England will tackle reigning European champions the Netherlands and Belgium amongst three warm-up fixtures for Euro 2022.
Sarina Wiegman’s crew will play Belgium, ranked twentieth in the world, at Wolves’ Molineux residence on 16 June.
The Netherlands, who Wiegman led to Euro 2017 glory, would be the opposition at Leeds’ Elland Road on 24 June.
An abroad match towards an unconfirmed crew will observe earlier than the European Championships start on 6 July.
Hosts England will play the primary sport of the event towards Austria at Old Trafford that day.
“These matches towards Belgium and the Netherlands will likely be simply the problem we want in the final weeks of our work to be prepared for the Euros,” mentioned Wiegman.
“I hope we are able to proceed the progress now we have proven thus far and construct on the sturdy crew spirit and togetherness that we might want to have in the ultimate event.
“Of course enjoying the Netherlands, and seeing so many acquainted faces once more who [assistant coach] Arjan [Veurink] and I’ve labored with for a few years provides a particular contact to a sport towards good opposition.”
Wiegman and her crew will likely be based mostly at St George’s Park in Staffordshire for his or her preparations for the warm-up matches and their assembly with Austria.
England will play North Macedonia and Northern Ireland in qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup in April.
England have received all six of their Group D matches thus far, scoring 53 objectives with out reply.
They proved themselves towards the next high quality of opposition earlier this yr as they received the Arnold Clark Cup, which additionally included Germany, Canada and Spain.
England’s final two major-tournament campaigns – Euro 2017 and World Cup 2019 – each ended in semi-final defeats.
