The 54-year-old football manager and former player - who has been the manager of the England women's national team since September 2021 - is confident that the Lionesses will perform well at the match when it comes about on Friday (25.10.24) night.

Speaking at a press conference at St George’s Park, she explained: "It’s a totally different Germany team and we are a different team because we’ve moved on too. It is the start of [preparing for] the next Euros next summer. We just know where we want to get to in July. The first start of that is tomorrow evening.."

The match marks the first time that the England women's team has gone head-to-head with their German rivals since they claimed victory for their home country in 2022.

The game is expected to draw a crowd of 50,000, which is a considerable drop from the some 9=80,000-plus who attended the game two years ago.

But the football boss doesn't see that as a "negative" at all and is looking at the whole thing in an optimistic light instead.

She said: "I don't see it as a negative. It’s really positive that over the next two windows we play at Wembley twice, with over 100,000 fans coming to the stadium. Yes, of course, Wembley can have more people there. But we’re thinking big."

Meanwhile, England captain Leah Williamson is just looking forward to being in a "different environment and that things have all come about at the "right time" for her.

She said: "I’m happy to be here in a different environment. I think sometimes that comes at the right time."