Euro 2025 daily newsletter: Day four

Rivalries, resilience, and injuries?

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Jul 05, 2025

Jule Brand of Germany celebrates scoring her team's first goal against Poland | Credit: Photo by Maja Hitij - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images

Group stage matches can typically be seen as the games to ease us into the competition, but that certainly has not been the case with Euro 2025. Day four delivered as the Group C matches featured intensity and possible injury scares for key players, with Sweden and Germany coming through with wins.

Results

Group C

Denmark 0 Sweden 1

Group C’s Scandinavian teams battled it out, and Sweden’s structure and experience eventually prevailed over Denmark. The breakthrough came in the 55th minute, when Filippa Angeldahl calmly slotted home the only goal of the game, securing a crucial three points for Sweden in their Euro 2025 opener. Kosovare Asllani got the assist on her 200th cap for Sweden.

Germany 2 Poland 0

The first half showed a frustrated Germany who were unable to find the breakthrough against a spirited Poland side. That was until Jule Brand found the back of the net at the start of the second half. Poland must be commended for their excellent defending in their historic first-ever Euros appearance. Germany’s quality eventually shone through when Lea Schuller doubled the lead in the 62nd minute. From there, Germany continued to press and were persistent with their dangerous crosses into the box until the final whistle.

News

Germany seemed to have suffered a blow as their captain, Giulia Gwinn, went off in the 40th minute in tears after injuring herself in a close challenge
Paulina Dudek of Poland was subbed off at half time for what seemed like an injury-related issue
Lea Schüller is now the only player to score in the last two Euros and World Cups in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2025
Sarina Wiegman was coy about England’s line up for their first match tomorrow and particularly about whether Lauren James will start: “She’s in a good place. She played 30 minutes last week and she can play more than that.”

What’s on today

Group D

Wales vs Netherlands, 17:00 BST- Allmend Stadion, Lucerne
France vs England, 20:00 BST- Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich

The anticipation builds as the Lionesses begin their title defence today and Wales make their Euros debut. Group D has been dubbed the “group of death”, potentially the most difficult group stage matches, so the games make the perfect entertainment for a Saturday evening.

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And if you’re looking further afield than Europe, check out Neel Shelat’s excellent Women’s African Cup of Nations preview