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Wales' Wilkinson: Squad shaken but good aft autobus clang (0:53)
Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson provides an update connected her squad who were progressive successful a roadworthy postulation crash. (0:53)
Emily KeoghJul 8, 2025, 10:59 AM ET
- Based successful London, Emily Keogh is ESPN's women's shot correspondent, specializing successful the WSL and UWCL
Wales players and unit are each "OK" aft their squad autobus was progressive successful a collision successful St. Gallen, Switzerland connected Tuesday, manager Rhian Wilkinson has said.
The autobus was travelling towards Kybunpark Stadium arsenic the broadside hole for their 2nd Euro 2025 lucifer against France erstwhile it was progressive successful a crash.
A connection from the Football Association Wales (FAW) said "all passengers connected the Cymru National Team autobus and successful the different conveyance are unharmed."
Wilkinson, who was travelling successful a abstracted conveyance with skipper Angharad James, told a quality league she was "shaken" aft proceeding of the incident.
"I deliberation everyone, from each reports, is OK and we conscionable request to get them each unneurotic and get everyone distant from the country to reassess," Wilkinson said.
"We've got large staff, large enactment and we volition marque definite that everyone continues to beryllium OK.
"More importantly I deliberation the operator of the different conveyance is OK arsenic well. We volition fto everyone cognize erstwhile we cognize for sure."
Wilkinson said that the collision occurred adjacent the squad edifice and that unit and UEFA person been "brilliant" successful removing the squad from the scene. The manager besides confirmed Tuesday's grooming league has been cancelled.
"Football is secondary and I think, yes we are shaken due to the fact that we are distant from the squad close present knowing that they've had to acquisition that," she said.
"We volition cheque successful with everyone and marque definite they are each successful a bully spot and we tin absorption connected the shot again aft that."
It has not been an casual commencement for Wales successful their archetypal large tournament.
They suffered a 3-0 decision successful their opening crippled to the Netherlands successful Lucerne and hazard exiting the tourney if they suffer to France connected Wednesday.
