England to battle by rising harm listing – Mary Earps

England’s 1-0 win over Denmark on Friday was overshadowed by an harm within the first half to their star midfielder Keira Walsh. The Barcelona midfielder injured her proper knee within the thirty fifth minute and was stretchered off.

The FA has since confirmed Walsh has averted an ACL harm, however will miss their subsequent group stage match in opposition to China on Tuesday with the remainder of her World Cup unsure.

Walsh’s harm is the most recent setback for England with the Lionesses battling a rising harm listing. They got here into this event with out Fran Kirby, Leah Williamson and Beth Mead — all three sidelined with knee accidents. Regardless of the rising listing of star absentees, Earps is adamant the staff will battle on.

“We’re a resilient group,” Earps mentioned on Friday after the win. “We will maintain going and combating and put our greatest foot ahead as we all the time do.”

When requested if the accidents can act as a galvanizing impact, Earps mentioned: “Completely. I feel you have seen that by the adversity we have confronted coming into the event. I really feel like we’re a bunch that is collectively.”

Rachel Daly echoed Earps’ sentiments.

“This group is particular, it is received some unbelievable characters, it isn’t nearly what you see in performances on the pitch, the women off the pitch are simply particular, particular individuals, the workers as effectively,” Daly mentioned. “Sarina’s [Wiegman] constructed a squad round that, she does not simply consider the staff play, it is everybody as a complete, character on and off the pitch. However we’ve to rally round one another now.”

Whereas Walsh averted an ACL harm, the variety of gamers struggling ACL accidents within the ladies’s recreation is a grave concern. Each Mead and Williamson are lacking as they get better from ACL accidents, whereas different nations have additionally been hit. Netherlands striker Vivianne Miedema, France‘s Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Canada‘s Janine Beckie, and the American pair of Christen Press and Catarina Macario are additionally lacking the event by ACL accidents.

Haiti‘s Jennyfer Limage picked up an ACL harm of their opening spherical 1-0 defeat to England and it is one thing on the minds of Wiegman’s squad.

“I do not suppose you may give it some thought, for me, these three letters [ACL] scare absolutely the you-know-what out of me,” Daly mentioned.

Earps took it a step additional, calling for extra analysis to be finished on why there are such a lot of ACL accidents within the ladies’s recreation.

“It is the speak of the city — that extra analysis might be finished,” Earps mentioned. “And hopefully that may positively occur.”