Once the Champions League final is done and dusted tomorrow, that’s pretty much it for big time domestic football.
Whoever’s holding the big-eared trophy on Saturday night will be celebrated on Sunday, but once Monday comes it’s all about World Cup build up again.
Not least because that’s when the proper World Cup warm up games begin.
On Monday 24th May we’ve got the following games to look forward to:
Australia v. New Zealand
Japan v. South Korea
Portugal v. Cape Verde Islands
Argentina v. Canada
England v. Mexico
Tickets are available for England v. Mexico at Wembley.
Not a bad way to begin the buildup eh? A couple of good local rivalries there, especially Australia vs New Zealand and Japan vs South Korea. Pride and local bragging rights are at stake in both of those games. England vs Mexico has plenty of potential, though part of me thinks England are playing Mexico in the mistaken belief that El Tri will be similar to the USA. Argentina vs Canada might be something of a mismatch (or not, we’ll see) but not as much as Portugal vs Cape Verde Islands. Really Portugal? Is that a good warm up? It’s true that both Cape Verde and Brazil used to be part of the Portuguese Empire, but in football terms I think the similarity ends there.
Those are the games for Monday, but from there the World Cup warm ups just keep coming. Literally every day of the week. Take a look at our complete schedule of pre-World Cup friendlies post to see who your team is playing, and when.
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