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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tom Garry

England’s double-header in summer is strange, admits Sarina Wiegman

Sarina Wiegman during a training session in Noordwijk aan Zee.
Sarina Wiegman during a training session in Noordwijk aan Zee. Photograph: Naomi Baker/The FA/Getty Images

Sarina Wiegman says it feels “strange” to be preparing for two crucial European Championship qualifiers in the middle of the summer off-season, but that her England team are fully focused on ensuring they qualify for next summer’s finals in Switzerland.

Wiegman’s Lionesses have been in her homeland, the Netherlands, since Monday for a training camp for the qualifiers against the Republic of Ireland at Carrow Road next Friday, 12 July, and away to Sweden in Gothenburg on Tuesday 16 July, knowing two victories would guarantee the defending champions automatic qualification.

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