Goals from Sam Kerr and Charlotte Grant either side of half-time were enough to down the Lionesses 2-0 at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium.
The loss is a blow to Wiegman’s side, with it coming less than a week after England’s dramatic shoot-out win against South American champions Brazil in the inaugural Finalissima.
It is also far from ideal preparation for the 2023 World Cup – co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand – which takes place in less than 100 days, and Weigman admits the Lionesses will have to up their game to mount a serious challenge for the trophy.
Wiegman told reporters after the match: “I’m not worried. I don’t worry very quickly. We know we have to be at our top level and that’s when we go into the World Cup too. Every game we get some warnings – against Brazil we got some warnings in the Finalissima.
We know where we want to go to and what we have to do. I don’t think we’re losing momentum, I think it’s building. There’s 100 days to go and everyone’s really excited to go to Australia and this is just a very big learning moment for us that we need to get to a higher level to win these games.”
