England open their European Championship campaign in 500 daysEngland women will open the 2021 European Championship on home soil at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium on 7 July. The match at Old Trafford has the potential to break the 41,301 attendance record in the competition, which came in Germany's 1-0 victory over Norway in the 2013 final in Sweden. Now we're thinking Old Trafford for the first game of the Euros," said Neville. You get there and all the players are looking up and you realise the effect Old Trafford has, the theatre and history of the club. "There is a genuine excitement for them to get to a venue and Old Trafford will be one of those that they will be thinking now will be special."

Source: BBC February 23, 2020 00:00 UTC