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England announce send-off fixture against Portugal in Milton Keynes
England before the penalty shoot out during the Women’s Finalissima 2023 football match between England and Brazil at Wembley Stadium, London, England – Image by Pedro Soares / SPP
England have announced the news that they will face Portugal in an international friendly at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes next month.
FAWSL Full-Time were informed of the news via an official press release from The Football Association this afternoon.
England will face Portugal in Milton Keynes on Saturday 1 July with the fixture kicking-off at 3.15pm. The match will be the Lionesses’ final game on home soil before they travel out to Australia for the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Portugal are currently ranked in 21st position in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings. Like England, they have qualified for this summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Portugal will face The Netherlands, Vietnam and the United States in the group stage.
Speaking following this afternoon’s announcement, England head coach Sarina Wiegman said “I am 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 will 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.”
Tickets will go on-sale to England Football members this afternoon while the general sale window will open at midday on Monday. More information can be viewed by clicking here.
