{"id":1843,"date":"2025-07-28T10:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:16:41","slug":"lionesses-defy-odds-to-create-english-football-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/lionesses-defy-odds-to-create-english-football-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionesses defy odds to create English football history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emma Sanders<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
BBC Sport women\u2019s football news reporter at St. Jakob-Park<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“This year it was meant for England.”<\/b><\/p>\n

Lucy Bronze, England’s most decorated footballer, the one player who epitomises what it is to be a Lioness, just had a feeling all along.<\/p>\n

Even with a fractured tibia throughout the tournament, Bronze would not give up. She would not miss this moment, as her side defended their European title and overcame the world champions on foreign soil.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old more than played her part. She only came off when she could no longer run through the pain, tears forming in her eyes during the Euro 2025 final against Spain, as she finally allowed someone to take her place in extra time, before\u00a0England’s penalty shootout victory.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarina Wiegman’s side defied the odds, silenced the doubters, came back from the brink over and over and over again.<\/p>\n

They simply won at any cost.<\/p>\n

At the end of it, there can be no doubts. This was the greatest achievement in the history of English football.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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