How England bounced back to beat the Netherlands at Euro 2025

What a response from England. With the Lionesses Euro 2025 title hopes on the line, they bounced back from an opening match defeat to France to thrash the Netherlands 4-0 on Matchday 2 of the group stage. On the second edition of Full Time Euros , Charlotte Harpur joins the podcast from Zurich to break down how England produced one of the best performances of the Sarina Wiegman era. Did the outside pressure ever reach the players? What makes Lauren James so special? And, what tactical adjustments did Wiegman get so right? PLUS : Michael Cox has his analysis from watching Spain rout Belgium 6-2 in Group B, where Spain offer up an evolved version of the team that won the 2023 World Cup. And, Cerys Jones has the latest from Groups A and C, where Norway , Germany and Sweden pushed on but not without critiques and the hosts, Switzerland , continued to entertain. _______________ Articles mentioned on the show: This was Sarina Wiegman’s England at their very best: energetic and thriving under pressure England 4 Netherlands 0: James’ magic moment, Stanway’s stunner and Lionesses back on track This is Spain 2.0: More purposeful, more direct and simply better than two years ago Why Germany’s wins at Euro 2025 have been unconvincing despite ‘home advantage’ Spain’s Alexia Putellas is back on song and banishing her worst Euros memories _______ HOST: Theo Lloyd-Hughes GUESTS: Cerys Jones, Michael Cox, Charlotte Harpur PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen _______________ Get in touch: ⁠⁠fulltime@theathletic.com⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram and TikTok: @tafulltime Subscribe to the Full Time newsletter ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Visit the Yahoo Women's Sports hub ⁠⁠here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.