The referee for the England vs Italy Women Euro 2025 semi final clash has been announced as 39-year-old Croatian Ivana Martincic. Lionesses fans will also remember her as the ref who was in charge of the 2025 Women’s Champions League final between Arsenal WFC and Barcelona in Lisbon earlier this year, which was won 1-0 by Arsenal to break their near two decade long European trophy drought.
England
xG England vs Finland 2024 Wembley Attendance 70,221 | Expected Goals Stats ENG 2-0 FIN
Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from England v Finland (official crowd attendance of 70,221 in the UNL at Wembley on 10 September, 2024). This game was also Harry Kane’s 100th England international game, and he marked it with a second half brace.
Finland had just two shots in the entire game (Pukki in the 12th minute and Keskinen in the 26th), and neither of the two were on target.
xG England 1.44-0.10 Finland shots map (Actual score ENG 2-0 FIN)
1-0 Harry Kane first goal vs Finland xG 0.07
2-0 Harry Kane second goal vs Finland xG 0.12
Lee Carsley’s first England squad 2024- What are the changes from Southgate’s Euro 2024 one?
New interim England manager Lee Carsley has announced his first Three Lions squad for their upcoming fixtures against Ireland and Finland. There are quite a few changes from England’s last squad- the Euro 2024 one by Gareth Southgate, which reached the finals of the Championships before losing to Spain.
Out from England Euro 2024 squad: Aaron Ramsdale, Kyle Walker, Luke Shaw, Jude Bellingham, Kieran Trippier, Lewis Dunk, Joe Gomez, Ivan Toney, Adam Wharton
Note- out includes retired/injured/not selected
New names/inclusions in Carsley squad not present in Euro roster: Nick Pope, Levi Colwill, Toni Livramento, Rico Lewis, Harry Maguire, Angel Gomes, Morgan Gibbs-White, Jack Grealish and Noni Madueke
First ever England call-ups for Gomes, Gibbs-White, Livramento and Madueke.