England lose 2-1 in opening Euros match to France
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England has begun its Women's Euros title defence with a 2-1 loss to France in their opening game of the tournament.
It marks the first time a reigning champion has lost its opening match in the tournament's history.
France's Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore scored late in the first half to secure the team's ninth consecutive win.
Keira Walsh reduced the deficit three minutes from time with England's first shot on target.
The defeat ends England coach Sarina Wiegman's perfect record in the competition, having previously won 12 straight matches across two tournaments.
England next faces the Netherlands on Wednesday. France plays Wales. The Netherlands beat Wales 3-0 in the early match in Group D.
France was without injured captain Griedge Mbock, while England welcomed back Lauren James, with the midfielder starting her first match since a hamstring injury at the start of April.
James almost gave England the lead within 40 seconds with a clever run into the box, but fired narrowly over.
Alessia Russo thought she gave England the lead in the 16th minute, turning in the rebound after Lauren Hemp's shot was saved but it was ruled out for a tight offside decision on Beth Mead in the buildup.
Speaking to ITV, England captain Leah Williamson said: "We lost a game. Cheap defending one v one. Not good enough. We couldn't keep it in the areas we needed to keep it.
"We learned from those mistakes in fairness and grew into the game. But on the ball we were not good enough.
"We got better as they tired, we took advantage of that, but not enough."
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