Five years ago, in the last European Championships in the Netherlands, all arenas had a capacity of over 10,000 spectators.

That is not the case now - despite the fact that interest in women's football is bubbling.

One of the arenas used is Manchester City Academy Stadium with a capacity of only 7000. The third match is played in Leigh and takes 12,000 spectators.

Lyons superstar Sara Björk Gunnarsdottir is upset.

"Shocking"

She says that her own family struggled to get tickets.

- I am disappointed with the arenas we have been given.

It's shocking - we play a tournament in England with several large arenas and we get to play at a training facility that takes around 5,000 spectators.

It's just embarrassing and it's not the respect we deserve.

They have not prepared for the fact that we can sell more than 4,000, says the 31-year-old with a past in Roserngård, to Their Pitch.

Victory is also critical

Sweden's team captain Caroline Seger is critical of Uefa.

- Should we now fully invest in a championship and give women's football the space needed - and where it has actually been shown that tickets sell out fairly quickly, then we must also get those arenas.

It is our dear friends from Uefa who have that job, and they have to rethink and do the right thing.

But it must be a lesson for them, says Seger to Fotbollskanalen.

Sweden plays a group stage match in Leigh (capacity of 12,000 spectators) and two group stage matches at Sheffield United's arena which seats 32,000 spectators.

The final arena Wembley takes 90,000 spectators and is sold out.