Keira Walsh and Lucy Bronze are looking forward to facing their Barcelona teammates in the World Cup final and have been messaging throughout the World Cup
and their Barcelona teammates have been messaging each other throughout the World Cup. The running joke? “We’ll see you in the final.” The draw and results have delivered the punchline: a mouthwatering tie between the European champions England and a technically gifted Spain.
Spain offer a challenge England have yet to come up against in this World Cup, being a team who like to hog possession as the Lionesses do. England were forced to come from behindin the quarter-finals of the Euros last year on the way to a first major trophy. It is a “massive” test, said Walsh. “They are a great team,” the midfielder said. “They have got some world-class players, but again we are looking forward to it.
The strength of that group is where Sunday’s game could be won or lost. England are a together group; you can feel it in the air, hear it in the way they talk. “The strength of this team is we stick together, we’ve got an incredibly tight bond, we’ve got a tight-knit team,” Bronze said. “last gave us a huge amount of confidence, but we’ve suffered a few losses this year in terms of big players, a lot of noise on the outside, and it’s just pushed us closer together.
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