Women's Euros: England & Wales look to bounce back

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Katie Smith presents a preview of England & Wales' crunch games at Euro 2025. Hear from England pair Sarina Wiegman and Alessia Russo, as well as Wales manager Rhian Wilkinson.

Ellen White and Steph Houghton join Katie as England prepare for a must-win game against The Netherlands after opening day defeat against France. Lionesses boss Wiegman insists England are up for the fight, while Russo assesses her chemistry with England's variety of attacking options.

Also hear from Rivkah op het Veld on how the Dutch could hurt England, and get the latest on Wales ahead of their massive game against France.

Timecodes: 01:00 MD-1 06:15 Sarina Wiegman interview 09:35 Lionesses "up for the fight" 13:40 Problem areas 21:30 Alessia Russo interview 25:50 England's attacking options 29:40 A must-win game for England 33:00 Dutch track w/ Rivkah op het Veld 40:10 Wales team bus incident & Rhian Wilkinson 43:45 Wales v France 47:00 Jess Fishlock interview

5 Live commentaries coming up this week: Wed 1700 England v Netherlands on 5 Live Wed 2000 France v Wales on 5 Live Thu 2000 Norway v Switzerland on 5 Live

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0:00.0	Get closer to the action with live commentary from the world's greatest sporting events on BBC Sounds.
0:06.0	It is all over!
0:08.0	Bulls are an edge, caught behind.
0:10.0	Including cricket Super League, Women's Euro's 2025, Wimbledon, Formula One and much more.
0:17.0	It's all right to the lights and foot to the floor.
0:20.0	Oh, what's's done it!
0:21.3	Drop shots!
0:23.0	Winner!
0:23.6	On five sports extra,
0:25.1	sports extra two and sports extra three.
0:27.7	Listen, only on BBC Sounds.
0:31.4	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.6	The Football Daily podcast with Katie Smith. at UEFA Women's Euro 2025.
0:43.6	Welcome along to the Football Daily podcast.
0:46.7	We are inside the Lexigran Stadium in Zurich, the arena where England face their crucial
0:52.8	must win.
0:53.9	Second group game at the Euros against the
0:56.3	Netherlands. Wales then face France in St Galle. So we'll get onto that in a bit, but we're going
1:01.9	to start with England. All the media is done. The commitments are over. We're going to hear from
1:07.8	Serena Vigman, the boss in a little bit, Alessia Russo as well.
1:11.1	But with me to look ahead to these crucial crunch matches,
1:14.4	we've got former England skipper, Steph Horton,
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