The Chelsea FC star exemplified her role in the Lionesses with a gutsy performance in the quarter-final victory against Sweden.
Bronze’s normal-time goal kickstarted the comeback in Zürich, going on to thump her spot kick home in the penalty shootout at a crucial moment in the evening. Her refusal to fold rubbed off on the rest of the Lionesses, who have gone on to reach a second straight EUROs final in Basel.
“It’s hard to stay at the top in international football,” Bronze explained, “but this team just keeps fighting until the end. I feel like we don’t have anything to prove because we’ve been there, we’ve done it many, many times, and it’s just a fact that the game’s getting better and international football’s not as easy as it used to be.
“Everybody’s fighting and everybody wants to win, and everybody feels like they can win. We’re just showing that we’ve got fighters in this team and that’s what you need in a tournament.”
England take on Spain in the EURO 2025 final on Sunday at St. Jakob-Park, the biggest football stadium in Switzerland and home of Swiss men’s league champions FC Basel.