Lucy Bronze

.. another goal for England Ladies.  Well done girls - into the semi's against Japan.  Two early goals and managed to hang on at 2-1.  Bloody nail biter last 10 minutes in front of 54,000 home fans - with odd Limey.  Chuffed.

She's outshining the other City ladies. We must surely get to the final now!!

The keeper (and she plays for City too) is garbage and has cost them virtually a goal a game. Luckily for her, England have scored 2 to win the game and it's not been too costly.
Is she really the best England have got?

Oh....and well done Girls.

She made some crucial saves against Norway.

Wouldn't mind, she's a yank!

She went off injured after half time - so the other goalie got to play.  I actually thought she made some great saves in previous games particularly against a hard pressing Norway.

She may have made some great saves, but she still costs the team a goal a game....sorry, she's pants imo

Too harsh Den, too harsh.

Just say it as I see it blue. Have you seen the goals England have conceded, she might as well have thrown the ball in the net herself

A lot of the goalies are like that though Shaken - some of them might as well leave an empty goal for all the good the goalies do.

The world-beater - Lucy Bronze

If you hadn't heard of Lucy Bronze before she struck a sensational winner in England's last-16 win over Norway, chances are you have now.
The Manchester City defender spoke to her mum on the phone from the dressing room and was told: "Your nan's lost her voice, your auntie's going crazy and my phone's going wild." Mark Sampson said Bronze has the "potential to be the best right-back in the world".
Hailing from Holy Island, the small outpost off the North-East England coast, Bronze also has Tough as her middle name, stemming from her dad's Portuguese heritage where it's traditional to take your mother's maiden name. Despite cajoling from her friends, she has resisted the temptation to have both tagged on the back of her shirt.
The 23-year-old's humble nature is a far cry from her ambition. She left Women's Super League champions Liverpool Ladies at the end of the last season, but she has since flourished at City where she has been soaking up the advice of Rodolfo Borrell, a former Barcelona academy coach, who trained the likes of Lionel Messi. "He's given me coaching tips I hadn't even thought about," she said.
For the powerhouse defender, it appears to be having an effect

I stayed up to watch the game, very tense last ten mins. I thought Japan in the semi would be good, until I heard they were the current champs!

Could be is versus Germany in the final, too!