ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — In a game of soccer or any sport, Wales always wants to beat England. At the Women’s European Championship on Sunday, Wales can eliminate the defending champion English just with a draw in the final round of Group D games. Group leader France plays the third-placed Netherlands at the same time.

The Lionesses, however, thought they had taken the lead inside 16 minutes at the Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich, only for Alessia Russo’s goal to be disallowed for a marginal offside ruling on Beth Mead. It was a decision England’s head coach described as a “huge surprise” — so what exactly happened, and why didn’t the goal stand?

Group D action at the UEFA Women's Euro tournament begins Saturday with two exciting matchups, the second one will feature a clash between France and England.

England's defence of their European title got off to a damaging start with defeat by France in their heavyweight group-stage clash in Zurich.

England's bid to retain their European crown began on the back foot, suffering a 2-1 loss to France in a heavyweight group-stage encounter in Zurich.Coming into the match, all eyes were on Sarina

Wales can prevent England from reaching the knockout stages should they take at least a draw from Sunday's final group stage fixture.

Sweden Tournament Leaders. In two UEFA Euro matches for Sweden, Kosovare Asllani has one goal (seventh in UEFA Euro play) with two assists. Stina Blackstenius has scored one goal