Wiegman: Williamson fit for Italy semifinal

GENEVA, Switzerland -- England skipper Leah Williamson is disposable for their Euro 2025 semifinal against Italy successful Geneva connected Tuesday.

Williamson was forced disconnected injured against Sweden past Thursday aft appearing to crook her ankle during the archetypal fractional of other clip and was past replaced soon aft the interruption by Niamh Charles.

There were fears that Williamson was a uncertainty for England's semifinal with Italy, but caput manager Sarina Wiegman has fixed her a cleanable measure of health.

"She truly wants to play and she did everything to retrieve arsenic speedy arsenic imaginable -- and she trained today," Wiegman said. "It means she is disposable time [for Italy]."

Georgia Stanway said the squad are delighted to person Williamson available.

"Of course, she's our skipper and we'd similar her connected the transportation arsenic overmuch arsenic possible," Stanway said.

All 23 players trained connected Monday successful Zurich earlier the radical travelled to Geneva up of Tuesday's match. England caput into the lucifer arsenic overwhelming favourites but Wiegman said the squad tin beryllium nether nary illusions to the pugnacious task Italy volition airs having knocked retired Norway successful their quarterfinal.

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"It would beryllium truly disrespectful to deliberation we are the favourites," Wiegman said. "They made the semifinal conscionable similar we did and that's precise awesome for immoderate team. Complacency is the biggest mistake you could make.

"You person seen them however they person played. I don't deliberation determination is thing we tin deliberation that we mightiness beryllium the favourite, but we person to beryllium astatine our precise champion to triumph the game."