England were six minutes away from their European Championship coming to a premature end before Ella Toone and Georgia Stanway engineered a remarkable turnaround against Spain.
There was a time when it was a little hazy what represented success for the Lionesses at these Euros – but Northern Ireland boss Kenny Shiels was right when he suggested it would now be considered a failure if this group did not win the tournament.
Sarina Wiegman batted away suggestions that her side were under “massive pressure”, but expectation has rocketed since the 8-0 victory over Norway.
Reaching the semi-finals, matching their achievements of the 2019 World Cup, seemed the bare minimum, but the road to Wembley is still littered with favourites.
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The road to the final
England topped Group A with wins over Austria, Norway and Northern Ireland. They then beat Spain 2-1 in extra time in the quarter-final.
Semi-final: After their turnaround against Spain, England will now face the winner of Quarter-final 2 at Bramall Lane on 26 July. That will be contested by the winner of Group C, Sweden, and the runner-up of Group D, Belgium. Sweden began the tournament among the favourites.
Final: The final takes place on 31 July at Wembley Stadium. If England get there, they would play the winner of semi-final 2, which could be Germany (the winner of Group B), the runner-up of Group A (Austria, who they have already beaten once in their opening game), the winner of Group D (France) or the runner-up of Group C (Netherlands).
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Euro 2022 groups
Group A
- Norway
- England
- Austria
- Northern Ireland
Group B
- Germany
- Spain
- Finland
- Denmark
Group C
- Portugal
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Sweden
Group D
- France
- Iceland
- Belgium
- Italy
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