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Rachel Brown-Finnis expects England changes for Women's Euro 2017 game with Portugal

England head coach Mark Sampson
Image: Rachel Brown-Finnis expects Mark Sampson (pictured) to rotate his England squad

Former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis expects Mark Sampson to ring the changes for the Lionesses' final Euro 2017 Group D game.

Fran Kirby and Jodie Taylor fired England to victory against Spain on Sunday night, keeping them top of Group D following last week's thumping of Scotland in their tournament opener.

With qualification for the quarter-finals all but assured, 82-cap former international Brown-Finnis expects England head coach Sampson to rotate his squad for Thursday night's clash with Portugal in Tilburg.

She told Tuesday's Sportswomen show on Sky Sports News: "I think going into the tournament he's talked about ticking off games and I think his plan for this third game against Portugal was to make maybe even wholesale changes.

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"He's very much about utilising his whole squad. He has trust in every single player in his squad so I expect a lot of changes for this last game."

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