{"id":153500,"date":"2025-06-03T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/153500\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T01:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:00:10","slug":"wiegman-wont-risk-players-against-spain-ahead-of-euro-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/153500\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiegman won’t risk players against Spain ahead of Euro 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sarina Wiegman<\/a><\/strong> says she won\u2019t risk any of her players in the Women\u2019s Nations League as she looks ahead to the 2025 European Championships<\/a><\/strong> in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

The Lionesses face Spain in their final Nations League Group A3 game after thrashing Portugal 6-0 at Wembley on Friday.<\/p>\n

And although a strong side is required to overcome the World Cup<\/a><\/strong> winners, Wiegman insists she won\u2019t risk any players if they show signs of injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a player has little injury and would be a risk for the Euros then I wouldn\u2019t play her, that\u2019s the difference,” she said. “We are going to do everything to win that game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to perform and in February we had a tie with Portugal and a win against Spain. In April we had a good performance against Belgium. Tomorrow, Spain is a totally different game than what we had on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDifferent opponents. We started really well against Portugal and it really helped we scored two goals in five minutes. Of course, we are aware Spain is the highest level imaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lauren James<\/a><\/strong> missed out on a call-up through injury but Wiegman gave an update, saying: \u201cWe already said we\u2019re trying together to get her fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s trying to get fit with all the support from Chelsea and us. She is doing really well. She needs to tick some boxes and progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need her to be fit and healthy and perform at her highest level \u2014 I\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019ll work for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly ‘very happy and energetic’<\/p>\n

Aggie Beever-Jones<\/a><\/strong> was the standout against Portugal by scoring a 30-minute hat-trick, but so too was Chloe Kelly,<\/a><\/strong> who scored after being on the pitch for just four minutes.<\/p>\n

The Arsenal forward had struggled throughout the most recent Women\u2019s Super League season, and found difficulty in getting minutes at Manchester City<\/a><\/b> before her return to North London.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

But under Renee Slegers,<\/a><\/strong> Kelly has flourished and has even won the Women\u2019s Champions League which will certainly motivate her to fight for a place in Wiegman\u2019s team in Switzerland this summer.<\/p>\n

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\nKelly scored only four minutes after coming on against Portugal on Friday (Photo by Molly Darlington – The FA\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most of all is that she is very happy, very energetic,” said Wiegman. “Going to Arsenal having great performances I think she has improved again in possession and also out of possession.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s enjoyable to watch her, she came on for us as a finisher [against Portugal] and straight did well again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that continues as she is enjoying herself. She trains really well, with a smile on her face. Whether she is starting or coming from the bench, she is doing everything she can to get her performance at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are plenty of positives to take from this England camp but one downside is the loss of Manchester United<\/a><\/b> midfielder Grace Clinton<\/a><\/strong> after she picked up an accumulation of yellow cards.<\/p>\n

Wiegman understands the void that her absence will create but is forward-thinking in her approach to Tuesday\u2019s game, where the winner, if there is one, will finish at the top of Group A3.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a disappointment,\u201d said Wiegman. \u201cIt was an unlucky moment because she plays with a lot of intensity and is very aggressive.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe can\u2019t play tomorrow so that\u2019s a fact, we are moving on with the team we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

The England manager spoke highly of her players ahead of the clash and gave positive updates on Ella Toone<\/a><\/strong> and Alessia Russo<\/a><\/strong> – who are both fit to start.<\/p>\n

Wiegman is yet to pick her squad for the European Champions, which England will act as the tournament’s holders, and says that players trying to impress is \u201chard\u201d.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cYou come close to squad selection. At the same time we want to win the game tomorrow \u2014 it\u2019s preparation for the Euros.<\/p>\n

\u201cShort-term we are trying to win that game, a little longer-term is preparation for the Euros which is the bigger picture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarina Wiegman says she won\u2019t risk any of her players in the Women\u2019s Nations League as she looks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[16517,2000,299,104,65350,6574],"class_list":{"0":"post-153500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-england-women","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-spain","12":"tag-spain-women","13":"tag-uefa-nations-league"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114616731232157094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}