“It was inevitable,” England ahead Beth Mead sighs.
“When the [Euros] draw was made, we each sat there and mentioned ‘after all that is occurred!'”
She is speaking about her girlfriend Vivianne Miedema, the Netherlands and Manchester City striker, and the very fact the Lionesses have been drawn towards the Dutch in group D on the European Championship in Switzerland.
The event kicks off on Wednesday and the couple are set to face one another in Zurich on 9 July, with the match proven dwell on the BBC.
“We’re each very, very aggressive {and professional}. We’re each excited for the event and to have the ability to play in it once more,” Arsenal ahead Mead added.
The couple, who’ve been in a relationship since 2022, have every loved Euros success, with Miedema profitable it in 2017 and Mead 5 years later.
They each missed the 2023 World Cup after struggling anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) accidents inside a month of one another on the finish of 2022.
Each have battled again to full health for Euro 2025. They recurrently talk with each other however soccer chat is strictly restricted.
“We maintain in touch however when it will get nearer to our video games, we do not speak soccer in any respect,” Mead provides.
“Clearly we wish one another to do nicely however not towards one another!”
One topic they do speak rather a lot about is their canine Myle, whom they welcomed into their household after they had been recovering from their ACL accidents.
Mead has been lucky as Myle (pronounced My-lee) was allowed to stick with her throughout England’s preparations at St George’s Park.
“She’s like our little mini-mascot,” Mead mentioned of Myle, a working cocker spaniel.
“The women and employees love her. It has been nice to have her right here.”