England Women defender Lucy Bronze admits the Lionesses lifting the World Cup this summer in Lyon is something she has been visualising daily.
The semi-finals and finals of the tournament in France will take place at Lyon’s Groupama Stadium, where their women’s side play some of their games.
Bronze, who joined the French outfit in 2017 after leaving Manchester City, told Press Association Sport: “It’s exciting.
“The stadium is just next to the training ground where we train every single day. I have to drive all the way around the stadium to get to the training ground every single morning, and I just stare at the stadium thinking ‘I’m going to be playing there for England in the World Cup final, and England are going to win the trophy.’
“Whenever I have a game there for Lyon, I’m stood in the middle of the pitch looking around thinking ‘this is going to have England fans screaming for us, we are going to be lifting the trophy.’
“I just can’t stop thinking about it, and being in France and being at my home stadium, it will be amazing. Every morning I am visualising it. I am set on it.”
Bronze helped England come third at the 2015 World Cup in Canada and reach the semi-finals of Euro 2017.
Last month they won the invitational SheBelieves Cup for the first time, beating Brazil and Japan either side of a 2-2 draw with hosts and reigning world champions the United States.
Bronze added: “Obviously it’s a dream to win the World Cup, but I wouldn’t be thinking about it if I didn’t think it was possible.
“I think we’re just as good as any team that is going to this tournament.
“We are capable of beating every team. We know that, we’ve shown that, the other teams know that, and I think on our day, in a final, we could beat any team to take that trophy home – and that is what we want to do.”
