Making sure you have access to international friendlies live streams is vital - here's how to watch games from across the world, no matter where you are
Ensuring you've got a reliable international friendlies live stream is of paramount importance, meaning you won't miss a second of the action from any nation across the world.
In between qualifying for major tournaments and the major tournaments themselves, each nation likes to use friendlies to bed new players into the team, get to grips with a new style of play, or simply gain some confidence under their incumbent manager.
Viaplay and Channel 4 currently hold the broadcasting rights for England and European teams, though there are alternative options elsewhere in the world to watch international friendlies.
How to watch international friendlies live streams
England's international friendlies will be shown on Channel 4, a free-to-air channel. The channel which broadcasts games involving other nations depends on who's playing, though European teams are generally available on Viaplay.
North Macedonia v Moldova, 2.30pm GMT, Viaplay Armenia v Kosovo, 4pm GMT, Viaplay Norway v Czech Republic, 5pm GMT, Viaplay Hungary v Turkey, 7.45pm GMT, Viaplay Netherlands v Scotland, 7.45pm GMT, Viaplay
Romania v Northern Ireland, 7.45pm GMT, Viaplay
Spain v Colombia, 8.30pm GMT, Viaplay
Saturday 23 March
Republic of Ireland v Belgium, 5pm GMT, Viaplay
Slovakia v Austria, 5pm GMT, Viaplay
Denmark v Switzerland, 7pm GMT, Viaplay
England v Brazil, 7pm GMT, Channel 4
France v Germany, 8pm GMT, Viaplay
Sunday 24 March
San Marino v St Kitts and Nevis, 7.45pm GMT, Viaplay Italy v Ecuador, 8pm GMT, Viaplay
Monday 25 March
Azerbaijan v Bulgaria, 4pm GMT, Viaplay Cyprus v Serbia, 5pm GMT, Viaplay Sweden v Albania, 6pm GMT, Viaplay
Tuesday 26 March
Latvia v Liechtenstein, 5pm GMT, Viaplay Lithuania v Gibraltar, 5pm GMT, Viaplay England v Belgium, 7.45pm GMT, Channel 4 Republic of Ireland v Switzerland, 7.45pm GMT, Viaplay Scotland v Northern Ireland, 7.45pm GMT, BBC Sport & Viaplay
VPN Guide
Use a VPN to watch international friendlies from outside your country
Use a VPN to watch international friendlies from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for some or all of the international break, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
But assistance is on hand. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is entirely encrypted – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there, including:
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Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.
