How England bounced back to beat the Netherlands at Euro 2025

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🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

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.

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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

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HOST: Theo Lloyd-Hughes

GUESTS: Cerys Jones, Michael Cox, Charlotte Harpur

PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes

VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen

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0:41.6	You know, you go to the theatre and you pay your ticket and you want some entertainment
0:46.5	and Lauren James provides that.
1:05.9	Hello, I'm Theo Lloyd Hughes and welcome back to full-time Euros, another edition of the Athletics special tournament podcast for Euro 2025.
1:29.5	Match day two of the group stage is in the books and we're going to get you all caught up on the drama, the highs and the lows. Coming up on today's show, England, bounce back. Yes, the reigning European champions defeated the Netherlands 4-0 on Wednesday to reignite the Euro 2025 title hopes and deliver the perfect response to last Saturday's opening defeat to France.
1:36.4	We'll be getting into how the lioness has pulled off that momentous result with Charlotte Harper, who was at that game in Zurich.
1:44.3	Then we'll be catching up with Michael Cox to talk about Euro 2025 frontrunners Spain, and in particular that evolution since the 2023 World Cup.
1:47.9	And after that, Keros Jones and I will get you caught up on the latest from groups A and C,
1:50.7	when Norway became the first nation to qualify for the quarterfinals,
2:05.7	Germany and Sweden followed suit, and Eurofever is building behind the hosts, Switzerland. It just pins it through.
2:07.8	It's going to slide through, Elisio Russo now.
2:09.2	The Dutch are scrambling.
2:10.9	Russo pulls it wide.
2:13.3	Lauren James, looking for space.
2:14.3	James!
2:18.7	And now we are joined all the way from Zurich by Charlotte.
2:19.9	Harper, Charlotte.
2:20.5	How are we doing?
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