Rachel Brown-Finnis: Sarina Wiegman has no need to change England’s winning formula

It was far easier going into these big matches as a player than it is as a pundit. Working on the tournament for the BBC, I’ve been more nervous than I ever was while playing. It’s something to do with the game being something that’s out of my control.

But I wore my England shirt to the opener against Austria and it has proved lucky so I will be resplendent in lucky shirt, lucky shorts, lucky charms, lucky bracelets and lucky earrings for tonight’s semi-final against Sweden. That’s all I can do to control the outcome of the match.

I expect it to be a nerve-racking affair. England had to dig deep against Spain in the quarter-final to come through and make it to this stage but we’re not getting carried away as that is all it is – a semi-final, and we’ve lost too many of those over the years.

It is time to get past the last four and I think the Euros can only be deemed a success if we do so.

The Spain game was not all about dazzling football that’s easy on the eye. We had to soak up a lot of pressure and were not the best team on the night but England found a way to win and that was the most important thing for me.

For the first time in the tournament we looked like we could concede goals and, as with the rest of the last-eight ties, the game was very close.

However, what we do have are match-winners off the bench, as demonstrated by Alessia Russo setting up Ella Toone for the all-important equaliser in Brighton.

But the big question for tonight is over whether manager Sarina Wiegman will change her starting line-up for the first time at the Euros.

Rachel Daly did not have the best game defensively against Spain and Alex Greenwood came on and played very well. Her left foot can be dangerous from set-pieces and that could be a