Sarina Wiegman admits that she started enjoying good times at Euro 2025

Sarina Wiegman sang a festive song in her native Dutch when England won a place in the final of Euro 2025. She tried the High-Cinth Darren Ward assistant, but missed. She admitted that she planned to treat herself with a “glass of something nice”.

If the female coach of England was reserved during hiring in 2021, she said that she had grown in the role, and her passion was fully exposed to euros, in particular through two victories with direct elimination in which the lionesses were on the verge of elimination.

“First of all, my English has improved, so I understand much more, but you learn more about the people you work with,” She said on Friday. “You learn again about yourself and even if I always work on the development of the team, I always try to continue to develop.

“What I really wanted to do during all these years is trying to appreciate it a little more, you have to be focused in this work, but you have to celebrate the moments that are good, it’s really nice.”

While England is preparing to challenge its third major successive final on Sunday, when they face the world champions in Spain in the centerpiece of Euro 2025, Wiegman players described it as a second mother – direct and demanding but attentive and solidarity.

Ella Toone said that the coach was good during the first major midfielder after the death of her father. Aggie Beever-Jones said that after the defeat of England against France during their opening match in euros, Wiegman put a console arm around her and explained her reasons for not having played her in the game.

Midfielder Keira Walsh called her “One of the best managers for whom I played to try to make everyone feel loved”.

“It’s a really difficult job when you are in a tournament, and obviously, people want to play, people are not, but it really cares, really on the human side,” said Walsh.

“Another thing you notice when you play for it is how calm it is. It makes a huge difference in the 95th minute when you lose 1-0, and you look on the side and it is very calm.”

Wiegman said work can be a difficult balance.

“I am a caring person, so maybe this is the game, I care about them but at the same time I am the coach, I make these difficult decisions at the moment”, “ She said.

Wiegman will become the first person on Sunday, in male or female football, to have trained teams in five consecutive finals of the tournament. The 55-year-old man, who is under contract until the 2027 World Cup, guided his native Netherlands to two finals before continuing this taking place with Euro 2022 Champions England.

The director of the football association, Mark Bullingham, said that they would not let Wiegman leave for a sum of money, and Wiegman certainly does not seem that she was going nowhere.

“I’m sorry, I’m still learning English but yes, I (fell in love) from England,” Said Wiegman. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t be sitting here with such a smile on my face.

“This team has always shown so much resilience, I see that in abundance and I see it entirely through the prism of lionesses. They are absolutely the most resistant of people. They really want to work so hard and are so committed.”