This was not the easiest game for the host team that, in the stifling heat, had to face the pride of a team that had suffered a 7-0 defeat in the previous match, a record for the Swiss national team with 10,022 people. , position shifts and fears of injury before the Euro. Wiegman said boosting confidence from three warm-up victories was “very valuable, especially against high-end countries” and added that they had tried everything they wanted before the start of next week. “Now, I think we tried what we wanted, what we could, sometimes we could not because there were no players available. “From here we review it, we do some more thoughts about it and then we make decisions for next Wednesday”, he said. If there is a need to experiment, then it is possible to make it a friendly before the tournament. Whether, however, the last before a home Euro is the time to leave a well-established and impressive center-back pair is another question. Wiegman’s decision to play Arsenal’s Leah Williamson as center-back and replace left-back Alex Greenwood came as a surprise. Most likely it was imposed in part, with Lucy Bronze flying home sick as a precautionary measure and Rachel Daly changed from the position of left back she held with an excellent result against the Netherlands to right back. With Demi Stokes and Jess Carter on the bench, though there were other options. Wiegman had hinted that her boss, Williamson, could be used in the back again before this game, telling Sky Sports that she believed the player was “feeling a little uncomfortable in the midfield” after being moved back to England’s second half of the 5th. 1 defeat of the Netherlands. The result of the change in England, against a bruised Switzerland, was to split things back and forth. The effective double pivot that would shield the defense when out of possession left a path in the middle that was exploited by Switzerland, and in particular the attacker Ramona Bachmann. Switzerland’s Coumba Sow (left) challenges England leader Leah Williamson. Photo: Adam Pretty / Getty Images Greenwood, meanwhile, looked uncomfortable on the left-back, having worked so well with Millie Bright on the international mission that has undoubtedly become one of the first names on the England squad. It was not a one-way street at the hot and humid Stadion Letzigrund. Although England should have scored three goals in 10 minutes, with Fran Kirby shooting goalkeeper Serena Friedley directly from 10 meters and Lauren Hep trying the goalkeeper twice. He just lost his time and the host team made the important discovery. Williamson’s neat cross found Daley on the right and the back sent a cross into the back post that fell down, behind the goal and through the head of Alessia Russo. A quadruple change gave little energy to England and they moved on to the tedious Swiss. Beth England would be the first submarine to approach, forcing her to save with her finger up close. Colleague Chloe Kelly made a great cross to Hemp, whose volley beat Friedli, but moved away from the line with Viola Caligaris’s foot. The ball fell to Georgia Stanway but Lara Marty fell with her and strangled her with her hand in the process to concede a penalty that Stanway would hit in the bottom corner. Stanway would supply for the third, sending a low angle to which he was led through the full box and through England. There were four seconds left, with Jill Scott leading Kelly’s cross. This was not the impressive performance we expected from Wiegman’s England, but it was also a last chance for players to bet on their claim to a starting position next week and one eye would inevitably pass unscathed. Once again, the team had to rely on the power of its changes to force the game beyond its opponents. This is not a bad thing, depth in the team is a very powerful weapon in England’s arsenal at Euros.
