today. Later on the hosts, Switzerland, take on Iceland having been a tad unlucky to lose their opener. Anyway, stay tuned for the latest news, previews and reaction.
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