Phil Neville has chance to build upon impressive start to life as England manager
Neville takes charge of his second game at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, aiming to build on the thumping 4-1 victory over France on Thursday
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Your support makes all the difference.Phil Neville has the chance to turn an impressive start to life as England Women manager into a stunning one when his side face Germany in their second match of the SheBelieves Cup on Sunday.
Neville takes charge of his second game at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, aiming to build on the thumping 4-1 victory over France on Thursday.
Germany went down 1-0 to world champions the United States in their opening match of the four-team tournament and, although a quarter-final exit at last summer's European Championships suggests they are not the force they once were in the women's game, they are still ranked second in the world.
Neville's side produced a devastating first-half display against the French, leading 3-0 at the break through goals from Toni Duggan, Jill Scott and Jodie Taylor before Fran Kirby, whom the manager singled out for special praise after the game, added the fourth.
And Neville wants no let-up from his side.
"The message to them at the end was that there are two big games to come, two massive tests to come," the 41-year-old, whose team follow the match against Germany by facing the USA three days later, said on the FA’s website.
Sunday's game is a repeat of the third-place play-off at the 2015 World Cup which England won 1-0 after extra-time.
The Germans have had a disrupted build-up to this match, with their scheduled flight from Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday delayed until the following day due to stormy weather in New York.
And they have also taken note of England's opening win, with goalkeeper Almuth Schult describing the emphatic nature of the result as a "surprise".
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