“It was in Belarus which for most individuals would appear like nothing however Belarus is the place we performed considered one of our Under-19 Championships, so it had slightly little bit of a hyperlink to my youth England profession.
“I remember after that game, Alex Scott did the interview with me. We were sat on the pitch afterwards and she was obviously wanting to get into media. She said, ‘can I do Lucy’s interview for her first goal?’ So, Alex Scott did one of the very first interviews ever with me scoring a goal which is funny to look back on now because she’s a household name on the telly.”
Norway 1-2 England, June 2015
A spot within the quarter-final of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup was at stake when Bronze produced a second of magic with simply quarter-hour remaining of England’s last-16 tie towards Norway and the scores stage at 1-1.
Taking purpose from 25 yards out, the defender’s rocket rippled the web to ship the Lionesses via to the ultimate eight, with England going on to put third in Canada.
“That game is the highlight of my entire career,” stated Bronze.
“It was the primary recreation I really took Alex Scott’s spot at right-back. It was the primary knockout recreation and the supervisor picked me over Alex which had by no means, ever occurred earlier than – I’d solely performed to relaxation her. For me, that was an enormous second as a result of Alex was one of the best right-back on the planet at one level.
“It was additionally the first-ever knockout recreation England had ever received at a World Cup – we’d by no means received one earlier than that. It was my first World Cup objective, so there was simply a lot surrounding that recreation.
“In training the day before, Alex Scott had been the one that said, ‘you need to shoot more often when you’re in those positions’,” she recalled. “When the ball acquired despatched again to me, I used to be pondering, ‘I’ve simply acquired to hit it’.
“I think it got nominated for goal of the tournament but Carli Lloyd scored in the final from the halfway line, so I didn’t stand a chance really!”
England 2-1 Germany, July 2022
Bronze was ‘frozen in time’ when Lauren Hemp’s a hundred and tenth minute nook dropped within the field with the clock ticking at Wembley within the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 Final.
She had a entrance row seat as Chloe Kelly squeezed the ball via the German defence to win a primary main honour for England.
“I remember the corner coming in and I was just trying to keep it in and I just couldn’t move my body to get to it,” she stated. “I can nonetheless image it in my head now, this sluggish movement of being the closest and seeing all of it unfold. Probably even earlier than Chloe [Kelly], I used to be the primary one to comprehend it was getting in.
“I remember being stood there and Chloe just ran past me and past everyone and I was just frozen on the spot in that moment of knowing, ‘that’s it – we’ve finally done it’.”
And having missed out on trophies with her nation prior to now, Bronze lastly took dwelling the gold.
“Having been part of England for so long – it was the same for Jill [Scott] and Ellen [White] – it was a feeling you just couldn’t describe,” continued Bronze. “That was a moment that’s definitely carved into my memory for the rest of my life.”
Sweden 2-2 England (2-3 on pens), July 2025
A seventh main event was on the horizon for Bronze after making Sarina Wiegman’s squad for final summer time’s EUROs.
At 33 years of age, the Lionesses veteran referred to as upon her experience to maintain her cool when England fell 2-0 behind to Sweden within the quarter-final in Zürich.
“I remember thinking, ‘we’ve really given ourselves a tough one here’ but I never lost belief in the team,” she defined.
“I can bear in mind within the first half selecting myself up a bit and being like, ‘right, come on – you need to push the girls on, play a little bit harder’.
“I scored the objective and I used to be pondering, ‘the momentum has changed – we’ve acquired this’. That recreation was one of the vital emotionally draining video games I’ve ever been a part of.
Bronze halved the deficit late within the day earlier than Michelle Agyemang restored parity minutes later. And with the shootout at sudden demise, the Chelsea star made no mistake with England’s seventh and last spot-kick, blasting the ball straight down the center.
“I feel thrice we had been on the verge of being knocked out by a single shot, then having to step up myself to take the final penalty, it’s not one thing that I’ve ever finished for England. I’ve all the time stated, if I wanted to take a penalty for England, I’ll be prepared it doesn’t matter what however that was the primary time I really needed to do it.”
