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Sun 24 July 2022 | 19:42

Kirby: Sarina Wiegman experience key to England reaching Euros Final

England star Fran Kirby believes the experience of head coach Sarina Wiegman will make the difference against Sweden.

England

will face

Sweden

in Women's Euros semi-final on Tuesday. England is unbeaten in 18 matches and Sweden has not lost since March 2020.

England has lost in three successive semi-finals in major competitions and

Fran Kirby

says Sarina Wiegman's experience will be crucial in this match. The current England manager won the Euros with her native Netherlands five years ago.

"She's been there and done it; she's got to finals, she's won major finals,"

the forward said.

"The best person to get us through is her.

"I think she'll come with a lot of experience and a lot of advice; she already has done leading into this tournament.

"For her, it's a case of doing what's normal because she's been to a few now. I'm sure we'll lean on her a little bit in order to get through it.

"First and foremost, she's a great coach; the way that she sees football, the way that she analyses other teams.

"But I think her management of players sticks out for me and the way that she's made every person feel valued in this team - whether you're a starter, whether you're coming in as a sub, whether you don't get any minutes.

"I think everyone knows what their role is in the team and what they're there to do. They've taken that in their stride.

"I think that's a compliment to her in how people have managed themselves and made sure that when you're called upon, you're ready to go. It's not easy to do things like that when you've been sat on the bench.

"To make people still feel valued and feel hungry when they come on the pitch that they can change it, and they can help is a really special quality, and I think she has that."


source: SportMob



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