How England Can Beat Spain In Euro 2025 Final

Euro 2025 final: England v Spain

Venue: St Jakob-Park, Basel Date: Sunday, 27 July Kick-off: 17:00 BST

Coverage: Live connected BBC One (15:40 BST), iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live. Text commentary, in-play clips and video highlights connected nan BBC Sport website and app

Are England going to triumph Euro 2025? Surely they person to. We can't person gone done each this suffering for them to not win.

With a mixed container of results coming into nan competition, location was interest that nan Lionesses wouldn't moreover advancement from their group - which included high-ranking France and nan Netherlands.

Every information it has felt for illustration they were almost going out. But nan Lionesses support sending themselves - and america - to nan brink and past uncovering a measurement to thrive.

Weirdly, reaching nan last against Spain feels for illustration a prize pinch each nan tests and tribulations and nan affectional rollercoaster we person each been connected pinch this team.

But England cognize they person not performed to nan levels we each cognize they are tin of and world champions Spain coming different immense test.

Here are immoderate of nan cardinal areas that could beryllium important successful Sunday's final.

England tin study thing from Germany's capacity successful nan semi-final against Spain - that was a really bully blueprint for really you tin utilization their precocious protect line.

Spain's defenders time off truthful overmuch abstraction betwixt themselves and nan goalkeeper - Cata Coll - and that is simply a large area that they person to effort and take sides if they don't get their pressing building and out-of-possession play spot on.

The likes of Irene Paredes, Laia Aleixandri and Maria Mendez for illustration to get tight to guardant players and don't let abstraction and clip for their force to look up and turn, which I deliberation is simply a bully point for England.

All of England's move and imaginative forwards are tin of exploiting that and pinch bully hold-up play, which Alessia Russo has, you tin get astatine Spain.

Russo will request to tie pressure, bring others into nan game, triumph first and 2nd balls and get flick-ons successful down for nan imaginative forwards.

The biggest point England request to amended connected is being much connected and getting amended support to Russo some underneath and pinch runs successful down to unit defenders to fret astir nan abstraction down them.

Support for Russo allows England to prime up nan first and 2nd balls and play nonstop passes successful much cardinal areas, though it mightiness require nan wide guardant to beryllium much constrictive astatine times to person a much nonstop way to goal.

You could reason that Chloe Kelly has played herself into nan starting line-up and I would for illustration to spot her play alternatively of Lauren Hemp.

Hemp coming into nan crippled later pinch her electrical speed, dribbling capabilities and expertise to spell 1 connected 1 against full-backs could make an impact.

We cognize that Kelly is simply a limb coming disconnected nan bench. She seems to clasp that role, thrives connected that work and wants to beryllium nan quality while teen Michelle Agyemang has besides been superb pinch 2 melodramatic goals that person kept England successful nan competition.

All of nan substitutes person brought a contagious power while collectively England person shown tone and a 'never springiness up' mentality.

Spain person a midfield packed pinch talent pinch Ballon d'Or winners Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmati nan standout players.

But nan biggest point for England will beryllium stopping proviso to pivot midfielder Patri Guijarro, who links build-up play but is besides happy to driblet somewhat deeper to get connected nan ball.

Bonmati and Putellas for illustration to play for illustration 2 10s, successful nan pockets betwixt midfield and defence.

England will person to enactment compact capable that they limit abstraction for Spain's midfielders to run successful truthful they're not successful down nan Lionesses midfield but they person to driblet successful beforehand of it to effort and get connected nan shot - that will beryllium cardinal to stopping those passing lanes.

People are astir apt saying England will beryllium happy to fto Spain person nan shot and predominate possession.

I don't cognize if it's a lawsuit of them being happy to let that, it's conscionable that Spain are truthful bully they will yet person nan ball. Their full strategy is to predominate possession and positional play.

I deliberation England will beryllium happier to play successful modulation and head Sarina Wiegman has nan floor plan of players astatine her disposal to play that way.

Looking astatine England's different games, they person been nan squad that should predominate nan shot and nan crippled but, for immoderate reason, that hasn't travel to fruition.

As we saw against Italy and Sweden, England struggled to unlock and break them down. The Netherlands was arguably nan champion crippled they person played successful nan title but they person struggled to beryllium that squad that bid nan game.

Against Spain, it would suit England to beryllium a threat successful modulation but each subordinate has to attraction connected their domiciled and work to support attraction successful those hopeless protect moments.

Germany had immoderate very bully chances to people successful modulation against Spain successful their semi-final and didn't return them, but they exposed areas of weakness successful nan world champions.

Overall England's squad defending has shown signs of vulnerability successful this competition.

One of nan biggest things for Wiegman is looking astatine who is nan champion floor plan of subordinate to lucifer up to that Spain right-hand broadside which will apt beryllium Mariona Caldentey, Bonmati and Ona Batlle - tin England incorporate those players?

In nan last-ditch moments and nan last elements, England person been a small spot untidy defensively and Wiegman will request to find nan champion players to spell up against Spain's forwards because we cognize they are technically bully successful tight areas.

Alex Greenwood has played left-back this tourney but is she nan champion subordinate to spell up against Spain's right-hand side?

England don't want to get excessively preoccupied pinch protect play and person to deliberation astir really they tin get themselves into bully violative situations.

Greenwood is arguably nan champion shot supplier successful nan defence and has displayed that each play truthful possibly she is amended suited to playing successful her favoured centre-back position which will let England to advancement nan ball.

Then it is simply a mobility of who plays astatine left-back. Niamh Charles is diversion and tin get backmost up nan transportation and retrieve aliases possibly Maya le Tissier aliases Esme Morgan tin do a occupation there.

In Spain's semi-final, Germany's protect organisation and diligence disappointment them and you could spot that connected nan players' faces. England tin study from that arsenic good arsenic Arsenal's Champions League last triumph complete Barcelona.

Ten of nan Spanish squad successful Switzerland are Barcelona players truthful nan measurement they play is very akin - retired of possession they want to suffocate you.

Arsenal were defensively organised, they didn't panic erstwhile Barcelona progressed nan shot astir their container and nan players looked fresh and up for nan challenge.

Arsenal matched them stride for stride and made nan correct challenges - Leah Williamson made an unthinkable tackle conscionable wrong nan container which was a motion of intent to nan squad and that type of cognition goes a agelong way.

England will look astatine that crippled and really Arsenal sewage occurrence and really they stayed composed to enactment connected nan shot successful nan correct moments and merchandise astatine nan correct moments.

Wiegman said aft nan semi-final triumph complete Italy that this tournament has been for illustration a movie for England. Hopefully it will person nan fairytale ending too.

Anita Asante was speaking to BBC Sport's Jess Anderson.