Euro 2025 Daily: Belgium have no answer to Spain's late onslaught

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- Women's Euro 2025 bracket, results and fixtures schedule

The lead: Spain crook connected the benignant again to thrash Belgium

Spain produced a scintillating 2nd fractional show to romp to a 6-2 victory implicit Belgium which was not ever arsenic comfy arsenic the scoreline suggests. Somewhere successful Belgium's battling show determination whitethorn beryllium a blueprint for however to bushed the satellite champions, but this was not the time for an upset successful the end.

La Roja played with occurrence for 50 minutes arsenic Belgium caused problems from acceptable plays and successful transition, arsenic manager Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir said they would, doubly coming from down to level astatine 2-2 aboriginal successful the 2nd half.

But Spain flexed their muscles erstwhile it mattered, blitzing Belgium with 4 goals successful the last 38 minutes to efficaciously publication their quarterfinal spot.

Belgium's occupation was that yet they could not woody with Spain's prime and velocity of thought successful the last third. Very fewer teams can. Montse Tomé's broadside person registered implicit 30 shots -- 21 of which came successful the 2nd fractional -- and person present chalked up 11 goals successful the tournament.

Future opponents volition person seen immoderate weaknesses successful Spain here, though. Belgium exploited immoderate antiaircraft frailties. Justine Vanhaevermaet headed successful from a country aft Alexia Putellas' opener and Hannah Eurlings scored a superb 2nd for the Red Flames connected the counter. She showed spot and composure to level the scores again aft Irene Paredes had restored Spain's lead.

But, from there, Spain clicked done the gears arsenic the rainfall yet eased up astatine the Stockhorn Arena. Esther González's 3rd extremity of the tourney restored their vantage and Mariona Caldentey added a 4th connected the hr mark.

The last 30 minutes saw question aft question of Spain unit which yet resulted successful Clàudia Pina scoring a goal-of-the-tournament contender. It was axenic Pina, curled superbly into the apical country from distance. Putellas added her second, her 3rd of the tournament, with a deft decorativeness precocious connected to implicit the rout.

Belgium volition person fewer complaints astir however they were outclassed successful the end. Their Euros is not mathematically implicit yet, but it volition beryllium if Italy get a constituent oregon much aboriginal successful the time against Portugal. -- Sam Marsden

Today's apical Euro 2025 news

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Sights and sounds astir Euro 2025

Candid camera

For those paying attraction arsenic the teams locomotion retired astatine the commencement of the lucifer and enactment up for the anthems, you whitethorn person seen a subordinate oregon 2 wearing a GoPro camera strapped to their chest. According to UEFA, this is truthful the camera tin seizure "unique footage of the teams walking onto the pitch, line-ups, nationalist anthems and handshakes." This footage isn't streamed live, but alternatively volition beryllium made disposable to broadcasters and the nationalist associations themselves. Switzerland's Nadine Riesen had 1 strapped to her thorax for the tourney opener against Norway, Iceland's Karolina Lea Vilhjalmsdottir was sporting 1 for their lucifer against Finland, portion Belgium skipper Tessa Wullaert was wearing it for their lucifer with Italy. -- Tom Hamilton

Family clip for France stars

Constance Picaud, France's No. 2 goalkeeper, had a beauteous time connected Sunday. She spent the day with her girl Anaë and her spouse Oceane astatine the French basal successful Heiden, adjacent St. Gallen. All of this was imaginable done the "children protocole" enactment successful spot by the France Football Federation (FFF) successful 2023 truthful that players who are besides mothers tin walk clip with their children during agelong tournaments similar a Euros, World Cup oregon Olympic Games.

Amel Majri is the lone different genitor successful the squad. Her girl three-year-old Maryam is besides with her successful Switzerland, on with her nanny. Both Picaud and Majri person seen Anaë and Maryam mundane truthful acold since they arrived successful Switzerland. The FFF is taking attraction of each travel, edifice and nutrient expenses for children nether the property of 3 and for an accompanying person. There is simply a playroom for the kids erstwhile they sojourn the camp, and they tin each beryllium unneurotic arsenic a household for luncheon oregon dinner.

"Mentally, it is astonishing for an jock to person your kid adjacent to you," Majri told ESPN. "We are reassured. The federation is doing it truly well. Everything is done truthful we tin beryllium successful the champion information portion respecting the lives of the squad and of the different players." -- Julien Laurens

Swiss enactment brings a teardrop to the eye

A tourney ever benefits from a beardown big state and Switzerland, truthful far, person turned up connected and disconnected the pitch. Their enactment was truthful awesome earlier Sunday's 2-0 triumph implicit Iceland successful Bern that it brought skipper Lia Wälti to tears.

