{"id":240887,"date":"2025-07-05T19:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T19:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/240887\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T19:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T19:55:13","slug":"wales-boss-rhian-wilkinson-rues-timing-of-goals-conceded-against-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/240887\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales boss Rhian Wilkinson rues timing of goals conceded against the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City\u2019s Vivianne Miedema opened the scoring for the Dutch in first-half stoppage time before Victoria Pelova doubled their tally after the break in the 48th minute to put the tie beyond doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona forward Esmee Brugts added the extras as Wales opened with a heavy loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a tough game. We know we\u2019re in a hard group but, equally, it\u2019s about Wales showing up and showing who we are as a team and a country,\u201d Wilkinson told the BBC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Diolch Y Wal Goch \u2665\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>You played your part in history with incredible support. It means everything to us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSRY72aT0U\">pic.twitter.com\/hSRY72aT0U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wales \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f (@Cymru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cymru\/status\/1941567017649365004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGetting into the half at 0-0 would have gone a long way. In the second half, that quick goal definitely hurt us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wales will need to get points on the board against France in St Gallen on Wednesday if they are to progress from Group D.<\/p>\n<p>They then face the Lionesses in their final group game as they bid for silverware in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to grow and learn from this,\u201d she added. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to the next game now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wales failed to register a shot on target in the match, and midfielder Jess Fishlock pointed towards Miedema\u2019s 100th international goal and Pelova\u2019s effort early in the second half as the turning points.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/f0906d316f9546158915981c99e375fc.jpg\" alt=\"Vivianne Miedema opens the scoring for the Netherlands\" data-title=\"APTOPIX Euro 2025 Wales Netherlands Soccer\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"\u2018 KEYSTONE \/ URS FLUEELER\" data-credit=\"Urs Flueeler\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. No Use in Switzerland\"  \/>Vivianne Miedema opened the scoring with her 100th international goal (Urs Flueeler\/Keystone via AP)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo concede just before half-time and then so quickly after half-time, probably lapses of concentration and at this level, you switch off and you get punished,\u201d Fishlock told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are probably going to be a little bit disappointed in ourselves that we didn\u2019t get in and regroup the way we normally do. But this is the level and we have to get used to it real fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I do know is that we are going to regroup and get better as this tournament goes on. I think we have learned we can\u2019t switch off and we have to be better on the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this level you have to keep the ball and move the ball and create space. We\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City\u2019s Vivianne Miedema opened the scoring for the Dutch in first-half stoppage time before Victoria Pelova doubled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-240887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114802388773031109","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240887","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=240887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}