Women’s Euro 2025: talks held over potential England parade, Germany v Spain buildup – live

Chloe Kelly is probably more of an asset to England than she’s ever been, more even than 2022 and all that. And she’s been praised heartily by her teammate Alex Greenwood, as PA Media reports:

Chloe Kelly needed no persuasion to take the pressure-cooker extra-time penalty that sent defending champions England into the Euro 2025 final, according to defender Alex Greenwood … “That takes a lot of courage to step up to take that,” Greenwood said. “I asked her, she had no doubt in her mind, she was confident enough to take it.

“All of our penalty takers were off, so who was left was probably me or Chloe. I missed the pen in the [Sweden] game, in the shootout, Chloe scored hers comfortably, so they [the manager, Sarina Wiegman, and assistant, Arjan Veurink) said, ‘It’s up to you, you or Chloe’.

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England’s Euro 2025 semi-final win draws ITV’s highest viewing figures of the year

  • Peak audience of 10.2 million for victory over Italy

  • Talks held over London parade if England win final

England’s European Championship semi-final win over Italy on Tuesday night delivered ITV’s highest viewing figures of the year.

A peak audience of 10.2 million was watching when Chloe Kelly converted a penalty rebound in the final minutes of extra time to take the Lionesses to their third successive major final.

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