GENEVA — In the hallways of Servette’s Stade de Geneve, there is a Latin phrase dating back to the Reformation painted on the walls. Post tenebras lux. After darkness, light. The Lionesses have veered from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs at this European Championship – at the end of it all, they have reached another final after a night of unbearable chaos against Italy. The good times have never felt so good.
“The English are never done.” So went the phrase after Sweden. And as Chloe Kelly reeled away on the rebound from her saved penalty in the last throes of extra time, it was impossible not to believe it. Michelle Agyemang had saved England with a 96th minute rescue act. There are no asterisks for how they got there.
CHLOE KELLY WINS IT FOR ENGLAND IN THE 119th MINUTE THE LIONESSES ARE IN THE EUROS FINAL!Absolute CHAOS. pic.twitter.com/CW92YhGK4N
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) July 22, 2025Or you can apply cold, rational logic. That England keep getting away with it. That for two years they have been riddled with inconsistencies. Against Germany or Spain, whether it is luck or tenacity that is keeping them in, opponents of that calibre will demand more.
There has been talk throughout of a “new England”, a “proper England”. They did not need Calvinist mottos to know that the dark times are what make it all the more special.
There were more of the same warning signs here. Lucy Bronze was not aware of Barbara Bonansea on her shoulder before the veteran Juventus forward smashed a thundering shot past Hannah Hampton. Esme Morgan, brought in for Jess Carter, was caught out.
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Italy have had a catchphrase of their own at this tournament, revelling in a sense of destiny that spurred them to a first semi-final in 28 years. It comes, of course, from the team’s favourite song by Natasha Bedingfield. The best is still unwritten.
If the Lionesses are to win Sunday’s final, would it be their biggest achievement yet? It would certainly surpass the 2023 World Cup final, which they never really looked like winning.
Better than 2022? Given the standards by which the women’s game has been elevated in the three years since, and the revolution Wiegman has had to undertake with seven tournament debutants out in Switzerland, it might just be.
Player of the match: Chloe Kelly
An unbelievable salvage mission once again and transformed the gameThe biggest cheer of the night was reserved for when Carter’s name was read out among the substitutes, days after revealing she had been subjected to racist abuse which left the entire squad shell-shocked. After darkness, light.
And after a tournament of unfathomable drama, England are on their way to Basel, 90 minutes from unprecedented glory.
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