Now it’s time to defend our trophy - Bright

England defender Millie Bright said "now it's clip to take sides our trophy" aft nan Lionesses qualified for Euro 2025.

Sarina Wiegman's broadside secured their spot successful adjacent year's tourney successful Switzerland pinch a goalless tie against Sweden successful Gothenburg.

It intends England extremity their qualifying run pinch 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 conclusion arsenic they vanished 2nd successful nan group, 1 constituent down leaders France.

The Lionesses knew they would gain nan chance to take sides their European crown if they managed to debar conclusion against Sweden, and, while it was a nervy display, Bright said "ultimately we sewage complete nan line".

"The qualifiers person been highly tough," she added. "We person been challenged successful much ways than one.

"We are highly proud. We showed our conflict and resilience. We cognize what it intends to suffice for this tourney and now it's clip to take sides our trophy."

Chelsea's Bright, who captained England to nan World Cup last past summer, missed much than 5 months of past play done wounded but looked backmost to her champion arsenic nan Lionesses put successful a coagulated protect show successful Sweden.

After nan full-time whistle, she said of her alleviation astatine securing automatic qualification and avoiding nan play-offs.

"It’s ever a alleviation erstwhile you've had a spot of a reliable clip and performances haven't gone our measurement astatine times.

"Now we person a small spot of clip disconnected and past it's clip to deed nan roadworthy running, put nan difficult activity successful and make judge that travel nan commencement of nan tourney we are successful nan spot we want to be.

"We person a bully chunk of clip to activity connected everything we want to activity on. It's not astir being fresh now, it's astir being fresh travel nan commencement of nan tournament."

England are 1 of 9 teams to person secured automatic qualification to Euro 2025, pinch nan remaining 7 spots to beryllium decided by nan play-offs.

Those games will beryllium played betwixt 23-29 October and 27 November – 3 December, pinch nan last tie for nan tourney taking spot connected 16 December.