The Lionesses begin the defence of their title with their opening group game against France in Zurich on Saturday (05.07.25) and the coach says her team have "protocols" in place to deal with the scorching temperatures.

Wiegman said: "Of course we have protocols in place, strategies, which players who have been around longer are familiar with that because they've played in circumstances like this - for other players, they get to for the first time.

"We could already practice it in the first week of our training camp because in England it was really hot too, so we have these cold vests, we have [an] ice box, ice drinks they can drink before training session they could also cool down a bit, get your temperature a little bit lower with [drinks like] Slush Puppies.

"We have ice cold towels at the rest moment in the training sessions; they get the towels if they want to. So we make sure we are hydrated. Take another rest and do those things to keep your body temperature low."

The coach says the hot conditions will not change how she approaches the game against France and she will judge any decisions on changes based on player impact and exhaustion as she typically does.

Wiegman said: "What we do now is get prepared for Saturday, for France and we're going to do everything to win that game, when we sub we do it because it's necessary to change the game or to sub someone who gave everything that needs to go out.

"I will not think of managing the heat at that point - after that game, we recover and then we come together as a team with the medical and technical staff and look at how does everyone come out of this game. Then we move forward to the next game against the Netherlands."