Friday, 04 March 2016 16:19

Euro 2016: England confirm Turkey and Portugal warm-ups

Written by 
England will play summer friendlies against Turkey and Portugal as part of their preparations for Euro 2016.
Manchester City
Etihad Stadium will host England's first home game away from Wembley since February 2007

England will play summer friendlies against Turkey and Portugal as part of their preparations for Euro 2016.

Roy Hodgson's men will meet Turkey at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on Sunday, 22 May, before facing Portugal at Wembley on Thursday, 2 June.

It has also been announced the game against Australia will be played in Sunderland on Friday, 27 May.

"I'm happy we have secured three challenging opponents," said Hodgson, who requested games away from Wembley.

The Turkey game will take place the day after the FA Cup final, while the Australia match is a day before the Champions League final.

Turkey and Portugal have both qualified for Euro 2016, which begins on 10 June.

England have been drawn alongside Wales, Russia and Slovakia for the tournament in France.

Uefa rules previously allowed teams to play only one other Euro 2016 participant in the month before the tournament, and none from the same group.

However, new regulations state two friendly matches can take place against other qualifiers, provided they are not in the same group.

Read 7 times Last modified on Friday, 04 March 2016 16:19
Login to post comments

About us

LiveMidia - See how Latest News and Best Live Coverage of Brazil and the World, Sports, Entertainment , Life and Style , politics , columnists , videos , downloads and MUCH MORE.

Last posts

Newsletter

Quas mattis tenetur illo suscipit, eleifend praesentium impedit!