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England ready to bring ‘the ultimate energy’ in US semi-final

Ahead of Tuesday evening’s clash, two of four players leading the tournament scoring charts with five goals each are from the US squad.

Ollie McAninch by Ollie McAninch
2019-07-02 11:03
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Millie Bright says England are ready to handle the United States’ “deadly” attack and bring “the ultimate energy” to their Women’s World Cup semi-final.

Ahead of Tuesday evening’s clash between the sides in Lyon, two of four players leading the tournament scoring charts with five goals each are from the US squad, in Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan.

Defender Bright – whose England team-mate Ellen White is also among the players on five goals – said of the defending champions and world number one-ranked side: “I think they’ve got many strengths.

“Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath and Alex Morgan – their front three are deadly. But we’re prepared for that, we’re ready for that. Our players have played against those players before and similar players, so it’s nothing that we haven’t dealt with before.

“I think it’s definitely going to be our biggest test in the tournament so far, but it’s one we’re definitely ready for.

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“I just think we’re going to bring the ultimate energy. We’re going to be 100 per cent going out there, win the physical battle and make sure we’re clinical.

Don’t mind us, we’re just dropping these photos of the stadium in Lyon into your timeline ?️??#FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/eNvfYeDp5h

— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 1, 2019

“I think that’s something we’ve done really well in the tournament so far – we’ve created a lot but also finished. So that’s something we’re going to go out there and try to do and I 100 per cent believe that we’re going to do it.

“No matter the opponent, we respect them – but as long as we deliver then it doesn’t matter what they bring to the game. We’re ready to deal with that both physically and mentally.”

The most recent match against the three-time world champions was a 2-2 draw in March at the SheBelieves Cup, the four-team US-hosted tournament that England won for the first time.

Bright, who missed that campaign as part of the management of her fitness, has no doubt England can take confidence from that game in Nashville, while also feeling “we’ve moved on from that performance, developed even more and become even stronger.”

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Massive thankyou to @davidbeckham & Harper for coming to show your support and cheering us on!! Pleasure to meet you Harper and hope you enjoyed the game?❤️ #Legend

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England are aiming to make their first Women’s World Cup final. They suffered defeat in the semi-finals of the 2015 competition and in the last four of Euro 2017.

Boss Phil Neville, who succeeded Mark Sampson in January 2018, has stressed the Lionesses will see it as “a failure” if they are beaten by the US, and that has been echoed by Bright.

The 25-year-old Chelsea player said: “We came here to win the World Cup and that’s still our aim, so obviously it would be disappointing and I think as players we would see that (losing the semi-final) as potentially a failure.

“Our mentality has been to win it, so anything less, we would be disappointed in ourselves.”

“For the last three months, I’ve wanted to forward-wind my life to this point.” ⏩#Lionesseshttps://t.co/cvEklY8ltQ

— Lionesses (@Lionesses) July 2, 2019

After the 3-0 quarter-final win against Norway last week, Neville spoke about England wanting to inspire and “have a name that people around the world would relate to”, adding: “They are ‘badass women’, that was our mantra.”

England forward Nikita Parris has been quoted by a number of national newspapers as saying when asked about that and what made them think they could be “badder” than the US: “Why shouldn’t we think we can be badder than them when we went to the SheBelieves and we won it?

“And we went toe-to-toe with them? We beat America in the past. We beat them 1-0 (in 2017).

“Why shouldn’t we think we can beat them? Why do we have to come to this tournament semi-final and think ‘oh, it’s America?’

Massive game tomorrow! Ready to put everything on the line ?? ?? #Lionesses pic.twitter.com/ekDI92Otkw

— Nikita Parris (@lilkeets) July 1, 2019

“Nobody fears America. Nobody fears (second-ranked) Germany. Nobody fears England (who are third in the rankings).

“They know that on the day, no matter who you are, if you perform and get the best out of each and every player on the field of play, you’ll win the game. I don’t fear America and I don’t think my team-mates do.”

Parris is set to play at her new home ground on Tuesday – this summer she left Manchester City and joined Lyon Feminin, who play some of their home matches at Groupama Stadium, the venue for both semis and the final.

England right-back Lucy Bronze has been with Lyon for the last two years.

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