‘It’s just really exciting’ – Wiegman speaks ahead of England’s reunion with Spain

‘It’s just really exciting’ – Wiegman speaks ahead of England’s reunion with Spain

England head coach Sarina Wiegman admits that she is excited to experience the Wembley buzz once again when her side take on Spain this evening.

The UEFA Women’s EURO champions take on the FIFA Women’s World Cup champions in a huge FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 qualification clash at the national stadium.

The game is just one of six in England’s qualification campaign but head coach Wiegman is looking forward to a special Wembley occasion.

“Of course, [I’m really excited], these are very competitive games,” Wiegman said when speaking in the pre-match press conference. “We are in the World Cup qualifiers, so that’s more than this game. You want to qualify for the World Cup but when you’re allowed to play at Wembley again, about 75,000 tickets sold, playing Spain in that atmosphere at home with the fans behind us, it’s just really exciting.”

Spain have promoted Under-23s boss Sonia Bermúdez into their senior head coach position since their UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 final loss to England last summer. Wiegman says that while the Lionesses face a different Spain team this evening, the fundamentals remain consistent.

She said “Of course, they have some different players but their DNA stays the same. They really want to have the ball, they play very dynamically and want to go forward, whether that’s in possession or out of possession. I don’t think that’s going to change because it’s totally in their system and in their DNA. Yes, there may be some little tweaks but in principle, it’ll be very similar.”

Tonight’s game sees the two qualification favourites go into battle but Wiegman says that the preparation is no different to when England face their other group opponents Iceland and Ukraine.

She said “There’s no difference, we approach it exactly the same. We have the game plan meetings to discuss their strengths and weaknesses then we look at how we want to play, exploit spaces that they leave and how we take their super-strengths out. We do that with every game, the only difference is that in February, we had a type-two window and we have a type-two window now, so we have had a couple more days to prepare.”

England’s FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 qualifier against Spain at Wembley kicks-off at 7pm.