Lucy Bronze hails ‘exciting and fearless’ youngsters in England World Cup squad – Soccer News

Lucy Bronze says England have kids of their Girls’s World Cup squad which are “thrilling and fearless”.

The beginning line-up for Saturday’s 0-0 warm-up draw with Portugal at Stadium MK included Manchester Metropolis 22-year-old Esme Morgan in a central defence lacking common captain Leah Williamson, dominated out of the match by an ACL harm, and stand-in skipper Millie Vivid as she continues to construct her health.

There was additionally a begin in assault for Chelsea’s Lauren James, 21, whereas 20-year-old Brighton ahead Katie Robinson got here off the bench for the European champions within the second half.

Proper-back Bronze mentioned: “The youthful gamers who’re the least skilled, Robbo, LJ and Esme, I believed all of them did rather well.

“They grew into the sport. You don’t see the burden of expectation on their shoulders. You discuss Millie Vivid, Leah Williamson, and I believed Esme was excellent.

“They’re thrilling and so they don’t have concern. They slot in. They’re used to doing it within the league and so they do it for us now.”

James initially operated on the precise facet of a entrance three earlier than switching to a deeper central place when England boss Sarina Wiegman made adjustments on the interval.

On her link-up with James, Bronze mentioned: “LJ and I’ve a very good relationship off the pitch as effectively.

“She’s desperate to be taught. For a participant that’s so younger and proficient, folks overlook how a lot expectation there’s on her.

“As a result of I’m the skilled participant, she needs to get me within the recreation. I’m saying to her ‘you’re the winger, you’ve gotten it.’ It’s good that she needs to get me concerned. Give her house and she’s going to rating us a objective.

“She’s nonetheless studying when to be egocentric and when to not be and when to make the precise resolution. I’m simply there to assist her discover her method.”

This summer season’s version in Australia and New Zealand, which will get below method on July 20, shall be a 3rd World Cup for Bronze.

“Gamers look in direction of the older ones and I’m now one among them,” the 31-year Barcelona star, holder of greater than 100 caps, mentioned.

“I’m sort of laid-back and relaxed. They take a look at me and assume it’s going to be OK. If I used to be perhaps to get anxious they’d get frightened about it.

“We’ve got gamers like myself, Millie Vivid and Alex (Greenwood) who’ve been to World Cups and performed within the Euros, and we all know tips on how to take care of totally different pressures and adversities on and off the pitch. Possibly the much less skilled ones know from that that every little thing goes to be OK.”

Relating to the 2015 World Cup in Canada that noticed her rating twice and assist England end third, Bronze added: “I went into it as a younger participant, not anticipating to do a lot and I ended up taking part in each single recreation, scoring objectives and compelled myself into the highlight.

“Something can occur within the World Cup. We noticed that final 12 months with Chloe (Kelly) within the Euros, scoring the winner in a match that she performed only a few minutes in. There shall be loads of alternatives for folks to shine and have their moments.”

Following Saturday’s send-off recreation, England are set to depart the nation for Australia on Wednesday, and play one other warm-up towards Canada, behind closed doorways, on July 14 earlier than opening their World Cup marketing campaign eight days later towards Haiti in Brisbane.