Lionesses legacy is ‘priceless’published at 19:27 British Summer Time
The FA’s director of women’s football Sue Day speaking to BBC News: “What an incredible performance. I think it’s easy to forgot how difficult it is to reach major finals. This team has become so consistent, so good at doing it, so good at putting performances together, major final after major final after major final.
“They’ve won this Euros after winning the last Euros and that’s the most phenomenal achievement. Never been done before by a team in this country so we are so proud of them, that amazing bunch of women and so proud of the team of men and women behind them too.
“It’s years and years of planning and preparation and investment. It’s the team behind the team, developing the players, putting the right pathways in place, identifying players young, developing coaches. It’s a whole system that sits behind these amazing players that brings them to that culmination point when they make a major final.
“Sarina Wiegman has had the most amazing impact on the team and football in this country. The team has had the most amazing impact. We saw from the last Euros that participation in women and girls doubled to almost 2.5 million because of that Euros.
“What that’s telling girls is you can play football, there’s a place for you in football and we will see that again from this Euros and perhaps more powerfully so. It’s not just telling girls you can play football it’s telling them you can do anything you set your mind to and if that’s the legacy these Lionesses can leave, that’s pretty priceless.”
