Victory over Germany at a sold-out Wembley would see the investment in the women’s game in recent years come to fruition
“This sort of sounds a bit jargony but to build a high-performance system takes time,” Campbell said. “We’ve got great players with enormous passion, enormous commitment, enormous endeavour, but really building a world-class support system means you have to get all the things like fitness or sport psychology or analysis in place and they have to be in place at the right level. It takes time to build those kinds of teams.
It is impossible to describe the potential impact of winning a home Euros, but in reaching the final inthe team have done, win or lose they have changed the status of the game, themselves as well as attitudes towards women and their involvement in sport more generally. England’s captain, Leah Williamson, highlighted that on Saturday when she said the tournament had not only provided “a change for women’s football but for society in general”.
If England win on Sunday it will not only be a triumph of the players and coaching staff, it will be a triumph of investment and support.In the likable Wiegman, though, they have “the final piece of the puzzle”, said Campbell.
against Sweden was symptomatic of an environment that has the team playing for fun, for each other and without fear. That is exhilarating to watch.
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