Euro 2025 Daily: Brand's long-range strike sparks Germany

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The lead: Brand makes up for Gwinn's loss, inefficiency successful Germany win

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland -- Playing a time aft Spain and a time earlier England, the different 2 large favorites of this tournament, Germany won 2-0 successful Group C but made things hard for themselves against Poland connected Friday, with thousands of fans down them.

The archetypal fractional resembled a spot of a nightmare for caput manager Christian Wück. He mislaid his captain, person and cardinal close backmost Giulia Gwinn done what looked similar a atrocious wounded and successful tears aft conscionable 40 minutes, and witnessed his squad lacking ratio successful beforehand of goal. For each the attacking powerfulness that Germany possess, they couldn't marque it number against a coagulated and compact Polish defence built astir Paris Saint-Germain's Paulina Dudek and the highly promising Emilia Szymczak, lone 19 years old. Between Klara Bühl, Lea Schüller, Jule Brand, Sjoeke Nüsken and Linda Dallmann, the eight-time European champions had plentifulness of opportunities and an expected-goals full of 1.2 astatine the break.

Their inefficiency lone lasted 45 minutes, though, and they recovered the backmost of the nett with the extremity of the tourney truthful far. Brand, 18 yards out, left-foot curler, apical corner. What a subordinate the Wolfsburg close winger is, astatine lone 22.

The wastefulness successful beforehand of goal, highlighted by the unthinkable misses of Nusken a gait distant from an bare extremity connected a cleanable transverse by Buhl, and Bayern Munich's Schuller successful a akin presumption a infinitesimal aboriginal (1.2 xG combined), volition beryllium worrying for Wück. His squad was scoring for amusive earlier the commencement of the tourney (38 goals successful 10 games), and they should person had astatine slightest 4 much connected Friday. Schuller did yet score, her 53rd extremity for Germany successful 76 caps, earlier coming disconnected with 20 minutes to go.

For Poland, playing successful their archetypal crippled astatine a large tournament, they tin beryllium precise arrogant of themselves. They had 2 truly bully chances for Ewa Pajor, 1 blocked by Gwynn successful the archetypal fractional and 1 saved by Ann-Katrin Berger with 10 minutes to go, and a mates of decent counterattacks. But Germany were conscionable excessively good, adjacent without their accustomed objective finishing. They person 3 days to enactment connected that earlier they look Denmark connected Tuesday. -- Julien Laurens

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Sights and sounds astir Euro 2025

Sweden's winning commencement a promising sign

GENEVA, Switzerland -- When it comes to imaginable winners, you astir apt won't find Sweden astatine the apical of galore pundits' prediction lists. But Peter Gerhardsson's broadside mightiness conscionable beryllium the outsiders astatine this summer's tournament, having got their run disconnected to a winning commencement with a 1-0 triumph implicit Scandinavian rivals Denmark.

It was acold from Sweden's astir dynamic performance. They lacked the objective borderline they showed successful a 6-1 rout of the aforesaid opponents successful the UEFA Women's Nations League past period but, ultimately, they got the occupation done acknowledgment to a good decorativeness from Filippa Angeldahl successful the 2nd half.

It was a hard-fought triumph from a squad that is packed with some prime and experience. Leading the enactment is Arsenal's Champions League leader Stina Blackstenius, portion the defence is marshalled by Chelsea's Nathalie Bjorn and Bayern Munich's Linda Sembrant.

Sweden besides person plentifulness of European pedigree, having won the inaugural European Championship successful 1984 and made it to the semifinals of the contention successful 2022. Plus, with longtime manager Gerhardsson owed to measurement down aft the tournament, the other affectional borderline could marque Sweden the ones to ticker this summer. -- Beth Lindop

England stars person eyes connected Mallorca villa

The England squad person respective location comforts astatine their basal successful the picturesque Dolder Grand Hotel successful Zurich. They person peculiar branded "Lionesses Tea," portion successful their downtime the players are occupying themselves by playing "Monopoly Deal" and different paper games successful their "home distant from home," arsenic skipper Leah Williamson enactment it.

Every night, a radical comes unneurotic to ticker "Love Island." It has ever been a fashionable amusement for the squad erstwhile they're distant from location astatine competitions, but this twelvemonth they've been keeping a adjacent oculus connected contestant Giorgio's progress. That's due to the fact that he's the member of striker Alessia Russo. "It's the treatment astir the array astatine breakfast," Williamson said.

Russo said antecedently of her brother's involvement: "I cognize it's an acquisition that you don't often get successful your beingness truthful we're each watching arsenic a team, which is nice. Everyone's invested and wants him to bash truly good but it's a bully spot of amusement for america of an evening to get unneurotic and ticker arsenic a team." -- Tom Hamilton

French fans retired successful force

France and Switzerland sharing a borderline means that determination volition beryllium much Bleues fans attending these Euros than anytime previously. For the radical stage, the French federation has truthful acold registered 2,300 tickets sold for fans travelling from France for the England crippled successful Zurich connected Saturday, 690 volition ticker their squad against Wales successful Saint-Gallen connected Wednesday and 2,080 volition beryllium successful Basel for the clash with Netherlands connected July 13.

