Sarina Wiegman is seeking to win a 3rd consecutive Ladies’s Euros on Sunday.
The England boss will lead her aspect out towards Spain at St. Jakob-Park in Basel.
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It follows the Lionesses’ overcome Germany on dwelling soil three years in the past.
Previous to that, Wiegman guided her native Netherlands to glory again in 2017.
She has since loved 4 profitable years with England after taking cost in 2021.
In addition to profitable the earlier Euros, this yr’s finalists had been overwhelmed by Spain within the Ladies’s World Cup’s showpiece conflict two years in the past.
That defeat delayed a chunk of historical past which Wiegman might obtain on Sunday, reside on talkSPORT.
A win would see the Lionesses change into the primary English senior aspect to win two main tournaments.
Their sole Euros crown is tied with the Three Lions’ 1966 World Cup victory.
And they might be the primary England senior aspect to win a significant championship on international soil.
England would additionally change into solely the second nation to win consecutive Ladies’s Euros after Germany.
The eight-time winners gained back-to-back editions in 1989 and 1991 earlier than clinching six in a row between 1995 and 2013.
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Regardless of being on the point of historical past, Wiegman admits she doesn’t know the key to her personal success.
Requested how she has achieved a lot, she advised talkSPORT: “Effectively, I really do not know.
“I feel I’ve labored with unimaginable individuals, employees, unimaginable soccer gamers.
“And what I am simply making an attempt to do is create an setting the place everybody could be at her greatest and at his greatest too.
“As a result of I am making an attempt to try this with employees too and create this setting the place we take motion and errors are a part of our journey.
“Then in fact I’ve superb individuals round me with so many qualities and provides them the chance additionally to point out and to precise their qualities. That brings the workforce into a greater place.”
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Beth Mead on Wiegman’s qualities
Nonetheless, her gamers are in little question over what makes Wiegman so good to play for.
Beth Mead defined: “As a participant, you all the time know the place you stand, you understand what your job is, you understand what the supervisor expects of you.
“Her direct ‘Dutchness’ helps in that sense and you’ll have a dialog together with her and never come out with any questions, which is all the time good, each individually and as a workforce.
“And you understand that she trusts you, whether or not you are a starter, whether or not you are a sport changer, no matter it might be, you are feeling that respect and that belief from her all through.
“Since she’s began, she’s not modified. And there is been lots of chaos, there’s been lots of adjustments right here and there and other people enjoying in numerous positions.
“However in Sarina we belief and there is methodology within the insanity all the time.”
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Mead was the event’s joint-top scorer in the course of the 2022 Euros with six targets to her identify.
An anterior cruciate ligament damage compelled the ahead out of the Ladies’s World Cup the next summer season, although.
She has featured in every of the Lionesses’ matches on their run to the ultimate in Switzerland, together with a formidable efficiency off the bench towards Italy.
England arrange their conflict with Spain with a dramatic comeback win over the Italians, who they beat 2-1 after extra-time.