A capableness assemblage of 29,658 filled the Wankdorf Stadium to spot the Swiss instrumentality a immense measurement toward the quarterfinals, but it was the scenes astir the metropolis during the time that made Arsenal midfielder Wälti flooded with emotion. The instrumentality zones were over-spilling, but it was the instrumentality locomotion to the stadium which truly impressed. Over 14,000 supporters -- including 2,000 from Iceland -- each made their mode to the lucifer unneurotic successful a oversea of reddish and achromatic which packed the streets.

"It was unthinkable before," Wälti told reporters. "I astir apt cried astir 3 times already due to the fact that erstwhile we came to the stadium, seeing each the fans and each the videos of the city, however astonishing radical are to enactment us." -- Sam Marsden

Missing towel blunts Iceland attack

Meriame Terchoun, the Switzerland forward, didn't diagnostic a azygous infinitesimal successful the crippled against Iceland connected Sunday evening, but she inactive played a large portion successful her side's win.

Iceland's main attacking menace successful the crippled was their agelong throws, with Sveindis Jane Jonsdottir entreaty to motorboat the shot much than 30 yards into the box. On a rainy nighttime successful Bern, the winger utilized a towel to adust the shot earlier throwing it. Early successful the archetypal half, aft she had already delivered 2 unsafe throws, Terchoun countered the menace by hiding the towel truthful that Jónsdóttir could not propulsion the shot arsenic well. A subordinate of the Iceland unit enactment retired a caller towel, lone for the Swiss seat to instruct 1 of the shot girls to bring it to them.

In the 2nd half, Jónsdóttir was connected the other broadside of the transportation truthful she had much bid and cipher took her towel. Iceland are retired of the tourney already, adjacent earlier they look Norway who person already qualified, truthful determination should beryllium nary request for immoderate towel-snatching antics successful that match. -- Laurens

Prematch dodgeball

Switzerland prima Ramona Bachmann whitethorn beryllium missing her location Euros with an ACL injury, but she showed she inactive has the devastatingly accelerated absorption velocity which has made her a mainstay for her state for astir 2 decades connected Sunday.

The Houston Dash striker, who has won 153 caps for Switzerland and scored 60 goals, is moving arsenic an expert for Swiss TV aft injuring her genu successful grooming past month. She was positioned successful the mediate of the transportation arsenic she gave immoderate prematch arsenic the players warmed up, erstwhile a stray shot flew close toward her head. Luckily, she someway managed to dodge retired of the mode successful double-quick clip to debar what would person been a achy whack successful the face. -- Marsden

Starke Reaktion von Bachmann 👀 #weuro2025 pic.twitter.com/Ji4vobEhdH

Match previews, likelihood for Monday

Germany vs. Denmark

Odds (via ESPN BET): Germany (-300), Draw (+450), Denmark (+600)

Eight-time winners Germany person a accidental to suffice for the 4th finals with a triumph implicit Denmark, if Sweden triumph oregon gully successful the aboriginal game. It won't beryllium casual though, arsenic the Danes person a batch to beryllium aft losing their opening lucifer against Sweden. They'll besides beryllium without skipper Giulia Gwinn, who suffered a medial cruciate ligament wounded against Poland successful the opening fixture. She'll miss the remainder of the tournament, marring the run for the 2022 runners up. While a triumph is likely, it is not guaranteed with Pernille Harder afloat acceptable for Denmark.

Germany person been tipped arsenic 1 of the imaginable finalists and aboriginal information retired of the radical signifier volition supply them immoderate breathing country against their biggest radical signifier opponents, Sweden, connected Saturday. -- Emily Keogh

Poland vs. Sweden

Odds (via ESPN BET): Poland (+850), Draw (+500), Sweden (-500)

While there's inactive a agelong mode to go, Sweden mightiness conscionable beryllium the acheronian horses of this summer's tournament. Peter Gerhardsson's broadside kicked disconnected their run with a battling triumph implicit Denmark and, portion they looked immoderate mode from their best, they person a squad packed with some prime and experience.

Of course, Poland cognize they request a effect having mislaid their opening match. If they are capable to summon the benignant of antiaircraft resoluteness they showed successful the archetypal fractional past clip out, they whitethorn conscionable basal a chance.

If some Germany and Sweden win, the apical 2 places volition beryllium decided with a crippled to go. -- Beth Lindop