England Women’s final game before the Women’s World Cup will take place on July 1st against Portugal at Stadium MK. The Lionesses will receive a huge send-off from their fans before they travel to Australia for the tournament that gets underway in late July. The game takes place only four days before England fly to the other side of the world to begin their training camp down under.
Team News
Sarina Wiegman, the England Women’s head coach, will be able to assess her World Cup squad ahead of the tournament in this game. Euro 2022 stars Beth Mead and Leah Williamson are both absent for this clash and the whole tournament after suffering ACL injuries.
England Women’s World Cup Squad
Goalkeepers: Mary Earps, Hannah Hampton, Ellie Roebuck
Defenders: Millie Bright, Lucy Bronze, Jess Carter, Niamh Charles, Alex Greenwood, Esme Morgan, Lotte Wubben-Moy
Midfielders: Laura Coombes, Jordan Nobbs, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Katie Zelem, Kiera Walsh
Strikers: Rachel Daly, Beth England, Lauren Hemp, Lauren James, Katie Robinson, Chloe Kelly, Alessia Russo
What has been said?
Wiegman stated that she is “really pleased to have a competitive game for our last home fixture. We had two big games in April against Brazil and Australia where we learned so much. This will be another challenging match against a team that have performed well and are going to their first World Cup. Portugal will also want to show they can be a threat to teams in Australia, and they have very technical players with good ability. For us, it will be important to come together again as a team after the end of the club season and feel the support of our fans. We’ll do our best to give them a good performance. It will only be three weeks until our opening World Cup game so it will be such an important moment in our preparation.”
TalkSPORT Coverage
TalkSPORT will provide live coverage of England’s Women’s World Cup send-off. Commentary will then come from Joe Shennan and Lucy Ward. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Conclusion
England Women’s final game before the Women’s World Cup will take place on July 1st against Portugal at Stadium MK. The Lionesses will receive a huge send-off from their fans before they travel to Australia for the tournament that gets underway in late July. The game takes place only four days before England fly to the other side of the world to begin their training camp down under. Sarina Wiegman, the England Women’s head coach, will be able to assess her World Cup squad ahead of the tournament in this game. TalkSPORT will provide live coverage of England’s Women’s World Cup send-off.