Taking The Knee 'not Good Enough' - Wiegman

England head Sarina Wiegman says her players decided to extremity taking nan knee earlier matches because nan effect of nan anti-racism motion is "not bully enough".

The Lionesses will not return nan knee earlier their Euro 2025 semi-final against Italy connected Tuesday aft defender Jess Carter revealed she has been targeted pinch racist maltreatment connected societal media passim nan tournament.

On Sunday, England's players said they would extremity taking nan knee arsenic it was "clear we and shot request to find different measurement to tackle racism".

"Taking nan knee, that's not enough. We person done that for a while. The effect is not bully enough, it's not arsenic large arsenic we think," Wiegman told BBC Sport's Dan Roan connected Monday.

"When location is this shape of racism we felt we person to do thing else, thing different, truthful that's why we are not taking nan knee."

England midfielder Georgia Stanway told BBC Sport that nan squad will guidelines astatine kick-off alternatively of kneeling.

"We consciousness for illustration it has gone past that [taking nan knee] now," Stanway said.

"We consciousness it is still happening moreover erstwhile we are taking nan knee. We person decided that we will guidelines and we will not do that.

"We deliberation that is simply a measurement of making alteration successful itself because we want to get group talking - we want to show group that what is being done isn't enough."

Police are investigating nan maltreatment suffered by Carter.

The caput of football's world anti-discrimination body, Fare, questioned England's decision to extremity performing what it considers a "powerful anti-racist act".

Stanway praised Carter's determination to spell nationalist astir nan maltreatment and pledged nan support of nan squad for their team-mate.

"It's horrendous," said Stanway. "It's really difficult because we will ne'er understand, but we want to create an situation wherever Jess feels safe and we want her to beryllium capable to show america successful those moments wherever she is experiencing thing because arsenic a corporate we tin beryllium truthful powerful successful bid to effort and make change.

"That is precisely what we person done now. It is not only Jess reasoning astir herself, she is reasoning astir different players, she is reasoning astir nan adjacent procreation and it is specified an unselfish point to do to beryllium capable to talk astir thing you are going done successful bid to effort and make alteration astatine nan extremity of it."

During her media convention connected Monday, Wiegman confirmed Carter is disposable to play connected Tuesday arsenic England bid to scope a 3rd successive awesome tourney final.

"Of people we person had a conversation," said Wiegman. "It's a difficult business but Jess is simply a very beardown person. She wants to move connected too, but she and we felt we had to reside this - we can't fto it go. So we did.

"We want to execute successful nan match, she's fresh to execute and compete. That says a batch astir her and nan team."

Wiegman told BBC Sport: "Jess is fresh to play. She has each nan support astir her, unit and family. She wants to play and is available."