Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
“It’s just another match” is the repeated message in the England camp before their game against Wales.
In fact, these are the exact words used by the English defender Alex Greenwood during his pre-match press conference in the Stade de St Gallen, where Sunday evening confrontation will be played.
“For me, it’s another match,” she said, alongside England Manager Sarina Wiegman. “It is now the most important game we are going to play and that is how I treat it.
“For fans and everyone around him, the rivalry is brilliant. The atmosphere tomorrow is going to be great and it is something that we should all wait impatiently.”
But the lionesses also know that they fight something intangible in their latest group game.
This is a resentment match, which does not very often occur in international football.
Please use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player
Alex Greenwood in England says that the Lioness’s match against Wales is now their most important game while they are looking to progress in the direct elimination of euros
It is easy to prepare for a team given coverage and resources in sport these days, but we have all seen in derbies over the years how passion, tenacity and bloody to beat your neighbor can create upheavals.
Everything else than a victory could get the champions out of the tournament, and nothing is taken for granted.
England is preparing to have a lot of possession against their former enemies, but they also worked on physicity, settled from the pieces and separate the robust defenses.
The simple fact of giving the ball to the hemp of Lauren James and Lauren always dangerous may not be enough to club a team from Wales with ambitions to leave a brand on this competition.
Please use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player
After a difficult start in the countryside, how can we expect Sarina Wiegman to choose the team against Wales?
Creativity will be essential for Sarina Wiegman, which sometimes missed that England has been missing since the victory of their euros three years ago.
Taking the most out of Lucy Bronze of the back-back and Ella Toone in the middle could be the key if England does not want things to become uncomfortable.
Wiegman has offered a little overview of how the lionesses plan to take their neighbors, saying: “I hope we will see a game where we have a lot of ball and we play very well in possession so that we do not let him enter a fighting game.
“I am not worried but the country of Wales as a team is very compact, they can fight, they are really together. When they have the ball, they can play directly and they also want to play.
Please use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player
Anton Toloui and Tara Anson-Walsh discussed the complete victory of England 4-0 in the Netherlands in Euro 2025
“We are just trying to prevent this and the best way to do it is to be good on the ball yourself, to move quickly and to try to exploit the spaces.
“There is always a pressure on England and it is through expectations. We expect ourselves that we will play a good game … I hope that we have a lot of the ball and that we can exploit the spaces.”
Fans of Wales came to Switzerland by the thousands and St Gallen will not be an exception.
The lionesses will have to break down a red wall on the ground and in the stands if they succeed and retain qualification for the ko in hand.
