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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle Chief sports reporter

Sarina Wiegman’s England can join greats by retaining their Euros title

Sarina Wiegman, head coach of England, leads a post match team talk after the teams victory and progression to the final in the women's Euro 2025 semi-final match between England and Italy
Since Sarina Wiegman took over as manager in September 2021, the Lionesses’ win percentage is 72.5%. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Twice in the past week, England’s Lionesses have rolled the dice, ridden their luck, and performed sleight of hand worthy of the magic circle. The question now, as they prepare to face Spain in Sunday’s Women’s Euro 2025 final in Basel, is can they pull yet another rabbit out of the hat?

Perhaps the only thing we know for certain is that the country will be watching. More than 10 million saw England’s women claw their way past Italy in Tuesday’s semi-final, a figure that brought in ITV’s highest viewing figures of the year. After that, though, everything is up for grabs.

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