England captain Leah Williamson trained with Sarina Wiegman’s squad in Zurich the morning before their Euro 2025 semi-final with Italy.
There had been doubts over whether the Arsenal centre-back would be available to play in Geneva on Tuesday night after rolling her ankle during extra-time in the defending champions’ dramatic penalty shootout victory over Sweden.
All 23 players in Wiegman’s squad were out for training at Sportanlage Au ahead of their sixth consecutive major tournament semi-final, including Jess Carter, who on Sunday announced she would be stepping back from social media after she was the target of racist abuse.
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Williamson’s fellow defender Esme Morgan said on Saturday she would be prepared to play whatever role Wiegman asked of her, including stepping in for Williamson if necessary.
But she added: “We are very optimistic that Leah will be available. I want what’s best for the team and that’s absolutely having our captain on the pitch for us.”
Wiegman will address the media at her semi-final press conference at 5.45pm UK time.
