Faster, fitter and a sharper unit: England are becoming the real deal | Louise Taylor


Sarina Wiegman continues to show her influence in a fine win against the Netherlands - but have Lionesses peaked too soon?

It is almost five years since a bomb scare in the eastern Netherlands left England’s team bus completing seemingly endless circles of the dual carriageways surrounding Enschede.

By the time the local police confirmed it was a hoax, Mark Sampson’s Lionesses were behind schedule for their Euro 2017 semi-final against Sarina Wiegman’s Netherlands and arrived at FC Twente’s stadium much later than intended.

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