GENEVA — England coach Sarina Wiegman said she felt “many emotions” after her team produced another dramatic comeback to beat Italy in extra time yesterday and reach the final of the Women’s Euro 2025.
“I have many emotions again. I feel relief, I feel happy—it feels a bit surreal but we are here and we are going to the final,” Wiegman said following the 2-1 win in Geneva, secured thanks to a Chloe Kelly goal in the 119th minute.
Italy were seconds away from a shock victory over the defending champions and a place in the final as they led deep into injury time thanks to Barbara Bonansea’s 33rd-minute goal.
But substitute Michelle Agyemang equalised for England in the sixth minute of stoppage time to force the extra period, before Kelly—who had also come off the bench—followed in to score the deciding goal after her penalty had been saved, just as another shoot-out loomed.
“It does feel like a movie. When it finishes like that I am enjoying it but it was a little bit dramatic,” smiled Wiegman.
Her team had already produced a stunning comeback against Sweden in the quarter-finals, when they trailed 2-0 before two goals by Lucy Bronze and Agyemang in the space of three minutes late on forced extra time and they eventually advanced on penalties.
“We know with the players we have in the squad that we can always score more because we have shown that multiple times,” Wiegman added.
“At the end we did it and then we got extra time, and then we got the penalty. We were a bit lucky to score it in the second stage but we are through.