{"id":294050,"date":"2025-07-26T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294050\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T19:30:11","slug":"william-tells-lionesses-the-nation-is-proud-of-them-in-euros-good-luck-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294050\/","title":{"rendered":"William tells Lionesses the nation is proud of them in Euros good luck message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 cKWiEj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sc-1uza6dc-1 huxBsk\">Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/prince-of-wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince of Wales<\/a> has wished the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/lionesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lionesses<\/a> good luck as they aim for back-to-back European titles.<\/p>\n<p>William, patron of the FA, will be in Basel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/switzerland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switzerland<\/a>, to cheer the team on Sunday, as they face fierce rivals Spain, who beat them in the 2022 World Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s habit of dramatic late comebacks in this competition was not missed by the royal football fan, whose online message said:\u00a0\u201cGood luck to the Lionesses tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nation is so proud you are through to the final, after some stunning comebacks! We are all cheering you on! W.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England clinched their place in the final with a last-gasp victory over Italy in extra time in Switzerland on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It also took a a dramatic penalty shootout win over Sweden to keep their title hopes alive and reach the semi-final, as England looked as though they were going out in extra time.<\/p>\n<p>England boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/sarina-wiegman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarina Wiegman<\/a> conceded Euro 2025 has been the \u201ccraziest\u201d run of tournament matches in her managerial career.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, she said: \u00a0\u201cIn this environment you have challenges all the time. Before the World Cup, we had challenges with players who were injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, we prepare a lot and we know the players really well. We think of scenarios, \u2018Who is the first player to select? Who is the second?\u2019. You\u2019re prepared for challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in this tournament, it has been the craziest one with how the games went. That has been different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/michelle-agyemang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Agyemang<\/a>, 19, who had one England cap before the tournament, has been a rising star in this competition, and twice became the team\u2019s saviour with equalisers in their quarter and semi-final comebacks.<\/p>\n<p>She began her footballing career at Brandon Groves AFC in South Ockendon, Essex, and the club are anxiously waiting for the final.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Enright, 45, who manages the girls\u2019 team, said: \u201d I think it will be a tight game, very close and it might even go to extra time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is excited for the game. It is fantastic to see the impact Michelle has shown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe girls in my team are truly inspired by what Michelle is doing at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-294050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114921198507541555","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294050","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=294050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}