After a chaotic euro start for England, which saw them lose in France and approaching the elimination in the quarter -finals against Sweden, the side gathered after being “proper England” in the hope of holding their title in Switzerland.

For some players, everything has to do with fighting and unity. For others, it has more to do with resistance and being difficult to defeat. Whatever the reason, “the right England” – which can be re -raised as “a England Worthy of the name ” – used in every way possible by Lionesses, as a manter capable of uniting a team that gave himself a real fear at the beginning of the euro.

With their back against the wall after losing them 2-1 by France In their opening match, England spoke for the first time in the competition of this famous “England” before facing Wales.

“We’ve talked about our desire to be a” right England “,” Georgia Stanway told the press conference.

“We want to go back to what we know how to do. We want to go back to a traditional style of football – difficult treatment, returning to our roots and remembering why we are here, remembering that we are playing for the little girl he wanted to be here. “

It is an identity issue more than the tactic for a team that is far from being the one who won the Euro 2022 – only 13 of the 23 players in the current team are European champions.

A question of identity

“We are a new England and a new team. We have a lot of young players who have very different experiences to play for England than I do.

“We are a very talented team with a lot of technical and tactical skills and everything that goes with it, but we never want to forget that we are England, that we are true England and that if things go wrong, we can win a match in any way possible,” explained experienced Bronze at the press conference.

But while Lionesses “use that much phrase”, as England coach Sarina Wiegman admitted at the press conference, the term ‘right England’ was first used by the women’s team on February 26, after a 1-0 win over Spain.

owing to Jessica Parkis the goal of the second half after Alessia russo It was fouls by Irene Paredes, England showed revenge on the part that had beaten them in the 2023 World Cup finals. It was a non -Electrical victory, full of resistance and protective battle, but what is satisfied Millie BrightUndoubtedly the best ambassador for this ‘right England’.

“We talked about being true English women tonight. To have that sense of struggle and desire to protect each other, to work hard for each other and to be difficult to defeat,” Bright observed after that victory.

Chelsea’s central defender decided not to participate in Euro 2025 due to mental and physical fatigue, but her message has affected this new generation of English players.

In a England saw its three key players – bright but also Mary Earps AND Fran Kirby – ‘Right England’ is also a way to join the troops after a chaotic euro construction, when English media claimed that Wiegman had lost part of her dressing room. But it is also a way to remove some of the pressure from them as royalists of European champions.

A revised version of the ‘English’ game

The coach, for her part, takes the expression in the heart: “”The right England ‘is what we are and what we want to show, ” Said Wiegman.

“There are moments in a match when you have to show that resistance, but at the same time, when you have the ball possession, it is important for me that the transitions we make to be determined, and today you have really seen the goal in every transition we have made, and for me this is” the right England “.

While the ‘right’ beach in England – difficult in markers, with many duels, fouls and permitted strokes – was originally a masculine marker, English women refer to a ‘combat spirit’ than a punishable commitment.

“For us, ‘right England’ means we will work hard and fight until we can run anymore“said Russo.” We stay together, even if we often possess the ball. “

An inspiring victory from the rich with Sweden

Was a mantra that brought out the fruit against Sweden in the quarter -finalsWhen England found himself 2-0 down after 25 minutes against the Swedes and arrived, for the first time in their history, to overthrow such a disadvantage within 103 seconds, thanks to goals by Lucy Bronze and Michelle Agyemang (Minutes 79 and 81), after passing from Chloe Kellywho had come a minute ago.

In the end, they moved to the penalty. “We have to find some ways to win: extra time or sentences … and even if we lack the sentences, we must have the mentality to dig deep into our resources and rely on players like Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton to get slack.

“Today’s victory is all we mean when we talk about ‘the right England’ – it wasn’t beautiful, but we went through!” smiled bronze in the mixed area.

Tactically, England is still far from displaying a broken style of play, and are teams with the least meetings Belgium. They even approached to cling to their match against a Swedish team known for its solidity and physique.

But while the defense may not be the strong point of lions now, as they have already accepted twice as many goals than when the champions were crowned in 2022, they can at least rely on a collective spirit if they hope to disturb a ITALY The side that relies on the same sources.