Clara Mateo was involved in three goals as France closed in on the Women’s European Championship quarterfinal places with a 4-1 win over Wales.

France produced a dominant display to thrash Wales 4-1 and go top of Euro 2025 Group D on Wednesday, outclassing their opponents who scored their first goal at a major championship.

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The Wales team bus has been involved in a road traffic crash and its training session has been canceled at the stadium where it plays France at the Women’s European Championship on Wednesday.

11 hours after getting back to the Wales team hotel, Wales players Lois Joel and Ella Powell have their lie-ins curtailed to speak to the media at an eerily quiet training base in Weinfelden. The rest of the squad are back at the team hotel to recover from a 4-1 defeat to France in St Gallen.

Wales coach Rhian Wilkinson said her players were shaken but otherwise fine after their bus crashed on the way to Stadion St Gallen for training on Tuesday ahead of their Women's Euro 2025 match against France.

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Wales midfielder Charlie Estcourt says has “mixed emotions” following the 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in their opening game of Euro 2025