WEURO: England come from behind once again to book their place in the Euros final

It was another dramatic evening in Switzerland as the Lionesses lined up to face Italy, with only one change to the team that was forced to a penalty shootout against Sweden - Jess Carter making way for Esme Morgan.

ENGLAND: Hampton, Bronze, Williamson ©, Morgan, Greenwood, Toone, Walsh, Stanway, James, Russo, Hemp

ITALY: Giuliani, Oliviero, Lenzini, Salvai, Linari, Di Guglielmo, Caruso, Giugliano, Bonansea, Cantore, Girelli ©

Barbara Bonansea put Italy ahead in the 33^rd minute, and for the rest of the game, it seemed like they would be heading to their first major tournament final in 28 years!

Sarina Wiegman has the chance to win a third consecutive European title after winning in 2017 with the Netherlands, and again in 2022 with England. Progressing to the final this year makes it the third successive major final for the Lionesses with Wiegman in charge, and they’ve certainly made it difficult for themselves on the way.

England will play the winner of Wednesday’s semifinal – either Spain or Germany – on Sunday 27^th July, kick off is at 5pm UK time or 6PM CET.  

Best moments of the tournament for both sides:

England appear to have taken their ‘Never Say Die’ attitude to the next level this tournament, with their substitutes being the stars of every game.

After not being expected to survive the group stages when they lost to France in their opening match, going 2-0 down against Sweden in the quarter-finals and then leaving it late to equalise with Italy, they certainly made it look difficult.

Just like in last night’s game, Agyemang and Kelly have been crucial this tournament, most notably when it has been needed the most. After both being subbed on by the 78^th minute against Sweden, Kelly had an assist on England’s first goal of the game and Agyemang scored the equaliser to push the game to extra time.

Agyemang is certainly making her mark on the international stage having made her senior debut at just 19 years old back in April of this year. She already has three goals in just four caps, two of which being in this tournament.

England’s journey will no doubt be spoken about in the build up to the final, knowing whoever they face will be a rematch of the Euros 2022 final or the World Cup 2023 final.

Italy were the underdogs for this face off, but given England’s inconsistency so far, they still had a chance to progress, and as manager, Andrea Soncin, had said in his press conference, his side were capable of competing with the best. For 95 minutes, it looked like they had proved what they were capable of.

The Italians held off the Lionesses until substitutions were made and then they struggled. Although they exited the competition at the semifinal, they can still celebrate they best result they’ve had since 1997.