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The Lionesses continue their Euro 2025 preparations with a friendly win at Bramall Lane after Grace Clinton’s early goal Here’s Tom Garry’s report from Bramall Lane. Some quotes via the BBC for the Wales coach, Rhian Wilkinson. “This team found a way. They never broke for each other, they stayed strong. I’ve never been prouder of a team. This team stands on the shoulder of giants who came before, and now they’ve proven how good they are. “They’re better than they think and they just have to see it and live it and experience it. Those boys and girls back home are seeing a generation of football that’s going to change everything. ” Peter gets in touch: “Great save from Hampton, but has she been told not to do her wonderful trademark long kick crosses, which have such accuracy, her three-quarter

length passes? I missed them today. Also, why does Sarina not play Kelly and Russo together much ? They seldom have ten minutes together. Kelly crossing into the box to Russo = goal. ” Sophie Downey was in Dublin to see Wales reach the Euros. The goalscorer Grace Clinton spoke to ITV: “In international football it’s like that, very competitive. We kept them out and got the win. It’s always nice to get a goal for England. We should have had more, we had the chances but that’s a positive. We have plenty of players who can finish them off. It was amazing, the crowd were great and it was nice to play with some faces I played with when I was younger. It’s what dreams are made of. ” What a difference a half makes. England were all over it in the first half, and then Switzerland were much much better. That will ask plenty of questions for Sarina Wiegman. 90+3 min: Two Georgia Stanway misses close us out. To be fair, the second hit the post. That’s it at Bramall Lane. 90+2 min: The Swiss want to get Waeber on for her debut but nothing doing. She will have to wait until 2025. 90 min: Some late-stage attacking. Carter to Mead but England lose it and was Mead all over Andrade? VAR is checking for a penalty. It looked it. Seen them given…but no. 88 min: Lots of changes and the game has rather lost its lustre. Clinton tries to find Russo, who goes down. A foul? It may well have been but both were offside. 84 min: Millie Turner, Laura Blindkilde Brown and Aggie Beever-Jones all left the field, but no Bronze to come on. Sarina Wiegman not happy about that. Neither is Lucy Bronze. Euro 2025 update. It finishes 1-2 in Dublin, and Ireland are out. Wales go through to their first ever finals. Scotland and Northern Ireland both fell short, as well as the Irish. 83 min: Lucy Bronze was going to come on but now isn’t. Reason being: she wasn’t on the team sheet. She’s had to sit back down. 81 min: England now doing all the chasing. Switzerland have been excellent this half. England look unfamiliar and disjointed, which is odd considering they looked so cohesive in the first. 79 min: Terchoun, after Switzerland force out the ball, has a dig from distance. That was a fine save from Hannah Hampton. She’s had a bit of workout this half. Euro 2025 play-offs Eight minutes added on in Dublin. Wales still leading. 76 min: Keira Walsh shows some control and poise when they might have gone quicker. There's danger in the Swiss now. 74 min: Bright steps up to find Mead. But Switzerland have tightened up since the time Grace Clinton was making hay. 72 min: Millie Bright is asked to make an intervention, as the Swiss pile it on. It takes a foul on Mead to clear danger. This is such a very different half. Euro 2025 play-offs Ireland have a goal in Dublin. They need to find another, as it’s 2-3 on aggregate. Anna Patten got it in the 86th minute. 69 min: England having to rest on the ball. Switzerland no longer offering them time. 66 min: Switzerland have meanwhile been playing well, England’s dominance a memory. Pia Sundhage, their coach, is hugely experienced and knows the game better than just about anyone. They are now pressing high and Hannah Hampton’s ball play is being put to the test. Euro 2025 play-off update: Final score: Belgium 2-1 Ukraine (agg 4-1) 63 min: Mace off, Walsh on. Gabby George off and Beth Mead is on. Big cheers for Keira Walsh and Beth Mead-o. 61 min: Real determination from Beever-Jones, who’s been excellent, in keeping the ball alive. That may be the last of her, as some subs are imminent. 60 min: England have picked it up again, and there’s a neat move that sees Russo and Beever-Jones interplay. Switzerland look good, and Beney forces another Hampton save. 58 min: From the corner, the ball drops to Clinton, who blams it wide. 57 min: England go close, with Russo setting up Beever-Jones and Blindkilde Brown exchange passes before Herzog makes a fine save. 55 min: Hannah Hampton was asked to make a save when Millie Turner and Millie Bright got tangled. Iman Beney had that effort. Euro 2025 play-offs Ireland 0-2 Wales (1-3 agg) Belgium 1-1 Ukraine (3-1 agg) Carrie Jones scored after 68 minutes and Wales look odds-on to be at the finals. 52 min: England have to respond to that impressive Swiss change. 50 min: Switzerland have done far more attacking in this half. They look more settled on the ball. 49 min: England attempt to resume that threat, Clinton to the fore once more. A good move sees Gabby George smash a fine cross and Russo head wide. 47 min: Switzerland start with some brio. Andrade eventually has the shot and whacks it someway down to Ecclesall Road. 46 min: There was almost a big mistake as Hannah Hampton made a mess of a back-pass. A grimace after it is cleared. One change for England. Off goes Jess Park for Alessia Russo. The Swiss have made three changes. Latest scores in Euro 2025 playoffs: Belgium 1-0 Ukraine (3-0 agg) Ireland 0-1 Wales (1-2 agg) That Wales goal came via a penalty from Hannah Cain. There’s 35 minutes left on the clock. Final scores in Euro 2025 playoffs: Sweden 6-0 Ukraine (8-0 agg) Finland 2-0 Scotland (2-o agg) Austria 0-1 Poland (0-2 agg) Norway 3-0 Northern Ireland (7-0 agg) There’s only team in it, yet only one goal in it. Lots of positive signs from Sarina Wiegman’s team, perhaps a missing touch in front of goal. Lots of changes to come but Grace Clinton, Aggie Beever-Jones and Gabby George were the pick of the players, with Jess Park at the fulcrum. 45 min: No time added on in a half where England have totally dominated. 44 min: Millie Bright goes on a charge, and only the goalline gets in her way. Next, Le Tissier hangs up a cross that’s only just cleared. 43 min: An England free-kick from the left-hand side. George takes but Clinton falls over at the moment of truth. 41 min: Park and Beever-Jones almost create something. Lovely linking play, and Park is stopped by Switzerland’s Sow. They have had an awful lot of defending to do. 39 min: An attack from Switzerland, and work for Hannah Hampton, who saves well enough from Schertenleib. In that Euro 2024 play-off it’s half-time in Dublin: Ireland 0-0 Wales.