by This English victory had a very summer 2022. From the relapse when a confident Beth Mead found the right hectares of hectares, right down to Keira Walsh, which with ease beats the defense passes, right down to a sold crowd that enjoys the glow of sunny weather and creates a party atmosphere when it was played with entertaining, adjacent football, which was played by the European champions, delighted with a level of the World Cup with a level of Cohesion by The World Cup. The line -up also reminded of this success of 2022 euros, with seven of this homepage being key components of the team here who won the European title.
However, the years were even further back to Lucy Bronze because there was some very World Cup 2015 about the performance of the best player on the field.
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England’s apparently timeless right -back reminded everyone that at 33 she can still influence a game, just like she was in her early 20s at her first World Cup.
Whether overlapping met, lower rating or only the applause of the worshiped crowd, the full -back of Chelsea seemed to be in her element, which was normally expected by the fresher. England in Belgium defense as often as possible. For this purpose, she masterfully combined with Mead.
Bronze also demonstrated that their strength in the air not only achieved the opening goal and Lauren James’ Cross led home before he later fell towards a post at a corner to add Millie Bright. Bronze had achieved the same opposition on the same ground in February 2023, and this victory with five goals was England’s largest profit span on home floor since the same night, a 6-1 victory, against the same opposition on the Ashton Gate.
During a particularly lung bustle on the right flank, bronze left three Belgian defenders behind the night of her 130th cap and got the home fans in the adjacent Lansdown stand. Asked what her secret was to maintain its highest body almost 12 years after her international debut, bronze pointed out her affection for the invisible graft behind the scenes and their personal enthusiasm for some of the less appealing elements of recovery as a athlete.
“I love it, I do the things to do. I myself and Millie [Bright] I have always talked about doing the right things out of the field so that we can stay on the field, continue to fight and work hard, and I think they see this from two of us, two of the oldest players. I enjoy having polar baths and protein shakes and things like that.
“I love to push the players around me. I am excited every time I put on an England shirt, and yes, I think it’s the same of my first hat until tonight.”
The English head coach Sarina Wiegman also had a high praise for bronze: “She is an impressive personality and a very impressive player. She is also intelligent. She is one of the executives in our team. She has to be really aggressive in moments. I am happy that she is in good shape and is important for the team.”
This leadership element for Bronzes Allround game is something that you will be grateful in Switzerland at the 2027 World Cup, but it would only be for English fans to ask how long the five-time women’s champions league winner can continue at such an elite level. After all, the great Karen Carney withdrew shortly before her 32nd birthday and England’s record goal scorer Ellen White hung up her boots at the age of 33, as is now bronze. But this is clearly a player who has no intention to slow down soon, as she continues to demonstrate her most powerful characteristics: hunger.
Every reporter who was present in the media interview in the media interview after the final defeat of England in 2023 will remember Bronze’s answer when it was indicated that this might have been her last tournament. “I’m not going to retire,” she said bluntly and seemed completely disappointed and maybe even a little offended by the suggestion. And why should that be considered at all?
Perhaps it is perhaps a 43-year-old bronze who is dismantled at the 2035 Women’s World Cup on Thursday, the only bidder, in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom. Perhaps. But who knows? Bronze has been one of the most reliable actors in England for more than a decade and deserves to go on their own conditions at a time of their own choice. And when she plays well, England also plays well.
