England head coach Sarina Wiegman says the Lionesses need to ‘move on’ from 2022 triumph ahead of the nation’s opener against France at Euro 2025.
A boost for England fans comes in the form of Chelsea star Lauren James, who made her return to international football last weekend in the nation’s Euro send off victory over Jamaica.
“The team looks really good,” Wiegman said on the side’s fitness. “I think we’re ready with our last session this morning, and everyone got through well. I think we had some good weeks where we trained and we could do some tactics, and I think we’re very well prepared.”
“You see the bonding in the team. We work really, really hard, and I definitely think we’re ready to go tomorrow. She’s [James] in a good place, of course as you’ve noticed, she came on the pitch against Jamaica last week, and she’s ready to get more minutes tomorrow.”
The ‘New England’ ready to make a mark at Euro 2025
Having claimed the crown at Euro 2022, the Lionesses head coach stressed the importance of her side ‘cherishing’ the historic feat, but also the need to ‘move on’ and focus on ‘a new challenge’.
“I think we’ve spoken about it several times a couple of months ago. We absolutely cherish what we have done before, we will never forget it and there’s a lifetime experience, experiences for us and for our families and also for the fans. But you have to move on, and you have to be on top of it,” Wiegman emphasised.
“Things are changing very quickly. Things are developing very quickly. So we have to do too. And we came together, likely in February, and then we came to this episode. Yeah, it’s new challenge. The approach was there anyway, but we call it the New England”.
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