To these numbers volition beryllium added supporters from the beardown French assemblage surviving successful Switzerland already, estimated astatine 170,000-strong, arsenic good arsenic others coming from different neighboring countries similar Germany oregon Italy. -- Laurens

DJ Patri gets Spain enactment started

Spain midfielder Patri Guijarro tailored the prematch playlist for Thursday's 5-0 triumph implicit Portugal to marque definite teen Vicky López was feeling comfortable. Barcelona's López, 18, was thrown into the broadside successful spot of Aitana Bonmatí, who is recovering from viral meningitis, and Guijarro ensured her nine teammate was acceptable for the juncture successful Bern. To get López fired up, she blasted retired 1 of her favourite songs, "Tacata (Remix)" by Tiagz.

It had the desired effect. López played, according to Alexia Putellas, "like idiosyncratic who's been with the nationalist squad for 10 years." She adjacent recovered the net, becoming Spain's youngest-ever scorer astatine the women's Euros. Guijarro whitethorn person recovered a caller imperishable summation to the playlist. -- Sam Marsden

Pitch perfect?

The prime of the pitches successful these Euros has been a interest aft the vigor question that has swept crossed Europe this week. So far, the writer has been bully successful the archetypal games of the tournament. But contempt changeless dense watering successful each 8 stadiums hosting matches, the organizing committee and UEFA are monitoring the concern closely.

The 2 stadiums which are apt to beryllium of slightest interest are the Stade de Geneve and St Jakob-Park successful Basel. Indeed, they are the lone ones equipped with elephantine fans which are susceptible of evacuating residual humidity -- the magnitude of moisture remaining successful a worldly aft it has been dried. It volition guarantee the writer successful these stadiums is kept astatine apical quality. -- Laurens

Star subordinate of the day

Jule Brand, Germany

With Germany struggling to interruption down a tenacious Poland broadside successful St. Gallen, they needed thing peculiar to spark their tourney into life. Step guardant Jule Brand, who enactment the eight-time European champions up with a stunning effort from region 7 minutes into the 2nd half.

The Wolfsburg guardant past helped to marque definite of the triumph by teeing up Lea Schuller with a delicious transverse that was diverted past Kinga Szemik successful the Poland goal. On a nighttime erstwhile Germany weren't rather astatine their champion and had to woody with an wounded to skipper Giulia Gwinn, it was Brand who made the difference.

Brand is simply a subordinate who is becoming progressively important for her nationalist team, and astatine lone 22, she could inactive get adjacent better. -- Lindop

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How Sweden won Group C opener to widen unbeaten run

The champion stats from Sweden's 1-0 triumph implicit Denmark successful the opening lucifer of Group C astatine the Women's Euros.

Match previews, likelihood for Saturday

Wales vs. Netherlands

Odds (via ESPN BET): Wales (+1000), Draw (+550), Netherlands (-550)

Tournament debutants Wales statesman their Group D pugnacious run against 2017 European champions Netherlands, with small respite successful a radical besides featuring holders England and top-ranked France. It is simply a harsh instauration to tourney shot for the lowest-ranked broadside successful Switzerland. They get winless successful their past six games, though 2 draws with Sweden successful the Nations League suggest they can't beryllium written disconnected conscionable yet.

Wales' chartless qualities whitethorn beryllium an asset, with constricted acquisition against their group-stage rivals making them little predictable. However, the Oranje person a proven pedigree and bring a proficiency that Wales lack. Given the gulf successful quality, extent and preparation, Netherlands are wide favorites, though Wales volition anticipation to origin an upset. -- Emily Keogh

France vs. England

Odds (via ESPN BET): France (+210), Draw (+225), England (+135)

It's somewhat jarring to person an England vs. France match-up this aboriginal successful the tournament, but it promises to beryllium 1 of the champion games of the radical stage. England caput to Zurich arsenic defending champions and with a fully-fit squad. Sarina Wiegman whitethorn person fixed a hint astatine her starting XI successful the squad that began against Jamaica successful their 7-0 triumph past weekend, but that could yet alteration depending connected however acceptable Lauren James, having lone played 30 oregon truthful minutes since injuring her hamstring successful April.

France's build-up was dominated by the notable lack of Wendie Renard from the last squad, and they're waiting connected the fittingness of caller skipper Griedge Mbock. It could beryllium an inexperienced concern astatine the bosom of France's defense, but their attacking endowment volition origin England each sorts of trouble. -- Hamilton