'wiegman Analysis One Of Most Important In Career'

Former England midfielder Fran Kirby says head Sarina Wiegman's study of nan conclusion by France is '"one of nan astir important ones successful her career".

The Lionesses were beaten 2-1 successful their Euro 2025 opener and became nan first defending champions to suffer their first lucifer of nan adjacent tourney astatine a women's Euros.

Kirby retired from world football a period earlier nan tourney aft Wiegman told nan 31-year-old Brighton midfielder she was not going to make nan squad.

"It was very different to nan Lionesses squad I americium utilized to playing successful and watching," Kirby told BBC Radio 5 Live astir Saturday's loss.

"There were excessively galore errors, excessively galore sloppy passes, defensively we looked shaky and disjointed. It was really reliable to watch.

"We ever do study aft nan crippled but I deliberation this study astir apt has to beryllium 1 of nan astir important ones of Sarina's managerial career."

Wiegman's erstwhile side, nan Netherlands, beat Wales 3-0 successful their opener and Kirby is acutely alert England person to make a immense betterment to advancement from Group D.

"This is 1 of nan astir important expert days that nan Lionesses person had because we person to find retired what has gone wrong, why it went incorrect and make it amended for nan adjacent game. The adjacent crippled is must-win.

"You tin ever opportunity basics weren't bully enough, you tin beryllium location and opportunity these things, but we person to activity connected different things that are going to thief america hit nan Netherlands."

England look nan Netherlands connected Wednesday (17:00 BST, unrecorded connected BBC One) erstwhile Wiegman will effort to hit her location federation having led them to European occurrence successful 2017.

Captain Leah Williamson described England's errors successful nan France conclusion arsenic "some inexpensive benignant of affectional defending".

Kirby said she liked Williamson's honesty and does not expect nan reappraisal to beryllium "fiery - but it has to beryllium productive".

"Those quotes came retired aft nan game. It was affectional losing nan first crippled of nan tourney and nan players are coming disconnected and they are emotional. I for illustration nan honesty," Kirby said.

"That is thing that hasn't happened successful nan women's crippled for a agelong play truthful I don't mind that."

Keira Walsh's consolation extremity successful nan 87th infinitesimal was England's first changeable connected target successful a lucifer that was comfortable for Les Bleues until nan closing stages.

"There will beryllium honorable conversations successful nan gathering [on Sunday] to make judge it doesn't hap successful nan adjacent game," added Kirby.

"That has to use to everyone. Everyone could person done better. Everyone has to bespeak connected their capacity arsenic a corporate because everyone has to improve."