England head into Euro 2022 with lots of good questions, while Barcelona scramble for cash - The Warm-Up

FRIDAY'S BIG STORIES Three From Three Ad/> Three warm-up games, three wins, and England are in a «very good place». That's according to Sarina Wiegman, who is a happy manager as the big tournament nears. FriendliesEngland ease past Switzerland in final Euro 2022 warm-up match17 HOURS AGO But no coach is ever completely satisfied, and Wiegman, on the basis of these three wins, has plenty to think about and some big decisions to make.

Having spent much of her time in charge demanding «ruthlessness» from her players, the sight of England failing to take three big early chances against Switzerland will have been a concern. So too the drop off in intensity that followed. But as against the Netherlands and Belgium, England ambled through the first half and then exploded through the second.

This says lots of good things about England's strength in depth, their conditioning, and their capacity to keep asking new and difference and increasingly awkward questions of their opponents. Ella Toone and Alessia Russo impressed from the bench against the Netherlands; Chloe Kelly did the same last night against the Swiss. The flip side of that is the suspicion that England's starting line-up doesn't pick itself.

Last night, with Beth England on the bench and Ellen White in Covid isolation, Russo was given the chance from the start. And she took it, scoring the opener and impressing for all 61 minutes she was on the pitch. It was one of those performances you get ahead of international tournaments, a statement of intent and a demand for a starting place.

Selection headaches are good headaches, so the cliche has it. But they are still headaches. And how to solve the problem of these slow starts? Easy enough, according to Wiegman.