Soccer: England to take on Portugal in friendly before FIFA Women’s Word Cup
Australia and New Zealand for FIFA Women’s World Cup, England will host Portugal Saturday for a friendly match. After reaching Australia, the Lionesses will take on Canada in another friendly match before the kick-off of the tournament. Sarina Weigman’s team will its first match against Haiti in Brisbane on July 22.
England- Portugal friendly match will be broadcast on the free-to-air television channels in the UK on ITV1. Besides, ITV X will live stream the match on mobile devices, game consoles, and laptop computers. England are a depleted force now as uro 2022 stars Leah Williamson and Beth Mead are out with injury.
Jess Park has pulled out because of a shoulder injury. Millie Bright will be the captain, but she too is down with an injury and will skip the match against Portugal. It will be an important match for Georgia Stanway, who will get the 50th England cap.
All eyes will be also on Rachel Daley who will play in the world cup after a good WSL season for Aston Villa. England are the Euro Champion, but they are a little bit disappointed after their loss to Australia. FIFA Women’s World Cup will be kicked off on July with the 32-team format.
Both Australia and New Zealand bid for the tournament, and they were asked to host the world cup jointly. It will be a month-long tournament, to be played in ten stadiums in nine cities across the two countries. Australia will organize the games in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth while Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Hamilton will host games in New Zealand.
The 32 participating teams will be divided into eight groups of four teams. The top team of one group will take on the top second team of the other group. Next will be the knockout stage.
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