FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019: France keen on making home support count in quest for first-ever title

France: When Lucy Bronze kicked off her professional career at Everton, her earnings were all-but wiped out by the cost of being a footballer.

Bronze did not care about the money, though. She just wanted to play football.

It was a focus that paid off, and next month the Olympique Lyonnais defender will be central to England’s assault on the women’s World Cup in France.

A self-described aggressive and hardworking defender, the 27-year-old says she is now enjoying the “house and the car” in Lyon, where she hopes the Lionesses will play the semi-finals and the final of the sport’s top event.