England manager Sarina Wiegman has said her side are “really ready to go” as they prepare to kick off their bid for home European Championship glory.
The Lionesses take on Austria at a sold-out Old Trafford on Wednesday in the opening match of this month’s showpiece.
Wiegman’s side have beaten Belgium 3-0 at Molineux, Holland – who she oversaw winning Euro 2017 on home soil – 5-1 at Elland Road, and Switzerland 4-0 in Zurich in warm-up matches in the past few weeks.
And the manager told a press conference on Tuesday: “We’re just really ready to go.
“The real preparations for the Euros started on May 30 and we just work from week to week, and from training match to training match.
“After the Switzerland game, we came back, had a little time off and then we started training to get ready for the match tomorrow. And you can feel that everyone’s really ready. We just want to go.”
Wiegman reported that all 23 members of her squad were available for Wednesday’s contest and said of her starting line-up: “It’s not finalised yet, we always do it after the last training session, but yes, it is hard.
“We have shown we have a very good squad, with depth, and it’s really good that we have to make hard choices.”
A notable feature of the warm-up games was an impact being made by substitutes and players brought in amid changes to the starting XI.
The matches also saw skipper Leah Williamson play both in midfield and defence and Wiegman said, when asked about what she had learned from the warm-ups on that front: “I learned a lot from the last three games, and from earlier games we played, and I think she can play in both, in midfield and in defence.”
🗣 “It’s a moment that I’ll want to remember forever.”
England captain Leah Williamson says she’s incredibly proud to lead her nation out at a major tournament tomorrow. 🏴 pic.twitter.com/kdeedMMALP
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Williamson, sat alongside Wiegman at the press conference, said: “For me, tomorrow, to get out on the pitch playing for England is enough. I’ll do whatever I need to do for the team.”
The Arsenal player, named as England’s captain for this tournament in April, said she was feeling “very proud” ahead of the opener and that she was “sure, when I look back, it will be a moment…
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