It paid to be lucky rather than good for Lionesses in the Euros knockout rounds but scale of the task in Basel will be on another level

Lionesses beat Italy on Tuesday and will defend their title against Spain who beat Germany in Wednesday’s semi-final

Aitana Bonmatí scored in extra time to send Spain to their first-ever Women’s European Championship final with a 1-0 win over Germany on Wednesday, setting up a repeat of…