Sarina speaks language of a true winner

WIEGMAN’S ENGLISH IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE LIONESSES

- From Tom Victor in Zurich

SARINA WIEGMAN has yet to fully conquer English but she is determined to conquer the Spanish in Basel tomorrow.

Spain came out on top when the teams met in the 2023 World Cup final, and now the studious Lionesses coach has a chance to take the sweetest revenge.

Wiegman, who is Dutch, has sometimes struggled to get her head around uniquely English expressions.

After she reacted with bafflement to the phrase “the cat’s out of the bag” during the World Cup, her response to talk of a “subpar” display by England in the semifinal win against Italy on Tuesday was to say, “Oh, we're talking about golf now?”

But when it matters most, and when it comes to get the message across to her players, nothing has been lost in translation.