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So when Lucy Bronze was voted The Best FIFA Women’s Player in 2020, it demonstrated the degree to which she made the right-back role exciting. Renowned for explosive speed, attacking drive and increasingly for her aerial ability, Bronze has won five Champions Leagues with Lyon and Barcelona , as well as the European Championship with England on home soil in 2022. Having recently signed for Chelsea , her third stint in the WSL, this is her game, in her words.
A header vs Sweden in a 4-0 win, Euro 2022 I probably don’t need to tell you what goal this is . Yeah. Euros.
Corner. People actually took the mick out of me a little bit. They said, ‘Oh, it floated in’.
It bounced before it went in, it went through someone’s legs. You seem quite surprised that the ball goes in. It went through so many people.
It swung so far out, so it was hard to get any power on it because I was already running. It was like, ‘Just get it on target’. And just like, ‘If I get it back in the box, if I don’t score, someone else will.
’ Funnily enough, that’s what happened for Chloe Kelly’s goal in the final. Advertisement This seems like a typical move for England. Is it a training-ground routine with you lingering on the edge and coming in late? Yeah.
Millie (Bright) is a great threat for England because she’s so powerful and.