Heg will be tough to crack
LUCY BRONZE has warned England that Norway ace Ada Hegerberg is a goalobsessive with a mentality you just can not crack.
Lionesses right-back Bronze says her former team-mate at Lyon – a Ballon d’or winner – is out on her own as a player due to her tough mind set.
England face
Hegerberg’s Norway at Brighton’s Amex stadium tomorrow in a potentially pivotal Group A clash.
The Lionesses did not have to face the striker at the World Cup three years ago – Hegerberg (below) had stepped away from the national side in 2017 in a protest over the way women’s football was treated in Norway.
But the 26-year-old returned from her five-year international exile in
March and hit a hat-trick in her comeback game.
Bronze said: “Ada is just a winner – the girl is crazy in that respect. She’s just obsessed with scoring and wanting to win the ball.
“There’s not many No.9s who can score goals and then will get back and make tackles and put their body on the line.
“She’s so tall and she’s got pace and strength, fitness. I think the big thing that separates her for me is that crazy mentality that she’s got – it’s something you can’t really affect.
“You can’t really get in her head but I might try!”
Norway have a number of stars playing for the best clubs in Europe.
Bronze added: “Even without Ada, they’ve got a good set of players.
“I think Caroline Graham Hansen of Barcelona is the player they rely on.
“I remember in the World Cup, she played the game of her life before we played them.
“But it’s got to be better for players such as her and Chelsea’s Guro Reiten – who have had to come up with the big performances for Norway – that they’ve now got another player, in Ada, who can take them to another level.”