England's Bright says injury a blessing in disguise ahead of World Cup

BURTON UPON TRENT, England : England captain Millie Bright is not quite ready to return to action after being out with a knee injury since March, but the centre back sees a silver lining in her forced layoff having had her first proper break in years.

The 29-year-old Bright has not played since Chelsea's Champions League quarter-final win over Olympique Lyonnais in March, undergoing surgery to clean out a bony cartilage lesion from her knee. "Obviously, we have a lot of time until the first game . I'm gutted not to make that one but at the same time, I'm exactly where I want to be."

The squad was dealt another scare on Tuesday when Manchester City defender Alex Greenwood went down in a heap - and with a shriek - after a hard tackle, with dozens of members of the media looking on."It's sore, but it's football. It was a tackle, part of the game."

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