Mary Earps: Lionesses are 'resilient' despite injury setbacks

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Goalkeeper Mary Earps says the England squad is simply a "resilient group" that volition "keep fighting" successful the Women's World Cup contempt different wounded setback.

The Lionesses mislaid skipper Leah Williamson, Ballon d'Or runner-up Beth Mead and Chelsea playmaker Fran Kirby to wounded earlier the tourney started.

"We're a 'together' group," said Earps.

"I deliberation you've seen that done the adversity we've faced coming into the tournament. We'll person to hold and spot whether it [Walsh's injury] is serious. I conjecture we'll find retired successful a mates of days.

"It's tough. You could spot it disrupted our bushed successful the archetypal half. It's ever bittersweet erstwhile you spot your team-mate spell down and I anticipation it is thing excessively serious.

"We are a resilient group. We're going to support going and warring and putting our champion ft guardant - arsenic we ever do."

Keira Walsh is carried disconnected connected a stretcher during the lucifer with Denmark

Walsh was named Player of the Match successful England's Euro 2022 last triumph against Germany and completed a world-record transfer from Manchester City to Barcelona aft the tournament.

In her debut play successful Spain she helped Barcelona triumph the Women's Champions League and clasp their league title.

Widely regarded arsenic 1 of England's astir important players, erstwhile Lionesses striker Ellen White said determination was "no Plan B" if she was ever unavailable during the Euros.

Manchester City midfielder Laura Coombs replaced Walsh successful the 38th infinitesimal of their 2nd radical crippled against Denmark and England left-back Rachel Daly said she was "phenomenal".

"This radical is special. It's got immoderate unbelievable characters. It's not conscionable astir what you spot successful performances connected the pitch, the girls disconnected the transportation are conscionable peculiar people, the unit arsenic well," Daly added.

"Sarina [Wiegman] has built a squad astir that. She doesn't conscionable deliberation of the squad play. It's everyone arsenic a full - their quality connected and disconnected the pitch.

"'Coombsy' stepped successful [for Walsh] and did phenomenally. There's different players that are acceptable to spell and are available. We person to rally astir each other, particularly for Keira's sake, and hopefully it's not excessively serious."

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