By Geoffrey H. Latayan
England manager Sarina Wiegman has said she will not regulate the social media use of her team during the 2025 Women’s European Championship in Switzerland.
According to Wiegman, the team has its own “principles” on how to use social media during the tournament. And she won’t police them if her players post social media content.
“We want to set standards, but I think coaching is about helping development, but also giving players responsibility – from being dependent to independent and helping players make their own decisions and understand what the consequence of their decisions can be,” the England boss said.
“And then, yes, sometimes you make a mistake and then you learn from a mistake. That’s why I also think making mistakes are so important to learn from it,” she added.
Wiegman wary of negative backlash
Wiegman, however, pointed out that social media is a concern in the run-up to the team’s defence of the title and she noted that there’s nothing she can do if the posts receive negative backlash from fans.
“Of course you want to share, players, especially this generation, wants to share what they’re doing, but you can’t control how the outside world responds. And many people respond so nicely, but there’s some that don’t respond that well,” she said.
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Sweden-Denmark match played under 30-degree heat
In other Women’s Euro news, Friday’s Sweden-Denmark clash was played under 30-degree Celsius heat, with both teams taking occasional breaks for drinks in each half.
Though the game kicked off at 6 p.m., the playing surface was mostly shaded by the stadium roof though fans along one length of the field were bathed in direct sunshine for the entire match.
Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson declined to blame the weather for both teams’ lacklustre performance. Sweden won the game 1-0 but he pointed out that he “wouldn’t mind a bit more of a breeze” when his team plays Poland on Tuesday at 9pm local time in Lucerne.
The Sweden-Denmark showdown had 16 minutes of total stoppage time due to the drinks delays and a four-minute VAR session early in the game that resulted into a free kick for Sweden after winger Madelen Janogy was tripped by a Denmark player before falling into Pernille Harder.
The matchup also had some light moments as yellow-clad fans at the Salève mountain end of the stadium brought classic Swedish pop music into the game. They sang in both halves to the tune of Abba’s “Lay All Your Love On Me” accompanied by a beating drum.
Meanwhile, Denmark coach Andree Jeglertz said his players were not distracted by confirmation on Thursday evening that he will join the Manchester City women’s team after Euro 2025.
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