Key occasions
58 min: From the nook, the ball drops to Clinton, who blams it broad.
57 min: England go shut, with Russo establishing Beever-Jones and Blindkilde Brown change passes earlier than Herzog makes a wonderful save.
55 min: Hannah Hampton was requested to make a save when Millie Turner and Millie Brilliant bought tangled. Iman Beney had that effort.
Euro 2025 play-offs
Carrie Jones scored after 68 minutes and Wales look odds-on to be on the finals.
52 min: England have to reply to that spectacular Swiss change.
50 min: Switzerland have finished way more attacking on this half. They appear extra settled on the ball.
49 min: England try and resume that risk, Clinton to the fore as soon as extra. A superb transfer sees Gabby George smash a wonderful cross and Russo head broad.
47 min: Switzerland begin with some brio. Andrade finally has the shot and whacks it someway right down to Ecclesall Highway.
46 min: There was virtually a giant mistake as Hannah Hampton made a multitude of a back-pass. A grimace after it’s cleared.
Again underway at Bramall Lane
One change for England. Off goes Jess Park for Alessia Russo. The Swiss have made three modifications.
Newest scores in Euro 2025 playoffs:
That Wales objective got here by way of a penalty from Hannah Cain. There’s 35 minutes left on the clock.
Remaining scores in Euro 2025 playoffs:
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Sweden 6-0 Ukraine (8-0 agg)
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Finland 2-0 Scotland (2-o agg)
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Austria 0-1 Poland (0-2 agg)
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Norway 3-0 Northern Eire (7-0 agg)
Half-time: England 1-0 Switzerland
There’s solely workforce in it, but just one objective in it. Plenty of optimistic indicators from Sarina Wiegman’s workforce, maybe a lacking contact in entrance of objective. Plenty of modifications to return however Grace Clinton, Aggie Beever-Jones and Gabby George had been the decide of the gamers, with Jess Park on the fulcrum.
45 min: No time added on in a half the place England have completely dominated.
44 min: Millie Brilliant goes on a cost, and solely the goalline will get in her method. Subsequent, Le Tissier hangs up a cross that’s solely simply cleared.
43 min: An England free-kick from the left-hand facet. George takes however Clinton falls over for the time being of reality.
41 min: Park and Beever-Jones virtually create one thing. Beautiful linking play, and Park is stopped by Switzerland’s Sow. They’ve had an terrible lot of defending to do.
39 min: An assault from Switzerland, and work for Hannah Hampton, who saves effectively sufficient from Schertenleib.
In that Euro 2024 play-off it’s half-time in Dublin: Eire 0-0 Wales.
37 min: Maybe this can be a Swiss masterclass of defending. Although England are taking turns. Beever-Jones turns after which Le Tissier shoots. Herzog saves. It’s been a wonderful show by her.
35 min: Blindkilde Brown, who has very full of life too, wins a nook. From which Beever-Jones heads away Le Tissier’s kick. One other likelihood going begging,
33 min: The Swiss are 5 on the again, absolutely in a shell.
31 min: Snapshot from Park. The ball retains working free to England gamers. The one grievance is the standard of taking pictures.
30 min: Park, Le Tissier and Clinton absolutely having fun with themselves.
28 min: Beever-Jones escapes past the defence after some beautiful passing round. George’s cross forces a save from Herzog. It’s all England.
25 min: Beever-Jones and Grace Clinton appear to have fairly the understanding. Their link-up forces a nook that Le Tissier delivers to Brilliant, who can solely head over.
23 min: Le Tissier goes again to do some defending however England’s gamers are all trying to go ahead at any time.
21 min: England’s newbies are flying. Clinton appears to be pulled down. VAR – which now we have tonight – says no foul. In some way.
19 min: George now has an opportunity, Beever-Jones and Brown set her up however she will be able to’t preserve the ball down.
18 min: Nice ball from the left flank from Gabby George. Maya Le Tissier has a fantastic likelihood however will get her angles all unsuitable, smashing the ball broad.
16 min: Ruby Mace, steps again to interrupt up an assault.
