At this point, all evidence points to one fact: Sarina Wiegman is the Women’s Euro Whisperer.
An England team will play for the title in the European Championship final that it’s hosting for a second straight summer after Wiegman’s Lionesses routed Sweden 4–0 in the first semifinal on Tuesday. Either Germany or France will join England at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, and whichever one emerges from Wednesday’s meeting will try to accomplish something no team has in the last two such competitions: Beat a Wiegman-coached side.
After guiding her native Netherlands to the title on home soil in 2017, Wiegman is a win away from taking another host nation to the promised land. Her all-time record as a manager at the Euros 11-0-0. Her teams have outscored opponents 33–4 combined. And more importantly, she has appeared to instill the unquantifiable “winner’s mentality” at her two stops, where crossing the final hurdles had previously been unachievable.
