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There was one other signing within the WSL as newly promoted London Metropolis Lionesses has signed midfielder Freya Godfrey from Arsenal. The star has signed a deal till 2028. She mentioned:
To be trustworthy, I’m simply over the moon. This season is about exhibiting everybody what we’re about. Clearly, we’ve made some large assertion signings – it reveals how bold the membership is.
I’m excited to get into the Barclays Ladies’s Tremendous League. I personally need to be part of it and I’m actually wanting ahead to it. London Metropolis are such an bold membership, the individuals, the gamers, the employees, the followers, everybody made me really feel so beloved and that feeling is untouchable actually.
Now I’ve talked about it I’ve delved into Lucy Bronze’s trophy cupboard to see what’s in there. She has a Euros, 5 Champions Leagues, 4 WSL’s, three FA Cups, three League cups, three French league titles, two French Cups, a French league cup, two Liga F’s, one Copa de la Reina and two Spanish cups. To not point out the 139 caps for England and the runner-up World Cup medal. An absolute icon of the sport.
England’s Lucy Bronze may make historical past on Sunday as she may turn out to be the primary Lioness to make 36 main event appearances. She equalled Jill Scott’s report of 35 appearances final evening within the semi-final and with England’s 2-1 win over Italy she has the prospect to strike out on her personal on the high. I’ve a sense this received’t be her final main event both with the World Cup crown the one factor from soccer she doesn’t have in her trophy cupboard.
Some information has dropped away from the Euros, Lucia Kendall has signed for Aston Villa on a free from Southampton. The midfielder, who’s an England youth worldwide, has signed a contract with an undisclosed size.
Germany’s stats in a ladies’s Euro semi-finals are very spectacular. They’ve received 9 of their 10 semi-finals with their solely loss coming in 1993 towards Italy. Spain are favourites within the recreation however there is no such thing as a doubting Germany’s functionality of successful the fixture.
It’s obscure a few of England’s performances at this event with two sensational comebacks wanted to get to the ultimate. Supervisor Sarina Wiegman sums up the feelings effectively right here:
To be trustworthy, I really feel reduction, once you rating so late in regular time after which late within the second half of additional time. Coming from behind towards Italy, you could have an issue. And we had some critical challenges over this recreation.
I feel the primary half we didn’t play effectively, we didn’t have the vitality within the recreation. Within the second half we did higher, however in fact they defended very well, too, so after we had been within the last third, there wasn’t a lot house and there have been a number of blocks.
In entrance of the purpose they had been actually aggressive and successful a number of duels. I’m glad in fact and even happier now that we now have gone into the ultimate.
Whoever reaches the ultimate towards England it is going to be a repeat of a current main event last. If it’s Spain, it is going to be a repeat of the 2023 World Cup last. If it’s Germany, it is going to be a re-run of the 2022 Euros last.
Thanks Will and whats up everybody. I’ve nearly recovered from the emotional highs and lows of final evening’s semi-final and I’m geared as much as do it over again. Are you? 4 hours till we discover out who will be part of England within the last.
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Marc Brys has resigned as coach of Cameroon 5 months earlier than the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco and along with his facet’s 2026 World Cup qualification undecided, citing unpaid salaries for the Belgian and his technical employees.
Brys has had a testy relationship with Cameroon Soccer Federation (Fecafoot) president Samuel Eto’o since taking the job in April 2024, however his place is funded by the Ministry of Sports activities and Bodily Schooling.
The coach mentioned in a letter to the ministry, seen by Reuters, that he has made the “determination to unilaterally terminate the mentioned contract for trigger, as a result of non-payment of my remuneration and that of my employees for greater than 60 days”.
Fecafoot mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday that they had famous the resignation and would “implement a coordinated response to mitigate the affect of this emptiness on the head of the nationwide crew’s technical employees.” Reuters
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Immediately England are celebrating supersub teenager Michelle Agyemang, whose last-minute equaliser – for the second match working – saved the nationwide crew within the Euros. In the meantime, teammate Jess Carter was nonetheless reeling from the racial abuse she suffered by the hands of England followers after performances in earlier matches that had been deemed under par.
It’s additionally pre-season pleasant time. I hope the Arsenal gamers have taken loads of spare shirts with them.
As these with main event expertise will inform you, crucial factor is to discover a option to win matches. England are doing that, even when it isn’t very fairly. The issue with say, Gareth Southgate’s England, was they might by no means discover a option to win the BIGGEST moments. England want to indicate they’ll step it up within the last, if they’re to triumph as soon as extra.
“With regards to Sarina Wiegman’s tactical plan (or lack thereof?,” writes Ike Proud. “Forgive an armchair analyst like me the gall to query the nous of the most effective England supervisor ever, nevertheless it does strike me as odd that England appear incapable of controlling a midfield. Apart from the blowouts towards Wales and the Netherlands, England solely ever appear like scoring as soon as all our midfielders have come off and we go full kitchen sink in a kind of 3-1-6 (though that’s precisely what teenage me would do when enjoying championship/soccer supervisor approach again when). Swamped by France and Sweden, and dominating the ball with out actually controlling the match towards Italy, absolutely we are able to get extra from gamers of the standard of Walsh/Stanway/Toone/Clinton? Is that not a tactical hiccup from the nice Sarina?”
Talks held over potential England Euros parade
Matt Hughes
The Soccer Affiliation has held talks with the Division for Digital, Tradition, Media and Sport, and the Higher London Authority, about staging a parade if England win on Sunday.
Exact plans for a public celebration will solely be confirmed if England safe the trophy however it’s understood a parade in central London and a reception at Downing Avenue on Monday or Tuesday have been mentioned and are the specified outcomes.
The FA had made plans for a two-day celebration had England’s males received final 12 months’s European Championship, which might have concerned receptions at Downing Avenue and Buckingham Palace, however Gareth Southgate’s facet had been overwhelmed by Spain within the last.
A go to to the Palace may be on the agenda for the Lionesses. Prince William, the president of the FA, will attend Sunday’s last.
Sarina Weigman is in line to obtain an honorary damehood ought to England elevate the trophy. The England coach was awarded an honorary CBE for successful the Euros in 2022 – it’s honorary as a result of she is a Dutch citizen – and that may be upgraded.
Ann-Katrin Berger made a shocking save within the final spherical. You’d should assume she is going to should be on related kind later towards Spain.
For dessert … you possibly can go to Germany.
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“I’m not stunned there’s been a hostile response to Jonathan Liew’s nearly wholly detrimental account of final evening’s match,” Adam Blackwell writes. “That response is justified. Nobody is saying you possibly can’t criticise this crew, however England didn’t advance yesterday by “blind luck.” That they had one piece of luck (the favorable bounce on the missed pen), however additionally they outplayed Italy over 120 minutes.
“If the result and performances final evening had been precisely inverted, nobody (least of all anybody within the UK press) can be saying Italy had been outplayed and had been fortunate to win.”
Take a look at our crew guides earlier than tonight’s second semi-final.
“Little point out is being fabricated from Italy’s substitutions – perhaps their time losing vs going for a second purpose turned out to be a poor tactic, however three of their ‘large weapons’ went off late on (solely Girelli was injured),” emails KP. “Solely Piemonte rated as extremely as Girelli within the Guardian’s opinion, however the remainder resulted being at sixes for sevens, in case you’ll excuse the pun.”
