ST. GALLEN — They will always have the moments they never believed could happen, for two weeks Switzerland morphing into a fantasy land beyond the wildest Welsh dreams. They also long suspected that this was how it would end, England dishing out another thunderbolt performance to shake the continent to attention.
The script felt pre-written, the tournament’s lowest ranked side showing glimpses of pluckiness and pride, only for errors to destroy what little hope they had.
So little has been consistent about the reigning champions’ Euros so far, except perhaps the selflessness of Alessia Russo. After her hat-trick of assists against the Netherlands, Russo wriggled through the back line again to create Ella Toone’s goal.
Should you care to remember this far back, to the opening game of England’s title defence when they looked on the brink of crashing out, the question was whether Sarina Wiegman had been right to pick Lauren James over Toone. The answer, as is so often the case in England’s luxurious armoury of an attack, is to go with both.
There are of course caveats, Wales effectively out before a ball was kicked. Yet it still felt like a night when something clicked, England’s travelling fans at their most animated and boisterous. This was the hour that they started to truly believe, albeit against the weakest side they have faced.
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Nerves were reserved for the few who were frantically checking the Netherlands vs France score, who could finally rest assured that England would not top the group and thus avoid a trickier potential route to the final featuring Germany and Spain.
As a Canadian, head coach Rhian Wilkinson had joked that she knows what it is to have a noisy and sometimes intrusive neighbour. Painful though it was, however, by facing up to three of the best teams in the tournament her side have learned more than in any qualifier.
Wales bow out of an unforgettable tournament (Photo: Getty)For the army of fans draped in dragon flags and red shirts, that alone would have been enough, even without the ecstasy of Hannah Cain’s consolation, powered past Hannah Hampton.
Perspective. Perhaps they have done enough fighting for now. This is a team that gave everything but found themselves up against the blueprint for their own future. For Wales, this can be their own summer of 2022, a tournament that has gripped and inspired a nation, if they are bold enough to believe it.
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