If there has been a theme of England’s big-tournament failures in the men’s game, it is an inability to keep the ball as well as their opponents, often attributed to the absence of a certain kind of un-English midfield player.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that England’s women achieved what has so far alluded their male counterparts with the brilliant Keira Walsh as the heartbeat of Sarina Wiegman’s side.
