Through equal glimpses of glory and pain over the past fortnight, the Lionesses the nation fell in love with three years ago have never lost their fight. The start was abject, the fightback remarkable. That tantalising third successive major tournament final is now within touching distance after an unforgettable victory over Sweden on spot-kicks, Lucy Bronze scoring the decisive penalty.
The Swedes must have believed they had banished the champions without so much as a struggle after 25 opening minutes of English sleepwalking and sloppiness.
An appalling opening was England at their most chaotic, their worst traits congealing into a fever dream reminiscent of the disasterclass in the group stages against France. A floundering Jess Carter’s lax passes were seized upon twice, Keira Walsh then ceding possession so that a grateful Stina Blackstenius could tee up Kosovare Asllani – star of the newly promoted London City Lionesses. One Lioness showing a little composure, at least.
Leah Williamson is a captain who knows how to rally with her lungs, screaming frantically into the impromptu huddle as England searched desperately for answers. She swapped around with Carter, shunting to the left of the centre-back pairing.
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England cannot say they did not get plenty of warning shots, however, and they cannot afford to play like this again if they are to go all the way. Despite comprehensive victories over the Netherlands and Wales, the first-half performance looks dangerously like the rule, not the exception when they come up against a well-organised side.
So perhaps it is not “proper England” but the “new England” that should offer real hope and fresh optimism about what Wiegman’s valiant troops can achieve as they prepare to face Italy in Geneva in the last four next week. Nobody embodies it better than the 19-year-old Agyemang, a bona fide superstar in the making. It does not always have to be the hope that kills.
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