Arsenal Women’s Beth Mead, Alessia Russo & Lotte Wubben-Moy are currently on international duty with the Lionesses, playing friendlies in Spain. Arsenal’s Leah Williamson withdrew from the Lionesses squad due to a slight injury. This evening’s Lioness captain will be Keira Walsh.
Sarina Wiegman’s starting XI is detailed below, but the fact that Beth Mead is on the bench is a bit of a shocker!
Your #Lionesses to take on Italy! 🙌
🧤 Mary Earps between the sticks
✨ A start for @keira_walsh
💪 @lottewubbenmoy at the back pic.twitter.com/o1Xp5A5VwH— Lionesses (@Lionesses) February 27, 2024
Arsenal’s Mead & Russo both started against Austria, while Wubben-Moy came on at half-time. The Lionesses won the game 7-2, with Mead scoring 2 goals & Russo scoring 2 goals and an assist. Russo & Wubben-Moy both start today but Mead may be subbed on through the game.
Fans in the UK can watch live on ITV4.
Are you ready for this match Gooners?
Go Lionesses!
Michelle M
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I get very sad when a player like Beth is kept on the bench, to my mind she s the best player England have, by far …. if she had been called into the England team before her return i think we would have been in the Olympics, ppl were saying we didn t need her to beat Belgium, what an error that was ! anyway one good thing is that she hopefully will be well rested for our home game against Spurs on Sunday