The Debrief: Portuguese frustration for England
Football Daily
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🗓️ 22 February 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Are the Lionesses progressing enough ahead of their Euros title defence?
Katie Smith reflects on a frustrating night for England as they were held to a 1-1 draw in Portugal in their Nations League opener.
She's joined by former Lionesses goalkeeper Karen Bardsley and Aston Villa midfielder Lucy Staniforth to ask if Sarina Weigman's side are on the right track ahead of Euro 2025.
We also hear from the England head coach and defender Millie Bright.
There's also reaction to another bad night for Leicester, as they were thrashed 4-0 at home by Brentford.
TIMECODES 01:00 Analysis of Portugal 1-1 England 06:00 Millie Brighton on England needing to improve 15:30 Sarina Weigman interview 21:00 Leicester City 0-4 Brentford
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| 0:53.4 | So it finished Portugal won. |
| 1:09.1 | England won in the Women's Nation League, opening match for the European champions, who in 2025, in just a few months' time this summer in Switzerland, England's lionesses are hoping to defend that crown that they won in 2022. |
| 1:12.1 | And we're going to try and dissect that performance. |
| 1:15.6 | Went ahead early on with a goal from Alessia Russo, |
| 1:19.0 | but pegged back in the 75th minute by Kika Nazareth. |
| 1:21.2 | So it finishes Portugal one, England one, |
| 1:23.2 | alongside me to go through all of that. Our commentator Flo Pollock in Portugal |
| 1:25.4 | with former England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley |
| 1:27.5 | and Lucy Stanifth joins us as well, England and Aston-Phila midfielder. |
| 1:32.6 | Karen, you watch that game out in Portugal in miserly, dreary conditions and you've got to say |
| 1:40.5 | there's a little bit of kind of pathetic fallacy there from what England then showed us on the pitch in the second half particularly. |
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