Two of Europe’s prime footballing nations are set to conflict at Wembley on Wednesday in a extremely anticipated rematch of the Ladies’s World Cup last, as England tackle Spain.
This encounter marks the second spherical of fixtures within the Ladies’s Nations League, with each side seeking to construct momentum.
England will probably be aiming to answer a disappointing draw towards Portugal, whereas Spain, contemporary off a dramatic 3-2 comeback win over Belgium, sit on the prime of the group.
Past the end result, this match gives an opportunity to evaluate how each groups have developed since their final aggressive assembly in Sydney.
Talking in her pre-match press convention, Wiegman mentioned: “We’re not taking part in soccer to beat the critics. We’re taking part in soccer to win video games.
“We are going to attempt to be at our greatest tomorrow once more and be related as a staff. What we wish to do is get extra consistency so create momentum within the recreation and maintain it longer, that’s what now we have skilled during the last couple of video games. Then we transfer ahead.
“Typically issues go rather well, generally issues don’t go that properly. We attempt to keep very impartial and say ‘that is the place we’re proper now’.
“We wish to have a good time the soccer, we wish to be speaking concerning the soccer. We’re speaking about performances but additionally about this and I hope that quickly we will concentrate on the soccer.”
“We wish to be our greatest prepared for the EUROs and that is one other huge step on our journey.”@alessiarusso7 👏 pic.twitter.com/Z6Fx5nXlAJ
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) February 25, 2025
Spain have confronted battles on and off the pitch for the reason that last in 2023. Regardless of their success on the World Cup, their achievements had been overshadowed by controversy.
Former Spanish Soccer Federation president Luis Rubiales was just lately discovered responsible of sexual assault for kissing participant Jenni Hermoso with out consent in the course of the World Cup medal ceremony, a scandal that led to the dismissal of head coach Jorge Vilda.
Talking on the incident, Wiegman added: “It says to begin with that they’re an excellent staff but it surely additionally says that they present resilience and they’re so courageous.
“I believe now we have to maintain speaking about it, sadly, and now we have to maintain telling the world that we stand in solidarity with them and hopefully it would make change. I believe it has already made change.”
Striker Alessia Russo added: “We’ve got stood in solidarity with them for the reason that second it started. It’s actually a disgrace they’ve needed to undergo this.
“We hope it makes change going ahead and it’s a testomony to the gamers, to be so courageous and communicate out but additionally to nonetheless be performing on the stage that they’re.
“I’ve [Arsenal] teammates which were by way of it. They’ve acted with a lot calmness by way of all of it. We stand with them and again all of them the best way.
“Clearly you by no means need you teammate to need to undergo one thing like the method that has been occurring however they’ve acted with a lot class. It’s not been simple. They’re prime gamers as properly and their requirements are at all times sky excessive.
“I’m grateful to have teammates and folks like that round me day-in-day-out.”