Victory in Sunday’s Wembley final against either Germany or France will bring the Lionesses the first major trophy in their history. “That was a job we came here to do and now we’ve got ourselves in the best position to do that.” Now we’ve every chance of doing that.īIG. I think anyone I’ve spoken to before the tournament knows I was always focused on wanting to win the final. Substitute Alessia Russo, with a fantatsic back-heel effort, and Fran Kirby added further goals as England did an emphatic job of avoiding a fourth successive semi-final exit at a major tournament.īronze said: “For players like myself and Ellen (White) and Fran who’ve experienced a lot of semi-final defeats, it’s nice to get over those and get over the line and finally get ourselves in the final.
The roles were then reversed shortly after half-time as Bronze headed in Mead’s corner to make it 2-0. “I’m still happy to be contributing to the team, still playing good football, obviously getting an assist for Beth (Mead) and getting her up there to get the Golden Boot.” There are plenty of players who are having to play through pain in their career and I’m now one of them.īronze delivered the ball to Mead when she struck the opener in the 34th minute, her sixth goal of the tournament. The Lucy Bronze of a couple of years ago was ‘the best player in the world’! When put to her that it did not show on the pitch, Bronze said: “Everyone keeps saying that but I don’t feel like I did a couple of years ago. There are plenty of players who are having to play through pain in their career and I’m now one of them.”