Euro 2025 Daily: Sweden demolish Germany, Poland make history

The 2025 Women's European Championship is into the last radical games. Let's drawback you up connected what's happening, what you've missed and what's inactive to come.

We volition update this record passim each matchday with the latest reporting, investigation and amusive from the competition.

- Women's Euro 2025 bracket, results and fixtures schedule

The lead: Germany illness arsenic Sweden triumph Group C

ZURICH -- Germany's Carlotta Wamser went from leader to zero, mounting up the opening extremity earlier receiving a consecutive reddish paper a 3rd of the mode into the game. The 10-player broadside squandered their accidental to apical Group C with a 4-1 loss to Sweden. It's lone the 5th clip they've mislaid successful 49 Euros games, and their biggest-ever decision astatine the tournament.

It was each going Germany's mode for the archetypal 12 minutes, with 5 shots connected people and 1 extremity acceptable up by Wamser connected the close for Jule Brand -- who has been progressive with 4 of the 5 goals this run frankincense far. But successful allowing Sweden to equalize via Stina Blackstenius, and bargain the pb via Smilla Holmberg's Euros debut goal, it each began to crumble for Germany.

The eight-time winners and past edition's finalists were handed a reddish paper successful the 31st infinitesimal arsenic Wamser -- Germany's backup close backmost down Guilia Gwinn, who is acceptable to miss the remainder of the tourney pursuing a medial cruciate ligament wounded -- handled the shot connected the extremity enactment trying to forestall Fridolina Rolfö's strike. The erstwhile Barcelona subordinate past converted from the spot to further the demolition occupation earlier Lina Hurtig blighted immoderate hopes Germany had of coming back, coolly tapping location with composure to spare. Sweden, arsenic a reward for finishing astatine the apical of the group, volition enactment successful Zurich and look the runners-up of Group D, portion Germany volition caput backmost to Basel to look the victor of that group. -- Emily Keogh

Today's apical Euro 2025 news

- Wiegman unfazed by England-Wales rivalry talk
- Wales brag connected England clash: 'Pressure's connected them'
- Welsh pride: How Wales' fans person made Euro 2025 a party

Sights and sounds astir Euro 2025

Poland headdress disconnected tourney of firsts with triumph implicit Denmark

With some teams already eliminated, determination was technically not overmuch to play for successful Lucerne, Switzerland. But Poland had everything to play for, and it showed. Nina Patalon's broadside created a tiny portion of past successful beating a dismal Denmark 3-2, scoring their archetypal goals and securing their archetypal triumph astatine the Euros.

You could consciousness what this meant to debutants Poland connected the transportation and successful the stands, wherever supporters celebrated arsenic if they had qualified for the adjacent round. Natalia Padilla-Bidas, who scored Poland's archetypal goal, looked similar she could hardly judge it. Even Ewa Pajor, who scores truthful often for Barcelona, toasted her good header with other oomph, fixed its value backmost successful her homeland and what she hopes the team's beingness successful Switzerland volition bash for shot successful the country.

The 2nd fractional was not arsenic easy. Denmark concisely threatened to travel back. Janni Thomsen got them backmost successful the game, and VAR ruled retired an equalizer earlier Martyna Wiankowska added Poland's third. Signe Bruun's precocious consolation acceptable up a tense ending but could not forestall Denmark losing their 3rd radical crippled to registry their worst-ever show astatine the Euros. To marque things worse, prima guardant Pernille Harder was besides taken disconnected injured. This has been a tourney to hide for the 2017 runners-up. -- Sam Marsden

Guijarro highlights Spain weaknesses and her "angry expression"

Spain breezed done Group B with 3 wins, scoring 14 times to lucifer the grounds for goals scored successful the radical signifier acceptable by holders England 3 years ago. However, they besides conceded 3 and were occasionally troubled by some Belgium and Italy, particularly connected acceptable plays and successful transition.

Midfielder Patri Guijarro said the satellite champions are alert of their weaknesses and moving hard to close them up of Friday's quarterfinal against hosts Switzerland.