14 min: This time, the hazard is cleared, and Switzerland make progress up the pitch. It takes a Millie Brilliant intervention to maneuver the ball again up.
13 min: Clinton, who is completely all over the place, forces a nook.
11 min: England look to renew their dominance, with Beever-Jones firstly. Park and Clinton attempt to hyperlink up and Beever-Jones involves the fore once more. She is simply denied by Swiss keeper Herzog. (Do her teammates name her Queen of the Desert? Or Coronary heart Of Glass?)
9 min: A wonderful begin for England, and Grace Clinton seems the enterprise as a starter. So many choices for Sarina Wiegman.
Objective! England 1-0 Switzerland (Clinton, 8)
Park’s ball in, and the header from Turner comes off the submit and Clinton knocks in her third England objective.
6 min: Gabby George, in such wonderful type for United, simply lets the ball run out. Up forward, Clinton turns and is introduced down. Free-kick in a harmful place. Park will take.
4 min: Each Blindkilde Brown and Mace have had their first touches of their England careers. An early assault from Switzerland is swept up by Grace Clinton.
2 min: As anticipated, it’s all England on the ball however there’s not a lot velocity, a number of unfamiliarity.
Away we go at Bramall Lane…
1 min: Let’s see what this much-changed workforce can obtain. Plenty of noise from the England band, a few of whom come from Sheffield.
Listed below are the nationwide anthems: no booing could be heard.
So, the final recreation of 2024 for the Lionesses sees the 2022 Euro winners tackle the Euro 2025 hosts. Packed stands at Bramall Lane.
Eire and Wales have kicked off in Dublin, it’s 1-1 after the primary leg
Sarina Wiegman spoke to ITV forward of the sport. “From the workforce, we wish a superb efficiency and to execute the gameplan. They [the new arrivals] have finished effectively throughout the entire week. They got here into our surroundings effectively and so they have finished effectively. I wish to see what they will do of their position tonight.”
[Gabby George] has had some setbacks. She has been out of our surroundings when she has finished rehab. She has down effectively with Manchester United. I hope she could be a good defender and good taking part in ahead.”
The Euros dream is over for Scotland, they couldn’t make a comeback towards Finland and misplaced 2-0 on the night time, 2-0 on combination.
Jess Park is the only real survivor, with Millie Brilliant referred to as in to captain the workforce. senior debuts for Laura Blindkilde Brown and Ruby Mace, and a return for Gabby George, as soon as of Everton, now of Manchester United after six years of absence.
The groups: Ten modifications for England from Wembley
England: Hampton, Morgan, George, Mace, Turner, Brilliant, Park, Le Tissier, Beever-Jones, Clinton, Blindkilde Brown. Subs: Bronze, Earps, Stanway, Mead, Walsh, Naz, Carter, Russo, Williamson, Moorhouse, Greenwood, Wubben-Moy.
Switzerland beginning XI: Herzog, Stierli, Marti, Maritz, Schertenleib, Crnogorcevic, Sow, Vallotto, Calligaris, Terchoun, Beney.
That unhealthy information from Scotland and Northern Eire’s play-offs.
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Scotland are 2-0 right down to Finland, 2-0 on combination. That’s bought 10 minutes to play.
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Northern Eire misplaced 3-0 to Norway, 7-0 on combination.
Preamble
After that reunion with Emma Hayes and a 0-0 draw, it’s up the M1 to Sheffield and a pleasant with Switzerland. And time for experimentation, in response to Sarina Wiegman, with seven months and 4 friendlies to go: “It offers alternatives for us to check out issues, to play many gamers … we wish to get as a lot data as doable and develop our model of play, and expertise the place we’re at for the time being.”
That is England’s last pleasant earlier than six Nations League fixtures from February till June, so count on a mixture of types and personnel. A lot remains to be undecided because the Lionesses search to defend their crown. The hosts of Euro 2025 are the guests to Bramall Lane.
Additionally: there might be updates from the playoffs, with Eire and Wales taking part in off, and information of the failure of the Scots and Northern Irish to be in Switzerland subsequent 12 months.
Kick-off is at 7.45pm. Be a part of me.
