Ladies Euro 2025: title defender England loses opener; Miedema scores the 100th goal for the Netherlands

England established a number of unwanted scoops when it started with the defense of the European championship title for women by losing 2-1 on Saturday to France.

Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore scored two Quickfire goals towards the end of the first half when France recorded a ninth consecutive victory and surprised the title defender.

Keira Walsh reduced the deficit three minutes after the time, but it was not enough to prevent England from becoming the first title holder to lose his opening match with a ladies.

The defeat also ended the remarkable flawless record of England, Sarina Wiegman in the competition, after winning 12 of the 12 games in two tournaments while she first sent the Netherlands to the title and then England.

The lion ribbons then face the Netherlands on Wednesday, before they hired four days later in their last group match against Wales.

It was an explanation for the victory for France that – despite the fact that without wounded captain Griedge Mbock, he was in strong control, apart from the opening of 15 minutes and a tense final after Walsh’s goal.

England started a strong start and Lauren James – started her first game since a hamstring injury at the beginning of April – England almost gave the lead within 40 seconds with a smart run in the box but shot closely.

Alessia Russo thought she was in charge of England in the 16th minute and turned into the rebound after Lauren Hemp’s shot was saved, but it was excluded for a tight offside decision about Beth Mead in the structure.

While England after that call by the Video Assistant Referee seemed to be emptied, France grew in the side skills and the impasse broke in the 36th minute.

Elise de Almeida won the ball in her own half before he rose along the right side and drenched the ball to Delphine Cascarino, who tapped a low cross for Katoto on the back post.

France doubled his lead only three minutes later. Baltimore kept its way to the area, close to the name rule, and Lucy Bronze unintentionally kept the ball in the game with her attempt at Tackle, causing the Chelsea to cool forward in the other side of the net.

France was almost out of sight at the beginning of the second half, with Hannah Hampton had to climb behind her and grab the ball before he crossed the border, after an attempt by Grace Geyoro.

England hadn’t even had a shot on goal before it came back in the game late. A corner was only erased on the edge of the area for Walsh to control quietly before he shot in the upper right corner for only her second international goal.

The Leeuwessen completed almost an unlikely comeback in the last minute of the stopping time when France goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin missed her bump and Hemp knew the target, but Selma Bacha van de Lijn knew.

Miedema completes century goals when the Netherlands beats Wales

Dutch legend Vivianne Miedema’s 100th goal in international football was the key to a 3-0 win over Debutmachinmaming Wales at the ladies European Championship on Saturday.

After the Miedema injury season, nobody expected the Dutch record doelcorer of all time to complete its opening match in the toughest groups.

Those 70 minutes Miedema were more than enough in a dominant victory that Wales gave a difficult lesson in the entry of the big ladies’ tournament.

The result suggested that the Euro 2017 champion – and 2019 World Cup finalist – was on their way to Group D.

Miedema made her historical mark scoring with a wonderfully curly shot in stop time at the end of the first half.

«Special, very special,» Miedema told the Dutch broadcaster NOS about the brand that she eventually reached at the age of 28 after three years destroyed by injury. Her 95th was scored in 2022.

The Dutch added two more goals in the second half, by Victoria Pelova in the 48th minute and by Wing Back Esmee Brugts, nine minutes later.

It could have been more. The Wales -Dwarsbalk was hit twice between the second and third goals by Schoten by Jill Roor and Jackie Groenen. Roord also hit a pole with a shot in the first half.

The Netherlands then plays in Zurich against England on Wednesday, in a reunion with their former coach, Sarina Wiegman.

Wiegman, who played 99 times for the Dutch, went to that European title Coaching and the final loss of 2019 for the United States in 2017.

Miedema, Groenen and Daniëlle van de Donk Were Starters in Those Teams and on Saturday Against Wales.