Wiegman starts her fifth final in the St. Jakob Park in Basel. Earlier she was in the European 2017 European Championship final and the World Cup final of 2019. With England she reached the European Championship final of 2022 and the World Cup final of 2023. The 55-year-old Dutch is now going for her European Championship-Hattrick and the second European title in succession with England.
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“We have often played against each other in recent years,” she looked ahead to the final against Spain at a press conference. “We had a day more peace because our semi -final was earlier. Hopefully that will help us a bit.”
Fifth final in a row
The 55-year-old Wiegman can win the European title for the third time in a row. She became European champion with the Netherlands in 2017 and took the title with England in 2022. The successful coach from The Hague stands for her fifth final battle in a row of a big tournament. With the Netherlands and England she lost the finals of the last two World Cups. Two years ago Spain was too strong for England (1-0) in the final battle of the World Cup.
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England escaped against Sweden in the quarterfinals, when it came back from a backlog of 2-0 (2-2) and eventually won the penalty shootout series. England did not agree against Italy until injury time in injury time and struck in the penultimate minute of the extension (2-1).
Compliments for exchange policy
Wiegman received many compliments in recent days because two of her substitutes scored against Italy. In any case, her success period in England is characterized by golden points. “We know before the competition what can happen,” she said. “We know what we need then. This is how our selection has been put together.”
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England has a fit selection of 23 players. “It does me very well that everyone can be deployed,” said Wiegman.