Lionesses have it all to do in Sunday’s final but Germany’s organised offering may have shown how to go about itDeep down, England always knew it would come to this. They woke on Thursday with their assignment crystal clear: outwit a seemingly invincible Spain if they are to cement their place in history and retain the European Championship title on Sunday.A thankless task? It has been billed that way but there were elements of encouragement during a sapping, knife-edge semi-final in Zurich that Spain could easily have lost. For the first time this summer they were taken to the wire and the thought occurred that, if a weakened Germany could run them to within an Aitana Bonmatí masterstroke of the full distance, the Lionesses’ haphazard winning machine stands a fighting chance of curtailing the favourites’ party. Continue reading...