Injured England defender Millie Bright has been declared fully fit to face Nigeria’s Super Falcons in the second round of the World Cup.
Bright spent so much time in the treatment room before the World Cup but recover enough to be selected for the Mundial.
She played her first game in the competition as a substitute in the 6-1 drubbing of China and is now ready to start against Nigeria.
“When you have a short space of time it’s just about making sure you get up to speed, and make sure your body is in a position that you can actually return to training, and return to games, so for me it was about getting that in.
“I’ve got an unbelievable medical team behind me that had put me through all the tests that I needed to step out onto the pitch safely and in the right shape to compete”, she said.
On the game against Nigeria
“it will be an “extremely tough” test and preparations are in full swing.
“It’s a game where we’ve got to be at our best for, just like any other game.
They’re pacy, strong and physical. We’ve seen their performances against really good teams, and they posed a lot of threats.
We also, on the flip [side], know ours and we have to remain focused on ourselves and how we can hurt them.
As I said, it’s always about who’s better prepared at, come that game, executing their game plan”, she added.
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