England's flexibility successful their attack to games volition basal them successful bully stead erstwhile they instrumentality connected satellite champions Spain connected Tuesday (18:00 BST), says Lucy Bronze.
Victory for the Lionesses volition spot them decorativeness apical of their Women's Nations League radical and publication their spot successful the semi-finals.
However, Spain, who pb Group A3 by 2 points from England, lone request to debar decision astatine Espanyol's RCDE Stadium successful Barcelona to decorativeness top.
"We cognize however to bushed Spain and they cognize however to bushed us. It's 2 apical teams going head-to-head," said right-back Bronze.
"We are astir apt 1 of the astir adaptive teams successful the satellite and person a benignant wherever we tin person the ball, tin counter-attack and play successful behind.
"We person accelerated players and method players. It's thing we person been moving connected for a fig of years.
"You person to crook up for each infinitesimal due to the fact that truthful galore teams are susceptible of truthful galore antithetic things.
"We are increasing arsenic a squad and it's thing we talk astir a lot, however we tin accommodate successful games and alteration things against antithetic teams."
Spain bushed England 1-0 successful the 2023 World Cup final, but England reversed that scoreline to triumph the past lucifer betwixt the sides, astatine Wembley successful February.
And they spell into Tuesday's crippled with bully momentum aft an awesome show successful their 6-0 triumph implicit Portugal connected Friday.
Aggie Beever-Jones caught the oculus with her hat-trick but volition look contention for a starting spot with Arsenal striker Alessia Russo returning from injury.
Manager Sarina Wiegman has a beardown squad to take from with Ella Toone besides backmost from injury, arsenic good arsenic Georgia Stanway, Lauren Hemp and Alex Greenwood continuing their returns to afloat fitness.
Manchester United midfielder Grace Clinton volition miss retired done suspension.
"There are apical players coming backmost and doing good this season. Both teams are successful akin positions going into the [Euros]," said Bronze, referring to Euro 2025, which kicks disconnected connected 2 July successful Switzerland.
"You are looking astatine possibly England, Spain, Germany and France – determination are astir apt a fistful of teams who are successful the aforesaid position.
"But we saw successful the past Euros and successful the World Cup that determination were adjacent games to scope the final. We tin outperform immoderate squad but arsenic truthful tin those different teams."
It is the past lucifer earlier Wiegman names her 23-player squad for the Euros connected Thursday, 5 June and she admits she is "pretty close" to making a decision.
"You inactive privation to spell to the crippled [on Tuesday] and marque the last decisions but we are beauteous close," said Wiegman.
"Of people that's hard, due to the fact that you travel adjacent to squad enactment and astatine the aforesaid time, we're conscionable playing a crippled again.
"Short-term, we're trying to triumph that game, and a small longer-term, it's mentation for the Euros, which, of course, is the bigger picture."
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