UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 : FRANCE VS ENGLAND / WALES VS NETHERLANDS – 05/07/2025 (PHOTO – SANDY BALTIMORE SCORES FOR FRANCE)

THE FRANCE VS ENGLAND MATCH KICKED OFF IN SPECTACULAR FASHION WITH LAUREN JAMES ALMOST NETTING A GOAL IN UNDER A MINUTE, AND ALESSIA RUSSO SCORING SHORTLY AFTERWARDS!  (ONLY FOR THE GOAL TO BE RULED OUT FOR OFFSIDE BY VAR.)  ENGLAND MADE 464 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY (AND HAD 58% POSSESSION), AND HAD 12 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A LATE STUNNER FROM KEIRA WALSH AT 87 MINS WHO EXPERTLY FOUND THE BACK-OF-THE-NET!  FRANCE MADE 341 PASSES, WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 14 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET INCLUDING CRACKERS FROM MARIE-ANTOINETTE KATOTO AT 36 MINS., AND SANDY BALTIMORE AT 39 MINS., SO THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO FRANCE.   STILL, THERE IS A VERY LONG WAY TO GO – FOR EVERYONE, AND AS ALESSIA RUSSO SAYS “THAT’S FOOTBALL!”  IT’S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU GET TO PLAY THE BEST OF THE BEST. SO ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!  IT WAS FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT!  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!  

UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 – FRANCE VS ENGLAND – 05/07/2025

ALESSIA RUSSO SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH

IN WHAT WAS TO BE ONLY THEIR 243RD INTERNATIONAL MATCH, WALES PUT UP A SPIRITED DEFENCE AGAINST A VERY WELL-ORGANISED NETHERLANDS, AND IT CAN’T HAVE HELPED WHEN THEIR STAR PLAYER CERI HOLLAND HAD TO GO OFF WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE A HAMSTRING INJURY!  WALES HAD 5 SHOTS, BUT NO GOALS UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, AND WITH THE NETHERLANDS NETTING 3 GOALS – WITH THE 1ST FROM VIVIANNE MIEDEMA AT 45 +2 MINS., (HER 100TH INTERNATIONAL GOAL) AND THE NEXT FROM VICTORIA PELOVA AT 48 MINS., AND THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL FROM ESMEE BRUGTS AT 57 MINS.,THE  GAME WENT TO THE NETHERLANDS 3 – 0!  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NETHERLANDS – AND TO WALES ALSO, FOR PLAYING WITH SUCH CLASS!

UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 – WALES VS NETHERLANDS – 05/07/2025