"With dormant balls, [it tin beryllium difficult] erstwhile they're bigger oregon stronger than you," she said.

"As for transitions, we similar to person the ball, we effort to propulsion the hostile backmost and support the shot successful their half. So it's mean that counterattacks are 1 mode teams tin effort and drawback america out.

"We enactment connected it. We cognize we person to beryllium speaking each the time, moving retired wherever we request to beryllium positioned due to the fact that we cognize it's a anemic spot. The important happening is we're analyzing it and trying to improve."

As the holding midfielder, the soiled enactment of breaking up counters often falls connected Guijarro, but she insists she enjoys it -- adjacent if her teammates gag astir her vexed look arsenic she snuffs retired attacks.

"There are times erstwhile they inquire me: 'Do you bask playing football?'" she laughed. "Because I'm truthful self-demanding, they look astatine maine and spot this aggravated face. ... But I bash bask it, honestly! It's portion of my game." -- Marsden

Bonmatí draws tons for her shirt

How bash you determine who to springiness your garment to erstwhile you're 1 of the astir sought-after players astatine the Euros?

That was the occupation facing back-to-back Ballon d'Or victor Aitana Bonmatí aft Spain's triumph implicit Italy connected Friday. Thinking connected the spot, the Barcelona prima decided the fairest mode to bash it was with an improvised gully of sorts.

She thought of a fig betwixt 1 and 20 and asked the supporters seeking her garment to conjecture what it was. After respective guesses, idiosyncratic shouted 11, prompting a motion from Bonmatí and the passing of the jersey. It whitethorn oregon whitethorn not person been a coincidence that the recipient besides seemed to beryllium the instrumentality with the biggest motion dedicated to Spain's No. 6. -- Marsden

Kika shines agleam earlier Portugal slice away

Kika Nazareth produced a titanic effort to effort and support Portugal successful the Euros connected Friday, lone to spot her squad travel up short. Nazareth was not expected to beryllium here. The Barcelona midfielder had ankle country astatine the extremity of March and was ruled retired for 4 months. She made a singular betterment to diagnostic successful the 1-1 gully against Italy connected Monday and past produced 1 of the finals' astir incredible, if yet unrewarded, displays against Belgium.

Despite the minutes against Italy being her archetypal since March 12, Nazareth stood caput and shoulders up of everyone successful the Portugal and Belgium match. She led the crippled successful touches (86), completed passes (44), chances created (five), assists (one), recoveries (seven), carries (55), transportation region (360 meters) and attempted take-ons (13), but was powerless arsenic a 2-1 nonaccomplishment sent Os Navegadores home.

Portugal volition beryllium near wondering what could person been if she had been afloat acceptable for the commencement of the Euros, but besides hopeful that advancement volition not beryllium acold distant with her starring the team. -- Marsden

Beever-Jones takes pridefulness arsenic England's circuit diarist

Aggie Beever-Jones' chat with the media connected Friday should've been acold much hectic than it was.

Her brave FA chaperone was shielding her from a wasps' nest, but she was calm -- ignoring the buzzing, irritating swarm astir her -- arsenic she spoke astir beingness successful Zurich with the Lionesses.

Her crippled clip has been constricted truthful acold astatine the Euros, but she's taking afloat vantage of the experience. She's learning each she tin astir beingness astatine a large tourney -- hopefully the archetypal of respective -- and she's journaling everything arsenic she goes along. She calls it her "memory book" and it besides combines noting down thing astir experiences and lessons with her passionateness for photography.

"I've got rather into photography truthful I instrumentality pictures," Beever-Jones says. "I've got my ain small partition illustration of each game. It's a publication afloat of each the memories and small details that sometimes you mightiness forget.

"Every time we person a wellness [session], and 1 of the physios writes a punctuation connected the wall. I conscionable ever constitute it down, and effort to find the joyousness successful the small things."

She has been appointed the squad's unofficial photographer. She's got her movie camera and has been taking photos of immoderate of her teammates with their families.

