‘No one is happy on the bench,’ says striker after win over HaitiInsists she respects Sarina Wiegman’s call to start Alessia Russo
Rachel Daly has expressed her frustration over starting as a substitute for England’s 1-0 defeat of Haiti in their opening game of the World Cup, insisting: “No one is happy to sit on the bench.”
Who would lead the line for the Lionesses has been a hot topic of conversation ahead of Satuday’s contest, with Alessia Russo ultimately preferred by head coach, Sarina Wiegman. The position is hugely competitive, with Daly having finished the Women’s Super League season as top scorer and Bethany England having scored 12 goals in 12 league games after moving from Chelsea to Tottenham in search of regular game time in January. Daly was many people’s pick to get a starting place but that did not prove the case.
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