England head coach Sarina Wiegman says her Lionesses should win in France subsequent week if they’re to maintain their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2025 alive.
They misplaced 2-1 to the French at St. James’ Park on Friday and now path the Group A3 leaders by 5 factors.
England have performed at dwelling twice up to now of their marketing campaign however are but to register a win.
However they’ve an opportunity to show their fortunes round in Saint-Etienne on Tuesday once they face France in a rematch.
The Lionesses took the lead by way of Beth Mead on Tyneside however volleys from Elisa de Almeida and Marie-Antoinette Katoto turned the match on its head.
Wiegman says she was proud of the efficiency however her gamers must discover a ruthlessness to kill the opposition off.
Defeat at St. James’ Park.
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— Lionesses (@Lionesses) Could 31, 2024
Talking to BBC Radio 5 Stay, she mentioned: “It is rather disappointing. We must always have gained the sport.
“Now we have to win out in France if we need to be in an excellent place in July.
“Right this moment we needed to go and win and more often than not we performed effectively. As a group and in defence, we did fairly good.
“We’re very disenchanted now, that may be very clear as a result of actually all of us really feel it was very pointless – however then we’ll transfer onto Tuesday.”
Mary Earps was compelled off with an early harm and was changed by Hannah Hampton, however there was a definite lack of substitutes after that from the top coach.
She defined that she is attempting to get gamers who’ve been absent some invaluable minutes and admitted she didn’t need to alter the dynamic of the match an excessive amount of.
Get better. Assessment. Prepare for Tuesday ✊
Sarina Wiegman reacts to tonight’s sport 👇
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) Could 31, 2024
She added: “We’re attempting to get gamers nearer to extra minutes. With the technical employees and I, we determined earlier than the sport on this.
“I took so lengthy [to make changes] as a result of I assumed we performed effectively,” mentioned Wiegman.
“In case you deliver different gamers in, then the dynamics change – which generally we wish since you need new power. However I nonetheless thought we did effectively.
“Then we conceded and we had a chat about what sort of midfield we needed to get a bit totally different gamers. That’s why we waited a bit longer.”
