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Tom Hamilton
Zurich – Lionus manager Sarina Viegman and players performed a “proper England”, because they made a hammer Netherlands 4–0 in Zurich on Wednesday.
England Bounce back from his early stages defeat FranceEuro with a commanding win to keep his hopes alive to reach a knockout of 2025.
A brace of goals from Lauren James And from the strike Georgia Stanway And Ella Tone Help his victory as he responded to the disappointment of performance against France in the right style.
England’s fourth score Tone told the BBC: “We always have doubts. We do not listen to it. We have the belief in the squad. We know that we have talent, but it’s just about exiting the pitch. It was a proper English performance.”
He said: “I think we have stopped pressure on them and we have not corrected our leg with gas. Wales game.”
Bronze echoed her, saying with Alesia Russo: “I think ‘proper English’ means that we will work hard for us, we will work until we will work anymore. We will not live together. And we know that we are also very effective on the ball. So I think it is our standard, and it was our DNA as a team.
“We were really dominating the first and second balls, lifting balls in the right areas and clinical with our occasions. We could probably score even more. It was definitely something we wanted to return to our roots, and we know that we are able to perform such a performance.”
Wiegman said that the phrase “appropriate England” is something that the players have introduced to cover the mentality in the group.
“Yes, players use it [phrase] Now a lot. I think we started using it when we played against Portugal We tied and then played against us SpainAnd when we played Spain in that moment it was really like solidarity and fight.
“There are moments in the game when you have to do this, but at the same time, when you are in possession, it is important for me that the passes we play is with the purpose, and today you really saw the purpose in every pass we played, and for me it is also ‘fair English’.”
Wiegman’s strategic changes paid everyone because she took James into the right wing, brought it to the tone to increase the midfield and swap Jess Carter Alex Greenwood Around in defense.
“The priority was that we wanted to quit and exploit the space,” Viagman said. “The Netherlands pushed so we wanted to go on them. It actually works well. You can start playing when you are in half the pitch. We had some good crosses and we also talked about it.”
England knew that if he fell in the Netherlands, there was a possibility that his tournament would end.
Wiegman admitted that he had moments where France’s defeat was found, but equally, he trusted the team to turn things.
“I felt it very difficult,” Wiegman said.
“I always knew further from this tournament that it was a very difficult group. It could happen but then you need to win other games. So yes, I was excited but at the same time I felt a little stress. I think it is completely normal and you really want to be in the tournament so that you want to win.
“We also know that the Netherlands is a good team. All I had to focus on my job, had a good review and think how we can bring people.”
