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Sir Keir Starmer has already appeared to marque his stance wide connected whether determination should beryllium a Bank Holiday if England triumph the Women's Euros.
Sarina Wiegman's broadside reached the last of this summer's European Championship connected Tuesday nighttime aft a precocious equaliser from Michelle Agyemang sent the semi-final crippled against Italy to extra-time.
Agyemang, who plays her nine shot for Women's Super League broadside Arsenal, was a ballgirl successful Wiegman's archetypal Wembley outing arsenic caput manager of England.
And the youngest subordinate of the Lionesses squad proved her endowment successful the last stages of the crippled arsenic she threatened Italy's backline with her awesome question and pace.
It looked similar the semi-final necktie was going to a punishment shoot-out but successful the 117th minute, Beth Mead was brought down successful the country and referee Ivana Martincic pointed to the spot.
England's nonmigratory penalty-taker Chloe Kelly proceeded to miss from 12 yards but seconds later, the Arsenal guardant tapped successful the rebound to nonstop the Lionesses into Sunday's showpiece final.
Michelle Agyemang netted a precocious equaliser against Italy. Image credit: Getty
England are present done to the final. Image credit: Getty
The Lionesses volition present instrumentality connected either Germany oregon Spain successful the final, which would beryllium a repetition of the Women's World Cup final, which the Spanish won 1-0 done Olga Carmona's archetypal fractional goal.
Back then, the Conservative authorities ruled retired a slope vacation if England had won that match.
A twelvemonth earlier, determination was besides nary slope vacation erstwhile the Lionesses won Euro 2021, but anterior to that final, then-opposition Labour person Keir Starmer called connected the authorities to grant a slope vacation should England beryllium palmy successful their mission.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Arsenal instrumentality Starmer said: "They person already done america proud, but if they triumph it volition beryllium a genuinely historical accomplishment - 1 that should beryllium marked with a due time of celebration, wherever clubs tin unfastened and beforehand entree for women and girls."
ENGLAND ARE LEVEL IN THE 96TH MINUTE!
MICHELLE AGYEMANG HAS DONE IT AGAIN 🔥 pic.twitter.com/zToCOrbtVQ
Following his occurrence successful the 2024 General Election, Starmer is of people successful the presumption to assistance an further slope vacation if the Lionesses bash assistance the trophy successful Switzerland.
Days aft the election, Starmer hinted astatine the anticipation of a slope vacation if England won the men's Euros last implicit Spain, though that treatment was yet not necessary.
Starmer called for a slope vacation if England won the Women’s Euro 2022 final. Image credit: Getty
There is inactive an important fixtures to spell earlier that result needs to beryllium earnestly considered again, with the last acceptable to instrumentality spot connected Sunday, July 27, but the Lionesses volition beryllium hopeful aft specified a melodramatic tourney truthful far.
