How England can beat Spain in Euro 2025 final

England vs. Spain Euro 2025 final

Date: Sunday, July 27th, 2017 Kick-off: 17:00 BST

Will England win the Euro 2025? They must, after all. We couldn’t have endured this suffering for them to fail.

There was concern that the Lionesses wouldn’t even advance from their group, which included senior citizens from France and the Netherlands, given the competition’s mixed bag of results.

They almost felt like they were going to lose each round. However, the Lionesses continue to lead themselves and others toward a new level of success.

Weirdly, despite all the trials and tribulations and the emotional rollercoaster we’ve all been on with this team, reaching the final against Spain seems like a bonus.

However, world champion Spain and England are aware of how poorly they have performed, which is something we all know they can’t.

Germany’s semi-final victory over Spain provided a great example of how to exploit their powerful defensive line, which England can take away from.

If Spain’s defenses don’t get their pressing structure and out-of-possession play spot on, they must leave a lot of room between themselves and Cata Coll, who is the goalkeeper.

Irene Paredes, Laia Aleixandri, and Maria Mendez are all known for their tight-fingering and limited space, which I believe is beneficial for England.

With good hold-up play, which Alessia Russo has, you can get at Spain and all of England’s dynamic and creative forwards can exploit that.

The biggest thing England needs to improve is how close they are to Russo both underneath and with runs in behind, causing them to fret about the space left behind.

Russo’s support makes it possible for England to pick up the opening and second balls and play direct passes in more central areas, though it might require a wider wide forward to sometimes have a more direct route to the goal.

I want to see Chloe Kelly play instead of Lauren Hemp, but you could argue that she has already made a comeback.

Hemp’s potential impact could be felt when she plays full-back, plays dribble, and makes a comeback.

Kelly is a tool when he leaves the bench, we are aware. While teenager Michelle Agyemang has excelled with two dramatic goals that kept England in the competition, she appears to embrace that role, thrives on that responsibility, and wants to be the difference.

With Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas as the standout players, Spain has a midfield that is full of talent.

However, stopping supply to pivot midfielder Patri Guijarro, who links build-up play and is pleased to drop a little bit deeper, will be the biggest issue for England.

Between midfield and defense, Bonmati and Putellas play like two 10s.

England will need to keep their midfielders compact so they can’t operate in front of the Lionesses midfield and must drop in front of it to try to get on the ball. This will be essential to stopping those passing lanes.

Most people believe that England will enjoy letting Spain take the ball and command possession.

I’m not sure if it’s because they’re content to allow that, but it’s just that Spain are so talented that they’ll win. Their entire plan is to dominate positional play and possession.

I believe that manager Sarina Wiegman has the talent to play that way, and England will enjoy playing in transition.

In other games, England should have been the team that should dominate the possession of the ball and the game, but for whatever reason that hasn’t been the case.

England struggled to break them down, as we saw with Italy and Sweden. The Netherlands have struggled to be the team that can win games, despite playing undoubtedly their best game ever.

England would be a threat in a transition game when they faced Spain, but each player must concentrate on their responsibilities to maintain concentration in those desperate defensive moments.

In this competition, England’s defense overall displayed signs of vulnerability.

Can England contain those players if Wiegman wants to see what profile of player has the best player to play against that Spain right-hand side, which will likely be Mariona Caldentey, Bonmati, and Ona Batlle?

England have been a little untidy defensively in the final moments and the final elements, and Wiegman will need to find the best players to face Spain’s forwards because we know they are technically adept in tight areas.

This season’s left-back Alex Greenwood has played left-back, but is she the best to face Spain’s right-hand side?

England needs to consider how to get themselves into good offensive situations rather than get too preoccupied with defensive play.

Greenwood has consistently shown that she can distribute balls effectively in the defense, so perhaps she is better suited to play at the backfield where England can advance the ball.

Germany’s defensive organization and diligence frustrated them in the semi-final of Spain, and you could see that on the players’ faces. England can take lessons from Arsenal’s Champions League victory over Barcelona in particular.

The Barcelona players in Switzerland play very similar ways: they want to suffocate you when they’re out of the possession.

Arsenal were defensively organized, Barcelona did not panic, and the players appeared prepared and ready for the challenge.

Leah Williamson made an incredible tackle inside the box, which was a sign of intent for the team, and that attitude goes a long way. Arsenal followed suit and made the right challenges.

England will examine how Arsenal did it, how they stayed composed, and how they kept their feet on the ball when the ball was needed to be released and when the ball was needed.

After the semi-final defeat to Italy, Wiegman claimed that England’s world cup experience had been like a movie. Hopefully, the fairytale ending appears as well.