A chorus of Happy Birthday echoed around Pride Park after England’s Euro 2025 warrior Lucy Bronze had fired in England’s second against Australia, but the party mood was marred by a nasty looking knee injury to a distraught Michelle Agyemang.
It was better from the Lionesses in Derby, a more structured and controlled performance than the one on display in the 2-1 defeat against Brazil on Saturday night, Aggie Beever‑Jones and Georgia Stanway scoring either side of Bronze’s effort. It is hard to say whether that was down to the change in personnel and positions, or just that the cobwebs needed to be shaken off in the first fixture since their big win in Switzerland before things started to click into place.
