Bronze sets gold standard as England power into semi-finals
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Phil Neville said post-match that Lucy Bronze "has got to win the Ballon d'Or" after her man-of-the-match performance against Norway to send England into the semi-finals.
Bronze set up England's first goal and sealed the 3-0 victory with a stunning strike from range, but does she deserve to be recognised as the best women's player in the world?
Natalie Sawyer is joined on the podcast by the West Ham United and former England defender Claire Rafferty, plus The Times and Sunday Times journalists Molly Hudson and Rebecca Myers from Le Havre to discuss Bronze's standing in the game and England's best performance of the tournament so far.
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| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to the game World Cup podcast from The Times. |
| 0:36.1 | I'm Natalie Sawyer. |
| 0:37.8 | Who were the best performers at Glastonbury last night? |
| 0:40.4 | The England Women's Football football team of course. |
| 0:43.0 | Whether it was festival goers, the nation's teleaddics or even David Beckham in France, |
| 0:48.0 | everyone watching was thrilled by a stunning three-mill win over Norway in the last 8 of the competition. |
| 0:53.7 | Here to analyze the progression of Phil Neville's side to a World Cup semi-final. |
| 0:58.3 | We're joined down the line by former England, West Ham and Chelsea defender Claire Rafferty. |
| 1:02.8 | And also from France we have from the Times and Sunday Times, |
| 1:06.6 | Molly Hudson and Rebecca Myers. |
| 1:08.9 | Despite having won all three group games |
| 1:11.0 | and their last 16 match, there was a sense that England had yet |
| 1:14.1 | to truly impress at this World Cup that all changed last night. England took |
| 1:18.8 | control from the off for scoring in the third minute with their fastest ever |
| 1:22.3 | World Cup goal that was |
| 1:23.7 | through Jill Scott and delivered a vastly improved performance. |
| 1:27.2 | Scoles from Ellen White now the tournament's joint top scorer and a Thunderbolt |
| 1:31.3 | from the brilliant Lucy bronze swept Norway aside. |
| 1:34.6 | Claire was this the performance we'd all been waiting for? |
| 1:37.4 | I was somewhat relieved because I just know how much potential the team has and to go ahead that early and to |
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