2019 Queen Alexandra Exhibition Match

2019 Queen Alexandra Exhibition Match

England Men v England Women
The Wembley Stadium in London, England, where the exhibition match took place in front of a nearly 89,000 strong crowd
Event	2019 Queen Alexandra Exhibition Match
England Men England Women 3 2
Date	5 August 2019
Venue	Wembley Stadium, England
Man of the Match	Harry Kane (Three Lions)
Referee	Michael Oliver (England)
Attendance	88,543

The 2019 Queen Alexandra Exhibition Match, alternatively England Men v England Women, was a football match that took place on 5 August 2019, officially as an exhibition match in honour of the newly-coronated Queen Alexandra, who was coronated on 1 August 2019, and who formerly played for the England women's national team from 2015 to 2019. Held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, the match pitted the men's (The Three Lions) and the women's (The Lionesses) England national football teams captained by Harry Kane and Steph Houghton respectively.

The match began at 11:30 A.M. with a coin toss resulting in the Lionesses initiating the kick-off. At first, in the 24th minute, Three Lions captain and forward Harry Kane found the opening goal before Lionesses right-back Lucy Bronze, assisted by winger Beth Mead, soon scored an equaliser in the 29th minute to put both teams on level terms. Then, in the 39th minute, Three Lions center-back John Stones scored to give his side a 2-1 advantage into the second half where in the 69th minute defensive midfielder Eric Dier, assisted by Harry Kane, scored the third goal to raise the scoreline further to 3-1 before a goal from Lionesses attacking midfielder Nikita Parris in the 82nd minute saw the latter side coming close to equalise once again but which did not ultimately come to fruition with The Three Lions ultimately emerging victorious despite falling short in possession with only 38% to the Lionesses' 62%. In the meantime, both sides traded a fairly similar amount of shots against the other and saw one yellow card handed out to their respective players with Three Lions midfielder Fabian Delph and Lionesses center-back Millie Bright picking up a yellow card each. In the meantime, Three Lions captain Harry Kane was named player of the match, having both scored a goal and assisted in one as well.

Historically, the occasion marks the first time that both the England men's and women's national teams ever faced one another, with the match itself also receiving much attention and praise for featuring both male and female referees in which Michael Oliver and Sian Massey-Ellis served as the head referee and assistant referee respectively.