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The Guardian // Sport

Women’s Euro 2025: England fully fit to face Wales as eyes turn to Sweden v Germany – live

Saturday 12th July 2025, 4:26PM

All the latest news and reaction from SwitzerlandPlayer guide | Wallchart | Tables | Mail SarahDare mention Alessia Russo was a good pick for player of the match after her three assists against the Netherlands, without an afterword on Lauren James also being superb or highlighting the performances of Jess Carter or Hannah Hampton or any of the others in an all-around strong showing, and you will be accused of being influenced by PRusso.The not-so-witty merging of PR and the player’s name has become an insult online, used to denigrate anyone who suggests that Russo may be quite a good player. Your opinion cannot possibly be right; it’s Russo’s good PR team that has led you to believe that she is good. You have been influenced, you are a sheep, you have been blinded by the shiny Adidas adverts and the magazine cover shoots. Open your eyes, they scream into the online abyss, Russo is an average player, someone else was better, anyone else was better.Suzanne Wrack has written about how the online abuse of England’s lead striker has been exposed as specious by the selfless displays make Russo key to Lionesses’ success: Continue reading...

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