Alex Greenwood Exclusive: What It Took to Win the Euros - The Story Behind England’s Winning Culture (E364)
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4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Alex Greenwood opens up like never before, sharing the moments that shaped her, from missing a high-stakes penalty to becoming a leader who others can lean on. It’s raw, honest, and packed with the kind of self-reflection most people avoid but every top athlete needs.
She talks about sticking to your process when the pressure hits, and how moving abroad changed her not just as a player, but as a person. Alex also doesn’t shy away from the struggles, body image, mental health, and the wake-up call that nearly cost her the game she loves.
This episode is about more than football, it’s about resilience, leadership, and finding your way back to yourself.
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| 0:00.0 | Available now on the high-performance app, |
| 0:20.8 | a deep dive into elite health with well-being performance nutritionist James Collins. I was walking up to the penalty and I thought, I'm going my way. I back myself to score the way I feel comfortable to score, whether she goes the right way or not. It's time to play a game on a Sunday and I go home and go the gym. People around me were like, this is out of control and we'll stop you from playing football if you carry on. |
| 0:25.2 | The road from 22 to now hasn't been smooth or perfect or we haven't played particularly fantastic all the time. |
| 0:31.6 | But we know mentally that we can go to a place to find a way to win. |
| 0:36.1 | That is the voice of England Lioness's hero, Alex Greenwood, a lady who is now a double |
| 0:41.4 | European champion and without question one of the most composed leaders in football today. |
| 0:46.2 | Of course, she recently played the full match, including taking a penalty and the penalty |
| 0:50.8 | shootout as England won Euro 2025. |
| 0:55.0 | Look, Damien, I wasn't available for this, record, this conversation, but I'm so pleased |
| 0:59.9 | that we got the chance to invite Alex onto the show. |
| 1:02.2 | How did you find it? |
| 1:03.1 | It was an absolute delight, Jake. |
| 1:05.1 | Alex was humble, but incredibly insightful. |
| 1:07.7 | I mean, we start the episode at the pivotal moment when the pressure |
| 1:11.0 | couldn't be higher. She describes what it was like to take a penalty in the Euro final. Now, |
| 1:16.2 | especially after missing one earlier in the tournament, the courage to step up and take it again. |
| 1:21.2 | Alex takes us directly inside her mind to explain exactly what was going on in the head. But listen, |
| 1:27.4 | we also spoke about how body image struggles nearly derailed the confidence. |
| 1:32.2 | She tells some brilliant stories about Serena Vigman and the impact she has in the dressing |
| 1:37.1 | room. |
| 1:37.6 | Listen out, Jake, for a story about a wash bag. |
| 1:41.0 | And then finally, she talks really movingly about moving to Leon, why it was the most |
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