‘Many people said England would flop’: Lucy Bronze is assured the Lionesses can progress to the World Cup closing regardless of the semi-final curse

Lucy Bronze says England have the struggle and the expertise to make it to the World Cup closing after overcoming their hoodoo within the semi-finals ultimately summer season’s European Championship.

The Lionesses had misplaced three semi-finals in a row – together with the 2015 and 2019 World Cups – earlier than beating Sweden 4-0 at Euro 2022.

England beat Colombia 2-1 to arrange a semi-final with Australia and Bronze, who’ve performed within the final two World Cups, are assured the Lionesses can use their previous expertise to progress to the ultimate .

“We got over that hurdle at the European Championships last year and finally made it to the final and got past the dreaded semi-final defeat, so we’ve got that covered,” mentioned Bronze.

“If we hadn’t made it to the semi-finals, I’d have mentioned we underperformed.

“Lots of people mentioned England was the group that was going to flop a bit.

“Our efficiency was not our greatest, admittedly, however the outcomes are there and we’ve got the semi-finals, which this English group is thought for.

“It (this event) jogs my memory a number of 2015, the place I needed to struggle in each match.

“I believe the distinction with this group is: we’ve gained trophies, we’ve gained tournaments, so we all know what to do. We knew once we began the event that it wasn’t going to be simple.

“There was a number of exterior noise about whether or not England might deal with every thing that has been thrown at us thus far and the semi-final is what is predicted of us because the England group.

A peak viewers of seven.2 million tuned in to look at England’s quarter-final on ITV, whereas the BBC will present the semi-final in opposition to Australia on Wednesday.