Key occasions
We’re additionally fortunate sufficient to have legendary Chelsea supervisor, WSL icon and United States ladies’s nationwide staff head coach Emma Hayes on board as a columnist over the following few weeks. Here’s what she needed to say in her first column…
The Guardian Soccer staff have been extremely busy over the previous couple of weeks placing collectively options, interviews and staff guides to see you all by the event. Let me first level you within the route of this completely mammoth information to all 368 gamers showing at Euro 2025 this month.
Be happy to email me or matchday.live@theguardian.com with any ideas or emotions right now. Rating predictions are welcome too. It could even be good to know who you suppose deserves to start out for England when the Lionesses tackle France tomorrow.
You’ll be able to hold updated with the race for the Euro 2025 Golden Boot right here:
Following final night time’s 4-0 win over Portugal, Spain midfielder Mariona Caldentey mentioned: “Clearly, going 4-0 up at half-time is fantastic. You’ll be able to all the time enhance, and we’ll conduct an intensive evaluation of the sport, however I feel it’s a great way to start out. We scored targets, we gained confidence, and it was a pleasant first sport.”
Elsewhere in Group B, event favourites Spain kicked off their Euro 2025 marketing campaign with a thumping 5-0 win over Portugal. Esther González netted twice, with Vicky López, Alexia Putellas and Cristina Martín-Prieto additionally getting on the scoresheet.
Yesterday in Switzerland, Belgium and Italy kicked of proceedings in Group B on the Stade Tourbillon. It was a carefully contested match however a aim from Arianna Caruso getting ready to half-time was sufficient to seal the factors for the Italians.
Floral tributes line the outskirts of Anfield following the loss of life of Diogo Jota.
Sachin Nakrani
“This stuff are merely not meant to occur and, greater than something, Jota’s death is a private tragedy. He was 28, just lately married, a father of three and misplaced his life alongside his brother. One can solely think about the immense heartbreak being felt by his household and buddies. And also you solely must look throughout mainstream and social media to see his passing has had a wider impression, few locations greater than on the membership he referred to as house for the previous 5 years. Not for the primary time, Liverpool Soccer Membership are in mourning.”
At present, we proceed remembering the lifetime of Diogo Jota, who tragically died together with his youthful brother, André Silva, in a automobile accident in north-western Spain yesterday morning. Tributes have continued to be shared the world over, with flowers, scarves and Liverpool shirts additionally lining the outskirts of Anfield in remembrance.
This night, because the Euro 2025 group stage continues in Switzerland, groups and followers pays tribute to the brothers previous to kick-off when Denmark face Sweden and Germany tackle Poland.
Tom Garry
The WSL 2 membership Southampton are on the verge of appointing the previous Blackburn supervisor Simon Parker as their head coach, the Guardian can reveal.
The 39-year-old spent the previous two seasons accountable for Blackburn within the second tier, then often called the Ladies’s Championship, however he left the Lancashire membership in June after Blackburn’s voluntary withdrawal from the division. He has repute after maintaining Blackburn away from the relegation zone final time period regardless of their low taking part in price range.
Parker has beforehand coached at Lewes and in Portugal and this transfer to Hampshire is known to take him again nearer to household and buddies. Southampton had been looking for a everlasting head coach since Remi Allen’s departure by mutual consent in February.
Southampton completed eighth final season, a cushty 14 factors away from the relegation zone however 22 factors off the tempo set by the champions, London Metropolis Lionesses.
Preamble
Hi there, good morning and welcome to a different Matchday reside. It’s day three of Euro 2025 and we’ve received two thrilling fixtures lined up for this night. Within the early match, Denmark face Sweden at Stade de Genève in Geneva. Then, we transfer over to St. Gallen the place 2022 finalists Germany tackle Poland.
I’ll be with you all day. Effectively, at the very least till the primary sport. Let’s do that.
