Such is the way with Champions League finals of the last decade: you can come up with the perfect plan, create chances and control the great players on the opposition side and then, when the crunch comes, Real Madrid win it anyway.
The Women’s Euro 2025 qualification period to determine the 15 teams who will join hosts Switzerland at next year’s tournament is under way.
Fulham have made Emile Smith Rowe one of their summer transfer priorities and are ready to bid for the Arsenal midfielder early in the window.