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Lily Woodham spent a indebtedness spell astatine Crystal Palace from Seattle Reign past season
Defender Lily Woodham insists Wales will not beryllium "too down" and "come backmost fighting" pursuing conclusion to nan Netherlands successful their opening crippled of Euro 2025.
Wales, making their debut astatine a awesome finals, were beaten 3-0 by nan 2017 European champions successful Lucerne.
Rhian Wilkinson's broadside look different reliable crippled connected Wednesday successful St Gallen against France, who beat reigning champions England 2-1.
"We can't get excessively down astir it," Seattle Reign's Woodham said of nan conclusion to nan Dutch.
"It was a large juncture for us, and not to make excuses astatine all, we were a spot shaky
"We cognize successful ourselves what we request to do amended and that's thing we'll decidedly activity connected arsenic a group.
"We'll look astatine it, reappraisal it and effort and beryllium affirmative for nan adjacent one. We'll travel backmost fighting.
"Now we cognize nan reality of these awesome tournaments and what you've sewage to springiness and nan activity complaint you person to put in.
"The teams that we are playing against are apical level and person been present before."
Escourt's 'mixed emotions' aft Wales' Euro 2025 opener
Hayley Ladd said conclusion against nan Netherlands was a "harsh reminder" of playing astatine a awesome finals.
"It was a nervy opening game," nan Everton subordinate said.
"Obviously q difficult people statement successful nan extremity but it's nan commencement to our travel present and we cognize we've sewage tons to amended connected and still really affirmative arsenic well.
"At slightest we've sewage a instauration now to build and turn pinch these adjacent 2 games.
"We evidently cognize nan standards of this level of shot now and that's astir apt a harsh reminder arsenic good that we've really sewage to beryllium astatine our very champion to compete pinch these teams.
"I consciousness we're tin of that - we conscionable request to spell up a fewer levels."