Toone: ‘We’ve probably given fans heart attacks’

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England midfielder Ella Toone says the Lionesses are determined to keep fighting as they prepare for Sunday’s Euro 2025 final against Spain. Reflecting on two dramatic comeback wins, Toone said: “It’s mad... we’ve probably given the fans at home heart attacks, but we’ve never given up.”  Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00To make three consecutive finals for England is something that we can all be so proud of,

00:04the country can be proud of. Yeah, it feels amazing. We're all really looking forward to it

00:11already. As soon as one game finishes, we're already looking to the next. But yeah, for me,

00:17I'm really excited. I want to go out onto the pitch and give everything for England and for the team

00:23and for the fans watching. And yeah, hopefully we can put on a good performance. I mean,

00:28I'm not all for the drama, but we've definitely made it dramatic this tournament. And yeah,

00:33sometimes football is not always the way you want it to be. And it would be lovely to win in 90 minutes.

00:38But, you know, teams who we're playing against have been really tough. And yeah, we've fought right

00:43until the very end, even when it's gone to penalties, even when it's gone 120 minutes,

00:47we've never given up. And yeah, we like to add that little bit of drama. I know that the fans at home,

00:52we've probably given them a heart attack and everyone in the stadium. But yeah, you can just,

00:56you can see the fight from the team that no matter what, we want to get the win,

01:00whatever game we're playing. You want to come into a tournament and you want to put on performances,

01:05you want to, you know, you want to make the nation proud, you want to inspire the next generation.

01:10And those are our goals for the tournament. And we've got all this way. We want to go out into

01:15the game and, you know, give it everything. No one wants to lose a football match, especially a final.

01:21So yeah, like I say, we'll, we'll do everything we can to put on a performance. We'll fight,

01:26we'll believe in ourselves and we'll have that togetherness like we always do to hopefully get over

01:31the line.

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