England’s Euro 2025 Path: Glory or Collapse

 England’s Euro 2025 Path: Glory or Collapse

A reckoning awaits

For Sarina Wiegman and the Lionesses, there is no more time for growth, no more room for experiments, and no space for excuses. Their group at Euro 2025 reads like a semi-final lineup: France, the Netherlands, and England – three heavyweights locked in battle from the very start. Add a fearless fourth team to the mix, and it becomes a survival matchday from day one.

Even if England advance – and they’ll have to do it without Mary Earps – another mountain immediately rises: a quarter-final against one of Sweden, Germany, Denmark, or a giant-killing poland. No breathing space. No margin for error.

The truth is simple:

Only gold will do.

This team wasn’t built for anything less. Wiegman was given time, resources, and elite talent. But the golden era is reaching its edge. The magic of 2022 is fading. The leaders are aging. The once-flawless system now shows its cracks.

And then there’s the shadow of Arjan Veurink.

The silent architect. The man who made the machine run, without ever stepping into the spotlight. Since his departure, the cracks have widened – exposed already in that shock loss to Belgium, with Hannah Hampton between the posts.

England arrive in Switzerland as both top contenders and a team in doubt.

If they win it all, it will be legendary.

If they fall short, the FA will not hesitate.

Because, as someone aptly put it:

There are more coaches than teams waiting in line.