The defender was ill during her side’s agonising extra-time defeat in the last World Cup but believes they are better equipped to overcome their opponents this time
Heartbreak. Four years ago that is what the Lionesses felt in Canada when they lost to Japan in their World Cup semi-final. Except Lucy Bronze barely remembers the occasion because everything was “blurry”.
For the first time in her career Bronze was so ill in Edmonton she had to be substituted. For a player who embodies her middle name Tough, the idea of being too sick to play was inconceivable.
Written by Suzanne Wrack in Le Havre
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/16/lucy-bronze-england-japan-womens-world-cup under the title “Lucy Bronze hails a ‘more prepared’ England before showdown with Japan”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
