Sarina Wiegman praised the icon of England Lucy Bronze after she intensified to help drag the lionesses to the semi-finals of Euro 2025 women on Thursday.
England followed two goals and seemed to be out of the tournament with 11 minutes to play before bronze divided the deficit by returning home Chloe Kelly.
And after Michelle Agyemang fired the Levelleur, Bronze intensified to break what turned out to be the winning penalty of a hectic shooting won 3-2 by England.
“Lucy Bronze is only one kind. The boss of England Wiegman told journalists.
“But what she does, and her mentality … And this penalty, the goal too, far, she obtains it in the net. But that is not what defines it, what defines it is this resilience, this fight. I think that the only way to get it out is in a wheelchair.”
Dogged Chelsea Star Bronze, 33, was a key element in the rise of England to reign the champions of Europe and the finalists of the World Cup, and recorded his own leg after having undergone a late injury in additional time, before tearing it to kick.
“I just felt a little tight at the end of the game and I thought I just have to pass to make sure I can continue,” Bronze told journalists.
“But I thought it was going to bother me in a penalty. So, yes, I did not expect it to have gone to the sixth penalty, so I did not remove it and then it was my penalty. I thought I had to remove this so that I could absolutely slap it.”
Italy is held in the way of England to reach the final later this month after a victory which for long periods of the match, and even during the shooting, seemed almost impossible.
“It was not beautiful football, but I think what I was trying to get yesterday is that we had to go out and win in a different way”, “ Adding bronze.
“Tonight, that was what, with me and my mother, we used to talk about good England. It was not beautiful, but it made us pass.”
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