• Phil Neville’s team triumph in first match between sides
Phil Neville said before this friendly that, for him, Lucy Bronze is the best player in the world. With the Lionesses never having played the Latin American side, this was the left-back’s chance to cross the last name off her list of dream opponents: Marta.
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Written by Suzanne Wrack at Meadow Lane
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