贝丝·米德 (Beth Mead) 认为英格兰队在周五晚上在圣詹姆斯公园输给法国队的比赛中踢出了最好的足球，尽管 以 2-1 落败.米德在半小时内为母狮队赢得了领先优势，但客队中场休息时双方通过定位球得分，全取三分。主队在最后 20 分钟力图扳平比分，而他们的前锋认为他们很不幸在比赛中一无所获。

She told ITV: "We're disappointed and frustrated. I actually thought we were the better team, created more chances and the keeper made a really good save in the first half."It was a tough game and there was a lot of quality on show but small margins won them the game today."Goalkeeper Mary Earps hobbled out of the game early and despite Mead's opener, England seemed to struggle for tempo in the early stages.And the Arsenal star knows they will need to be even sharper if they are to get a result from Tuesday's reverse fixture in Saint-Etienne.

She said: "You don't want to lose your number one like that but Hannah [Hampton] came on, made an amazing save and was amazing with her feet."We need to get our rhythm in the game earlier and then we set ourselves up to play and perform better over 90 minutes."The reception here was amazing, the atmosphere was great through the game. It's just a shame the goal couldn't win us the game. We've got to get straight to recovery analyse the game."We've got to not give away set-pieces and stop conceding from them. We need to rectify that and change it for Tuesday."

Captain Leah Williamson agreed that set-pieces must be an area of focus over the next four days.She said: "We're really disappointed because the game was there to be won. It was a fantastic occasion. Two set-pieces, second balls, not good enough. I think we played well but two set-pieces have killed us.

"There's an element of luck to these things but first and second contact we need to be better and we will be better on Tuesday."We need to be ruthless and put the ball in the back of the net. That's a must-win game now so we need to bring the energy, stay tight and put them under pressure."