England women’s national team kickstart their defence of the European Championships title on Saturday night with a group stage opener against France.
Sarina Wiegman’s team created memories to inspire a generation when they hosted the Women’s Euros in 2022, blitzing their way to the Wembley Stadium final where they won their first-ever major honour by defeating Germany.
That has been followed by success in the Women’s Finalissima in 2023 vs Brazil, but also defeat to Spain in the 2023 Women’s FIFA World Cup final to Spain. Now the next silverware is in the Lionesses’ sights.
Again it is time for the Women’s Euros, hosted by Switzerland this time, and the tournament gets underway for England with a match against neighbours France.
“The team looks really good, I think we are ready, we had our last session this morning and everyone came through well,” Wiegman told reporters beforehand.
“I think we had some good weeks where we trained, we could do some tactics and I think we are very well prepared.
“You see the bonding. We have worked really, really hard and I definitely think we are ready to go tomorrow.”
The Lionesses come into the tournament placed fifth on FIFA’s world rankings, bettered only by Spain and Germany from Europe.
And with that, football.london provides all of the necessary details to be able to watch the action unfold.
What time does France vs England women kick-off?
The game is scheduled for a 8pm start at Stadion Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday, July 5.
Is France vs England women being shown live on TV?
Free-to-air broadcaster ITV will show a portion of the Women’s Euros in UK and they will be broadcasting the Lionesses’ first match live on ITV1 on Saturday night. The programme will begin at 7pm, an hour before kick-off.
ITV1 can be accessed through Freeview, Sky TV, Virgin Media and EE TV.
The match will also be available for live streaming via ITV’s on-demand service, ITVX, through both desktop and mobile devices for free too.
Throughout the tournament ITV’s detailed coverage will be led by presenters led by Laura Woods and Seema Jaswal. Joining them as pundits will be Karen Carney, Emma Hayes, Vicky Losada, Laura Georges, Jayne Ludlow, Eni Aluko and Caroline Weir.
Elsewhere, the game is also being shown on TF1 in France and while RAI and Das Erste have the rights to the action in Italy and Germany respectively.
The match is also being broadcast through NP01 in the Netherlands, plus RTP1 and RTP2 in Portugal.
Where can I catch France vs England highlights?
You’ll be able to view match highlights shortly after the game on ITV Sport’s YouTube channel.
