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Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers | Sky Bet Championship
Friday 22nd September, 2023 | KO 8pm | St. Andrew's Stadium
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BLUES WOMEN’S STARS SET FOR<br />
INTERNATIONAL ACTION!<br />
NINE OF BLUES WOMEN’S PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THEIR COUNTRIES<br />
FOR THE FIRST FIFA WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL BREAK OF THE 2023/24 SEASON.<br />
LOUISE QUINN<br />
CHOE YU-RI<br />
IVANA FUSO<br />
Louise Quinn, Lucy Quinn, Jamie Finn and<br />
Lily Agg have been called by the Republic of<br />
Ireland as they kick-off their UEFA Women’s<br />
Nations League campaign.<br />
The Girls in Green first take on Northern Ireland at<br />
the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 24 September, kick-off<br />
1pm, and then fly out to Budapest to play Hungary on<br />
Tuesday 27 September, kick-off 6.30pm.<br />
Both fixtures are part of the inaugural edition of the<br />
Nations League of which they are in League B, Group<br />
B1.<br />
Two of Darren Carter’s deadline day signings, Choe<br />
Yu-Ri and Ivana Fuso, have been named in their<br />
respective national team squads, South Korea and<br />
Brazil.<br />
Choe will be hoping to help her country to some<br />
silverware as they partake in the Asian Games in<br />
Hangzhou, China.<br />
Placed in Group E, they will face Myanmar on Friday<br />
22 September, kick-off 12.30pm, and three days later<br />
go up against the Philippines, with kick-off again<br />
scheduled for 12.30pm.<br />
Their final group stage match sees them play Hong<br />
Kong on Thursday 28 September, kick-off 12.30pm.<br />
The tournament then goes into the knockout stages,<br />
with the Gold Medal match taking place on Friday 6<br />
October.<br />
South Korea have finished third in the last three<br />
editions of the competition.<br />
Women’s club-record signing Fuso has been added<br />
to the Brazil squad for a training camp at their base in<br />
Granja Comari. She made her debut for the Selecao<br />
at the SheBelieves Cup in 2021, coming on as a<br />
substitute during a 4-1 victory over South American<br />
rivals Argentina.<br />
Defender Ellie Mason was called up to Tanya<br />
Oxtoby’s first Northern Ireland squad as they prepare<br />
for Nations League action.<br />
She will start by taking on four of her Blues<br />
teammates as they travel to Dublin to play versus<br />
Ireland, before returning to Belfast to host Albania on<br />
Tuesday 26 September, kick-off 7pm.<br />
Lucy Thomas will represent England Under-23s as<br />
they begin a new competition where they compete<br />
with fellow European nations in a league format across<br />
the 2023/24 season.<br />
The Young Lionesses first travel to Bryne, Norway,<br />
on Thursday 21 September, kick-off 5.30pm, before<br />
returning to welcome Belgium to the New Meadow,<br />
home of Shrewsbury Town, on Monday 25 September,<br />
kick-off 7pm.<br />
Also representing England, Lucy Jones has been<br />
selected for the Under-19s squad. They take on<br />
Denmark Under-19s and Germany Under-19s in two<br />
friendlies at St. George’s Park, the National Football<br />
Centre.<br />
Good luck, girls!<br />
All kick-off times are BST.<br />
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