England Lucy Bronze has revealed that she played a large part of Euro 2025 due to a leg fracture, on the way to the Triumph in Switzerland. Bronze was a starter for England everywhere and took the peace in extra time in the final before he was replaced by Niamh Charles.
Spain fell on the last obstacle against England, who defeated La Roja on penalties after a hard-fought 1-1 draw in the regulation team. Although Spain controlled a lot of the competition, they could not find the necessary calmness for the goal, as emphasized by Aitana Bonmati, with England fighting everywhere.
After the game, former Barcelona teammate Bronze explained the BBC that she had played due to the pain barrier during the competition.
“I actually played the entire tournament with a broken shin, but nobody knew it. Today I just hurt my knee on the other leg. That's why I got a lot of praise from the girls after the Sweden game because I had a lot of pain.”
“But if that is what is needed to play for England, that's what I will do – they know that. We inspire each other to play through such things and it finally brought us to the end.”
Bronze went off several times during the final, and saw her right knee holding, but flowed through. Charles, her replacement would score in the penalty shootout, and Bronze said that her legs would last for the parties.
“It's very painful. I'm going to party, I'm going to enjoy it and that's it.”
Bronze was signed by Barcelona in 2022 by Olympique Lyon in an attempt to help the Catalans get the line in the Champions League, and her steadfastness would help them in two European cups in two seasons. After the game, manager Sarina Wiegman was full of praise for her.
“She had some problems with her shin, so of course we tried to manage that. If you play for 120 minutes, you are not where you control it? The whole team has a great mentality, but she has a crazy mentality, it is incredible.”