Sarina Wiegman has showed England’s captain, Millie Bright, is have compatibility to begin within the Group D opener in opposition to Haiti on Saturday. The defender hasn’t performed a aggressive sport since March after maintaining a knee harm that required surgical treatment to scrub it out however remained assured she can be able.
“We’re happy,” Wiegman stated. “This was the plan. The plan worked and Millie is ready to play.” Bright, who played an unknown number of minutes in a behind-closed-doors friendly with Canada on the Sunshine Coast before the team traveled to Brisbane, said: “When you are surrounded by the best people, I was very confident in my recovery and I have been given absolutely everything that I needed to be in this position that I am in. I am grateful that I am able to play. I am super-excited to be here.
Confirmation of Bright’s fitness is a big relief for England, who are without her centre-back partner Leah Williamson, the Euros captain, who sustained an ACL injury while playing for Arsenal.
Wiegman said her entire squad was fit and that she knew her XI but would not be drawn into naming it. “I’ve decided but I’m not going to tell you,” she stated with a wry smile, and she or he would not say when the gamers will to find out both.
The manager said she was not concerned about off-pitch goings-on, with the team in dispute with the Football Association over performance-related bonuses, and that the focus remained the same in training.
“When we move at the pitch … everyone seems to be aligned and everyone seems to be interested by soccer,” she stated. “I haven’t seen any other behaviours. So yes, we are ready. We have said all the time we want to be ready on 22nd July and I think we are. We have had our last training session and we are ready to go.
On bonuses, Bright pointed to a statement released by players which said the team had parked the issue for the duration of the tournament but would pick it up again soon after.
“It’s not a situation everyone wants to be in,” she stated. “As gamers we are not simply programmed to play soccer, infrequently we need to have those conversations. But now we have an overly skilled crew and soccer is all the time at the leading edge of the whole lot.
“Everyone’s seen the statement. So, as players now, with our heads on the game – they have always been on the game – everything is on hold with those sorts of questions. We will address the situation at a later date. But for now, it’s all about the tournament.”
In phrases of England’s possibilities of profitable the World Cup, Wiegman stated: “We’re right here and now we have a dream. Of path, there may be all the time a possibility to win the World Cup. We will in fact give our the whole lot.