Wiegman: England run to Euro final like a 'movie'

GENEVA -- England manager Sarina Wiegman said her team's tally astatine Euro 2025 is similar a movie arsenic they grabbed a 96th infinitesimal equaliser against Italy and past booked their spot successful the last acknowledgment to a extremity close astatine the extremity of other time.

The Lionesses near it precocious erstwhile again against Italy with Michelle Agyemang's precocious equaliser capable to unit the lucifer into other time, and Chloe Kelly past converted the rebound from her ain saved punishment successful the 119th infinitesimal to steer England into the last with a 2-1 win.

It was the latest match-winner successful Women's Euro history, eclipsing Eve Perisse's 102nd-minute extremity for the Netherlands against France successful the 2022 quarterfinals.

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After they needed the chaotic punishment shootout against Sweden to get through, England person led matches successful the knockout stages for a combined 5 minutes. It's been a singular run, and Wiegman said the mode they've got done these 2 matches has been "unbelievable."

"We're going to marque a movie immoderate day! Well this is simply a movie, my goodness, it's unbelievable," Wiegman told the BBC. "Here we are again, it's really, truly special."

When asked whether she's enjoying the movie, she said: "When it finishes similar that, I'm enjoying it but it's a small spot dramatic."

England again needed the seat to prevention them from elimination arsenic Beth Mead, Aggie Beever-Jones, Agyemang and Kelly each made their interaction successful the 2nd half.

"I don't cognize if I marque the changes astatine the close time," Wiegman said. "We wait, it has impact, erstwhile we people we person to find a signifier that besides meant the tempo had to spell down a bit.

"We thought we played well, got immoderate chances, but the last interaction [was missing]. That's wherefore we waited."

Agyemang was yet again the prima for England. She scored the equaliser against Sweden, and past saved the Lionesses from elimination with her decorativeness successful the sixth infinitesimal of wounded time.

"She feels inevitable close now," skipper Leah Williamson said of her Arsenal teammate. "I deliberation she's quality. I deliberation what she brings ... she's a nightmare to play against. I'm gladsome she's my teammate astatine nine and country. She deserves her flowers.

"I anticipation she gets them. anticipation she enjoys tonight, and past I anticipation she's acceptable to spell astatine the weekend."

And Wiegman was delighted with Agyemang's impact.

"She has thing special," Wiegman said. "She's lone 19 years old, she's precise mature, she knows precisely what she has to do. When you speech astir small things that she picks up consecutive away, due to the fact that she's not lone successful the 18-yard container precise unsafe but erstwhile we person to spell to her arsenic a people player, she keeps the shot truly good too.

"Even erstwhile you saw her changeable deed the crossbar, that was not conscionable a shot, she was aiming for it. If she continues similar this she has a precise agleam future."

Kelly said of Agyemang: "She came connected to the transportation and gave america truthful overmuch much momentum. She gave america a batch of assurance and erstwhile a guardant is doing that it's special."

For Kelly, it was yet different match-winning infinitesimal for the ace sub. She scored the winning extremity successful the Euro 2022 final, and has again been a prima disconnected the seat astatine Euro 2025. Her interaction from the seat helped England to their gully with Sweden, and she scored the victor to prevention England from yet different punishment shootout.

Post-match, she reflected connected however she astir gave up the athletics successful January arsenic she sought an exit from Manchester City, but her signifier connected indebtedness astatine Arsenal -- a squad she's since signed for connected a imperishable woody -- steered her to the Euros.

"The moments successful January erstwhile I felt similar giving up football, makes you truthful grateful for these moments present today," Kelly said. "It makes you bask each infinitesimal of that.

"Confidence comes from wrong but from astir you arsenic well. The players I basal broadside by broadside with connected the transportation breed assurance successful each other. But I deliberation a batch of self-taught decidedly happens. The radical you situation yourself with, my household is truly important to maine and breed a batch of assurance wrong me."

And she's produced the goods yet again, to steer England to different large final.

"I conscionable can't judge what's conscionable happened -- the content successful the squad, the resilience, the togetherness of this radical is truthful special," Kelly said. "I'm conscionable arrogant to beryllium English."