Alessia Russo says England have two 'massive' games ahead if they are to achieve their 'goal' of automatic qualification for Euro 2025.
Alessia Russo says England have two "massive" games ahead if they are to achieve their "goal" of automatic qualification for Euro 2025 in Switzerland.The defending European champions round off their group schedule by facing the Republic of Ireland in Norwich on Friday before taking on Sweden in Gothenburg four days later.
Two wins would be enough to guarantee England's spot at the tournament next July, but finishing outside the top two in the group would leave Sarina Wiegman's side needing to go through a play-off to qualify. " is what we want, we want to be qualified, look forward to that and have a focus on it," said Arsenal striker Russo.Russo added: "We put in a performance that we needed and we wanted to as a nation.
"It was great to get a win and get our standards back to where we wanted them, because we have very high standards as a team and as players. "These two games are massive as well. Preparations have been good. You want to be competing in big games, you want to be playing top opposition and that's what we've got in this group."She said: "When you meet teams twice in a short space of time, you take things from the games that you want to work on or do better."It's good to have those games, review them, reflect on them as a team and put new things into practice going forward.
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