Women's World Cup final: 'England have to play game of our lives' against Spain - Bright

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England skipper Millie Bright makes a bosom motion to the crowd

England person to "play the crippled of our lives" if they are to triumph the Women's World Cup, says skipper Millie Bright.

The European champions look Spain successful Sunday's last astatine Stadium Australia, with the crippled kicking disconnected astatine 11:00 BST and being shown unrecorded connected BBC One.

Both teams are successful their archetypal Women's World Cup final, with England chasing a 2nd large trophy successful 13 months having won Euro 2022 connected location ungraded past summer.

"It has been players' dreams for years," said Chelsea defender Bright.

"We person got a crippled program that we person to spell retired and execute. Everyone knows however large this is. We cognize however passionate our federation is backmost location and however overmuch they privation america to win.

"But for us, determination is simply a process. We request to play the crippled of our lives. It's important our process remains the same. Mentality-wise everyone is ace excited to get retired determination and enactment a amusement on."

Bright, who was named skipper for the tourney pursuing wounded to Arsenal's Leah Williamson, said it volition beryllium an "honour" to go the archetypal pistillate to pb England retired successful a World Cup final.

"It's monolithic but it's monolithic for the team. It's 'we' earlier 'me.' It's a immense privilege and honour. It volition beryllium the biggest infinitesimal successful our careers. Nothing is individual," said Bright.

"It's a imagination travel existent to beryllium successful the World Cup final. Leading the girls retired is simply a peculiar feeling."

Asked what her younger aforesaid would person thought astatine the prospect, the 29-year-old added: "She would person astir apt said you were being silly, and it was ne'er going to happen, but I conjecture dreams travel true.

"We are yet getting a changeable astatine the trophy, similar we ever wanted."

'It's truthful overmuch much than conscionable playing football'

England players line-up earlier the triumph implicit Australia

England's occurrence connected a planetary signifier has led to accrued support, increasing viewing figures and grounds attendances successful the past year.

Manager Sarina Wiegman said it is "incredible what happens" erstwhile they bash good astatine large tournaments.

"We person felt enactment present but besides from the different broadside of the satellite successful the UK. That is thing that you imagination of," said Wiegman.

"We conscionable anticipation we play our champion crippled ever and that everyone who is watching successful the stadium and successful the UK also, tin enactment america and bask it.

"It's truly breathtaking and of people we are truly anxious to triumph it. This shows however shot unites. It brings radical together. When you spell truthful acold successful the tourney radical get excited. It's precise special. It's truthful overmuch much than conscionable playing football."

Bright besides reflected connected however acold the crippled has travel and however the Lionesses person bounced backmost from a prohibition which started successful 1921 and lasted astir 50 years wherever women were prevented from playing shot successful England.

"It shows our [mental] strength. We ne'er privation that to hap again. We person been precise unfastened astir that and we wouldn't fto that hap again," said Bright.

"To cognize we're successful a World Cup last is incredible. We don't privation to halt present and we're ever pushing for more."

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'It was not our space'

Barcelona's Irene Parades celebrates pursuing triumph for Spain

Spain centre-back Irene Paredes said "it was not our space" successful shot for galore years but they person the accidental to showcase themselves successful the World Cup final.

"Spain has ever been a shot loving state but it was not our space, oregon astatine slightest that's however they made america feel," added Paredes.

"We privation to play shot and [those who came earlier us] pushed truthful they invested much successful women's football.

"We person the accidental to play successful a last of a World Cup. It is the clip to bask it and bash what we've been doing up to present which is to play football."

Manager Jorge Vilda, who dismissed questions regarding unrest wrong the Spain camp pursuing a quality among players and the nation's shot federation, is expecting a "tactical match" against England.

"It's a final. We volition combat with everything. I deliberation it volition beryllium the lucifer that everyone is waiting for," helium added.

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