The defender said England’s resilience in the face of setbacks would stand them in good stead at Stadium Australia today.
Gallo Imagesland defender Lucy Bronze believes England’s experience in winning a major final at last year’s Uefa Women’s European Championships could be crucial in today’sBronze lost World Cup semi-finals with England in 2015 and 2019, but was a core member of the Lionesses team that beat Germany to win a first major title at the Euros last year.
“We’re going up against a team I personally know very well,” Bronze told reporters after the match in midweek. “We’ve been speaking to them throughout the tournament and even before the tournament started we had a joke, saying, ‘We’ll see you in the final,’ and that’s come true.” “Before the tournament, people had us down to get knocked out in the group or something, and now we’re in the final.”Moments after Spain’s dramatic 2-1 victory over Sweden in their semi-final on Tuesday, Spain’s star midfielder Aitana Bonmatí gasped: “It’s crazy, crazy,” and described the moment as an incredible feeling.Some of us are very lucky. We’ve won two Champions Leagues with Barcelona. We’ve played at Camp Nou many times. We have the record crowd – 90 000 people came to see us play.
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