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On what must have been the happiest day in the England camp since the tournament started, the Lionesses have been letting their first win sink in.
Having beaten the Netherlands 4-0 on Wednesday night, there will be a sense of relief among the England squad before attention turns to a clash against Wales on Sunday.
Here is everything you need to know from day nine at Euro 2025…
Today in camp
Training will have been minimal for those involved in the majority of action at Stadion Letzigrund.
The Lionesses did have a training session in the morning, mostly featuring the unused substitutes and those who featured later in the match.
From there, attention will likely turn to the next fixture with just three days to prepare for their meeting with Wales, another game they cannot afford to lose.
With The Dragons in actions on Wednesday too, losing 4-1 to France, analysis will be undertaken and relayed to players in the England camp.
In fact, Sarina Wiegman even asked to dash off from her post-match press duties on, realising that she was missing the later kick-off, so she could take in the action for herself.
Team news
The England squad seemed to have emerged from the Netherlands game unscathed once more with no substitutions made through injury.
Lauren James, who bagged a brace against the Dutch, is still having her minutes managed as she was substituted in the 69th minute on Wednesday, an increase on her opener against France.
It is an exciting sign for England fans to see the Chelsea forward running the show despite not being back to full fitness and suggests there is plenty more to come at Euro 2025.
Trending topics
With the Lionesses now having something to shout about from the European Championships title defence, the activity on social media has rocketed.
There are goal clips and quotes galore to peruse on the official Lionesses channels while players have also been celebrating on the personal accounts.
The buzzword used by many of them is ‘proper England’, which formed Hannah Hampton’s simple caption to mark the 4-0 victory.
It was also a recurring theme in press post-match as players spoke of embodying a sense of ‘proper English football’ in the way they came out against the Netherlands.
“Proper English to us means we’ll work hard, we’ll work until we can’t run any more, we’ll stick together and we know we’re very strong on the ball as well,” said Alessia Russo.
“Returning to that I think that’s our standard and our DNA as a team. We definitely saw that today from the first minute to the last.
“We wanted to return to our roots and we know that we’re capable of performances like that.”
It was a phrase first employed after the Lionesses drew 1-1 with Belgium in the Nations League and went on to beat Spain 1-0 at Wembley in the following match.
However, Wiegman and her team are employing it, it certainly seems to be working well as England have proven they’re more than capable of bouncing back from disappointment.
What are the pundits saying?
Rachel Brown-Finnis hailed England’s performance against the Netherlands on Wednesday ‘near-perfection’.
The Lionesses provided a needed response after defeat to France, as a loss would have consigned them to exit the tournament at the group stages.
But Brown-Finnis believes they are now nearly back to their best as they head into a meeting with Wales that will settle scores between rivals.
“I had full confidence that with the obvious task at hand, England would bring a whole new level of performance against the Netherlands and they did absolutely that,” she told BBC Sport.
“They pulled out all the stops and Sarina Wiegman's tactical tweaks and subtle changes worked brilliantly.
“They all performed individually and collectively towards their maximum and it was all-round a really watertight performance.
“There were no cracks. It was as close to a perfect performance as you can have.”
Quote of the day
“The vibes in the dressing room at half-time were, ‘We need more, we can still get more.’
“It was really good that we showed that belief that even though we had two already we wanted to fight for more.” - Chloe Kelly
Best of the rest
While Wales fell to defeat against France in St Gallen, history was made as Safia Middleton-Patel made her major tournament debut in goal.
It is thought that in doing so she became the first woman of South Asian heritage to play in the UEFA Women’s European Championship.
The 20-year-old Manchester United goalkeeper appeared at the tournament for what was just her fifth Wales cap and came agonisingly close to saving Kadidiatou Diani’s penalty just before half-time.
Born to an Indian mother and Welsh father, Middleton-Patel has risen through the ranks at United and Wales to become one of few South Asian women to provide representation at elite level.
There was more history for Wales as legend Jess Fishlock bagged their first-ever major tournament goal in their 4-1 defeat to France.
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