They showed that against Spain in the quarter-final, when substitutes Ella Toone and Alessia Russo combined to equalise, before Georgia Stanway fired in a superb winner in extra time as they won 2-1.
With her team trailing 1-0, Wiegman took off the England women’s team’s record scorer, Ellen White, and the tournament’s top scorer, Beth Mead, brought on two players with fewer than 30 England caps between them and pushed centre-back Millie Bright up front. It was the sort of move that might have raised eyebrows.
But Wiegman’s plans work. And even when things have not gone to plan, fortune has favoured England.
When the manager tested positive for Covid-19 and was out of action for five days, she only missed one game and that was a dead rubber against Northern Ireland with England having already qualified for the knockout stages as group winners.
So far, there have been no major injuries either, while other nations have lost key players – Spain’s Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas was ruled out on the eve of the tournament, Northern Ireland’s Simone Magill suffered a serious knee injury and Netherlands forward Lieke Martens suffered a foot problem.
So often at major tournaments, the question has been: ‘When will England crumble under the pressure?’ But the Lionesses do not seem fazed, mirroring the calmness their manager has instilled.
In 2021, the men reached a first major tournament final in 55 years – and the feeling of finally overcoming a monumental hurdle was tangible at St George’s Park.
Now the women will aim to do likewise – and want to go one better this year by winning the Euros.
Of course England’s semi-final with Sweden could end in defeat. The wait for a major trophy could extend to another year.
But in Wiegman, Lionesses fans have a manager they trust and there is no doubt this time there is a belief they are capable of winning.