Ella Toone details key to England bouncing back from painful France loss
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’ve got to make sure that we recover well, learn from the game, but also take a lot of the positives that we have as well.” Sarina Wiegman’s side have collected just four points from their first three games and at the halfway stage, are five adrift of leaders France and level with Sweden, who have a marginally better goal difference. Asked if it was important to stay calm, Toone said: “Yes, it’s really important, but we’ve got a squad full of experience and we know what it’s like. “We’ve got to go again in a few days, so as a team, we’ve got to make sure that we switch our mindset, we recover really well and we learn from the game.” England, rated second in the world by FIFA, took a first-half lead through Beth Mead, but were pegged back by Elisa De Almeida’s sweet volley before Marie-Antoinette Katoto won it for third-ranked France with both goals stemming from corners. “We know they’ve got some big players who are really good in the air and we knew that we had to make sure that we were concentrated, and it’s really disappointing to concede two goals like that, so it’s not the best feeling right now.