It’s unclear if Arsenal’s Mead, Russo & Williamson will represent England Women tonight

When England Women played Germany in a friendly match last Friday, losing that game 3-4, Alessia Russo played 74 minutes of that game, Leah Williamson played 61 minutes of that game, and Beth Mead played 82 minutes of that game.

On Tuesday night England Lionesses will be back in action. The European Champions take on South Africa, and Gooners will be keen to see if their stars will once again feature for their national team. Sarina Wiegman, the head coach of the Lionesses, has hinted that she might rotate her team against the African Champions.

“I’m not going to tell you [who], but you will see changes. We want to try out things to see players, different connections, and also to manage the minutes too,” said Wiegman via BBC.

Other than preparing for next year’s Euros, which will take place in Switzerland, where they go as defending champs, Wiegman and her technical bench could be responding to criticism she faced about her team selection on Friday.

She needs to change the lineup she used last Friday; it’s unclear if Beth Mead, Alessia Russo, and Leah Williamson, who drew criticism for her performance, will play. However, given the significant match against Manchester United women this weekend, the Gunners could benefit greatly from a rest before the battle at Leigh Sports Village!

What are your thoughts Gooners?

Michelle M

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  1. well Michelle my main thought was a happy reaction, it was wonderful that Sarina included them in the South Africa match. each with lots and lots of minutes, especially as almost everyone else was changed … it gave them another chance to perform on the main stage of football against a team only ranked 50th … i watched as carefully as i could with hope in my heart for our great Arsenal trio and have the following thoughts ….

    MEADO is always potentially our best player and England s best forward in my book, since her ACL she doesn t ALWAYS get to show her full skills at her brilliant best … mind you there are flashes of that skill, i think she doesn t always get the ideal service, she s selfless and committed to the team, perhaps she doesn t always take the game by the scruff of the neck in the last few games…ppl say she plays best when she gets angry, i would say it s when she gets passionate, committed, fighting furiously for each ball, for each space and shot … that s what i would like to see more of in her game again…but i believe and hope it will be fully there again, sooner rather later

    RUSSO
    a wonderful person, (as noted from Stanway s pre match comments) and perhaps the hardest worker i ve ever seen, but when she was asked her objective she replied something like ”TO CREATE and score” … she needs imho to leave CREATING to others and focus on scoring, AND as WRIGHTY and others say, becoming more assertive in calling for the ball…if she expends all her energy running up and down the field she may not be at her maximum for scoring

    WILLIAMSON
    i was the happiest fan to see her first goal, that sets the standard, what she can do, but she needs to eliminate any errors from her game, there s no reason she can t do that… maximise the confidence she fully deserves to retain

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