Sarina Wiegman says England ‘know what we have to do’ against Netherlands
Sarina Wiegman’s England are third in Nations League Group A1 (Bradley Collyer/PA)
Sarina Wiegman is confident England are ready for the task ahead of them as they prepare for Friday’s must-win Nations League clash with the Netherlands at Wembley.
The Lionesses are third in Group A1 after four games, having been beaten 2-1 in September by the Dutch and 3-2 last month by Belgium, who they trail by three and one point respectively.
Failure to beat the Netherlands in their penultimate group fixture will end their hopes of the first-placed finish they require to have a chance of securing a Paris 2024 Olympics qualifying spot for Great Britain, and boss Wiegman told a press conference: “I think the team is ready.
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“We’re really excited to play at Wembley tomorrow. I think the camp so far from Monday to now has gone really well.
“We’re very clear on how we want to play and what we want to do; I see good things on and off pitch, and that gives me confidence that we’re really ready for tomorrow, and of course we all know what we have to do.”
She added: “If you look at the games I don’t think we played really poor, just in moments we didn’t get it over the line and then we got some losses – which is not good, we want to do better.
“In football, just as in life, you have ups and downs, and what we want to do is get to the high again, and that is what we are going to try to do.”
With Millie Bright having withdrawn from the squad last week due to a knee injury, goalkeeper Mary Earps is set to captain the side.
Mary Earps is set to
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