Sports quiz aficionados will doubtless soon be asked what Edmonton, Enschede, Lyon and Sheffield have in common?
The answer, obvious to all Lionesses fans, is that they hosted England’s four successive semi-finals in the past two World Cup and European Championship tournaments.
Thanks to the excellence of Fran Kirby, Mary Earps and Beth Mead in particular on Tuesday night Sheffield now ranks as the odd one out among that quartet. Yet despite the 4-0 win, the final part of England’s Euro 2022 journey towards Wembley seemed initially as hazard-laden as anything they have encountered since…