She added: "I person a movie camera which I love, the prints are successful my journal. I've got a fewer Polaroids stuck successful there." -- Tom Hamilton

Wales' Morgan takes followers wrong camp

Wales planetary Ffion Morgan is among the players making past this summertime by representing her state astatine their archetypal large tournament.

The erstwhile Bristol City guardant has made definite to papers each of the highlights of her clip successful Switzerland, sharing regular videos of campy beingness connected her TikTok page.

In her astir caller video, Morgan showed however the players retrieve aft a lucifer day, vlogging the aftermath of Wales' decision to France. From wearing compression pants to sessions successful the crystal bath, Morgan's videos connection a existent penetration into what beingness is similar for elite players astatine a large tournament.

It's besides wide to spot that, contempt failing to advancement from their group, the Wales campy are thoroughly enjoying their clip successful Switzerland. Morgan besides noted however -- arsenic good arsenic spending plentifulness of clip with her teammates, enjoying clip successful the swimming excavation and playing Jenga -- the Welsh FA has made definite to docket plentifulness of clip for the players to walk with their families and instrumentality successful the section sights.

With much than 100,000 TikTok followers to her name, Morgan whitethorn good person a aboriginal successful presenting erstwhile she decides to bent up her boots. -- Beth Lindop

Star subordinate of the day

Smilla Holmberg, Sweden

Holmberg, successful her archetypal commencement astatine a European Championship, not lone scored but kept Klara Bühl astatine bay, removing 1 of Germany's biggest attacking threats. Remarkably, it's lone her 2nd crippled for the nationalist team. She earned her archetypal elder call-up for the Euros and made her debut against Denmark earlier successful the radical stage. The Hammarby IF defender is lone 18 and already showing wherefore Sweden person fast-tracked her modulation to the nationalist team, alert that she is 1 of the adjacent large players for the nation. -- Keogh

Match previews, likelihood for Sunday

England vs. Wales

Odds (via ESPN BET): England (-2500), Draw (+1300), Wales (+2300)

England cognize that a triumph against Wales volition beryllium capable to publication their spot successful the knockout stages of the Euros. They struggled successful their opener against France, but impressed successful their 4-0 triumph implicit the Dutch connected Wednesday.

England person a afloat acceptable squad disposable for Sunday's lucifer successful St. Gallen, and manager Sarina Wiegman is expected to marque minimal changes successful what remains a must-win scenario.

Wales look their neighbors disconnected the backmost of 2 defeats, but they've created past with their first-ever large tourney extremity successful their 4-1 nonaccomplishment to France past clip out. But the Welsh are hopeless to bloody England's nose. In an affectional quality league connected Saturday, Wales caput manager Rhian Wilkinson said they privation to "spoil" England's party. They, too, person each outfield subordinate fit, but goalkeeper Poppy Soper was injured connected the eve of the match. -- Hamilton

Netherlands vs. France

Odds (via ESPN BET): Netherlands (+380), Draw (+290), France (-145)

France, having secured 2 wins from 2 matches, are ideally placed to beforehand from the radical signifier yet again.

A triumph volition warrant them apical spot successful the table. Even a constrictive nonaccomplishment to the Netherlands would spot them through, unless the Dutch tin overturn a daunting three-goal shortage to complicate the head-to-head and goal-difference tiebreakers among the apical 3 sides. For the Netherlands, there's plentifulness astatine stake.

That dense 4-0 decision to England has near them successful information of an aboriginal exit. However, a triumph implicit France, combined with an England nonaccomplishment oregon draw, would spot them leapfrog the reigning champions and advancement astatine England's expense.

With some sides hopeless to scope the knockout stage, it promises to beryllium a fiery and hard-fought encounter. France mightiness opt to rotate with qualification each but wrong their grasp, but the borderline for mistake is slim, and with Les Blues having failed to marque waves successful erstwhile tournaments, it is improbable they volition privation to relinquish immoderate comfortableness they have. -- Keogh