The lowdown on UEFA Women's EURO 2025: Day 16 | OneFootball

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Richard Buxton·19 July 2025

The lowdown on UEFA Women's EURO 2025: Day 16

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The EURO 2025 semi-finals will be officially set on Saturday.

Here's what to expect from day 16 of the tournament.


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Before we get into today's action, what happened yesterday? ⏮️

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Spain went head-to-head with hosts Switzerland and it wasn't all plain sailing for the reigning world champions despite their eventual 2-0 victory in Bern.

Mariona Caldentey spurned an early first-half penalty before two goals in the space of five minutes saw Montse Tomé's book their place in the semi finals.

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Who is playing today? 👀

La Roja will discover who they will face in the tournament's last four as Germany do battle with fellow heavyweights France in a rematch of their 2022 semi-final.


Player to watch 🔎

Briefly, France looked set to lose their status as Group D leaders in their previous outing against the Netherlands after trailing 2-1 at the interval.

But Delphine Cascarino spared any embarrassment with a second-half showcase by setting up Marie-Antoinette Katoto before scoring two goals in her own right.

If the San Diego Wave forward can bring her A-game again, Les Bleues' hopes of a rare third major tournament semi-final appearance should become a formality.


Key storyline 🔑

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Germany swaggered their way to the final at EURO 2022 but things haven't really clicked into gear for the tournament's record champions this time around.

Not only did Christian Wück's side finish as Group C runners-up but suffered a hefty 4-1 reversal to Sweden, who leapfrogged them with the rout in Zürich.

Admittedly their problems have been compounded by the loss of Giulia Gwinn to a knee injury in their opening win over Poland, which has disrupted their setup.

But the Frauenteam's hopes of a tenth EUROs showpiece appearance still look ominous as they come up against one of the tournament's form sides.

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Must-watch video 🎥

Switzerland's homeland adventure may have ended but they went out with a bang.

A record-breaking 25,000 fans marched to their quarter-final clash with Spain.


Fun facts 📊

  1. France have only ever reached two major tournament semi-finals
  2. Germany's defeat to Sweden was their heaviest as a tournament since 1991

Our prediction 🔮

France 2-1 Germany


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