Women’s Euro 2025: Italy v Spain reaction, English eyes on Sweden v Germany – live
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If that preamble felt a bit harsh on Poland and Denmark, who will play out the deadest of rubbers at the Swissporarena in Lucerne at the same time as the other Group C fixture tonight, I apologise. The downside of a 16-team tournament is that it can be brutal for teams who lose their opening two games to have to stick around knowing they have nothing to play for. That is all I really have to say about that, there’s a reason this game will only be on ITVX.
To lean on a tired cliché: sometimes it is better to be lucky, than good. No would accuse England of having been good against France but that defeat and the subsequent win over the Netherlands mean that barring an utter disaster against the Welsh on Sunday the Lionesses will come out of Group D in second. Why is this lucky? Well it would certainly be advantageous to be on the opposite side of the draw to Spain, the team who have looked a class apart so far during the tournament, if your goal is to reach the final. But can that luck stretch further?
