Wales, England and Euro 2025
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The Netherlands team was asked “Do you believe in miracles?” ahead of its final group-stage game at the Women’s European Championship.
Emotion, goals, and drama until the last minute: this was the conclusion of Group A in the Women's EURO 2025, where Norway confirmed its total dominance and Switzerland achieved a nail-biting
Substitute Riola Xhemaili levelled the scores in the 92nd minute at Stade de Geneve to send Switzerland through at Finland's expense.
The stoppage-time leveler by substitute Riola Xhemaili advanced the Swiss at the expense of the Finns — and earned the hosts a full week of anticipation before its first ever knockout game at a Women’s Euros. The wait was a mighty long time — 41 years — and will end next Friday in Bern, likely against world champion Spain.
The hosts are likely to face world champions Spain in the quarter-finals thanks to Riola Xhemaili’s dramatic equaliser
Spoiler alert: Euro 2025 went to a “small country”. The tournament starts on Wednesday, with Switzerland taking on Norway at St Jakob-Park on the opening day. For the next 26 days, Switzerland, a country that shares its borders with Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein, is at the epicentre of women’s European football.
A stoppage-time goal for Switzerland in a frenetic atmosphere will keep the host-nation buzz going for at least one more week into the quarterfinals at the Women’s European Championship. Switzerland's frantic wave of late attacks set up substitute Riola Xhemaili to level the score 1-1 against Finland in the second minute of added time in a tense end to Group A.
Wales were always going to struggle for results at their first major tournament, but the fans are celebrating being at Euro 2025 nonetheless.
Switzerland has SET THE BAR as the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 host nation - Attacking Third
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All seven trophy-winning teams at the Women's European Championship since 1997 were led to glory by a female coach.