Euro 2022: England boss Sarina Wiegman says ‘you talk pressure, we’ll talk football’ ahead of quarter-final v Spain

Sarina Wiegman says her England side are focused on football, not pressure, going into their Euro 2022 quarter-final against Spain on Wednesday. The Lionesses were the top-scoring nation in the group stages, beating Austria, Norway and Northern Ireland by a 14-0 aggregate to comfortably top Group A. Ad/> Next up for England in their home Euros is a last-eight showdown with Group D runners-up Spain, who lost to Germany between wins over Finland and Denmark.

Euro 2022'We think we can beat them' — Spain bullish ahead of clash with England17/07/2022 AT 13:16 And Wiegman – who is “feeling well” but must wait to see if she records a negative Covid test to make the dugout at Brighton’s Falmer Stadium after missing the Northern Ireland match – is not looking to place too much expectation on her own side. “You talk about pressure all the time and we talk about football,” Wiegman said during a virtual press conference on Tuesday. “We are just trying to play football at our bests and use our strengths to exploit the weaknesses of the opponent.

Yes, we know it’s the knockout stage but that’s the same for the opponent. It’s exciting. We want to work as hard as we can and hopefully we will become successful.

'We think we can beat them' — Spain bullish ahead of clash with England Late Cardona goal for Spain sets up meeting with England in quarter-finals ‘A really special memory’ — Kirby reflects on stunning strike as England sail into quarter-finals “No. It’s another game. We always talk about expectations but we have done that early on in the preparations.