Father goes one step ahead of Reece James, compares Lauren James to Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona

Lauren James' unbelievable performances at the WC earns her huge praise.

Father goes one step ahead of Reece James, compares Lauren James to Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona

(L) Lionel Messi, (M) Diego Maradona (R) and Lauren James (Source: Getty/AFP)

Carrying on the legacy of soccer, Nigel James was not short of praises for his daughter Lauren James over his son, Reece James. With one of the best performances ever witnessed in the tournament, the English forward has reminded her father and fans of Lionel Messi‘s and Diego Maradona‘s run for their World Cups. In comparison with the game’s most significant, the standards have been set extremely high by Lauren’s father for her to be a prominent figure in the game.

“And you just look and think to yourself, that word freedom, that’s what you talk about, Ronaldinho, Messi, those players, Maradona had that freedom to play. She can do that. Lauren (has) done goals like that when she was younger for years,” he told BBC Sport. While the bar has been set extremely high for the English goalscorer, it’s to be seen if she can draw more attention towards the women’s game.

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With England playing Nigeria on the seventh, fans will see more of James and her attempts as the team prepares to return the trophy home. She has had three goals and three assists in the competition so far. This is the highest goal involvement anyone had in the tournament so far.

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The favorites to win this year’s Women’s World Cup

England's Women's Team were the champions at Euro 2022
England’s Women’s Team were the champions at Euro 2022 (Source: Getty Images)

Australia and New Zealand have hosted this year’s Women’s World Cup, and the competition has undoubtedly started on a high note. The United States team comes in as reigning champions while proudly holding the titles between 2015 and 2019.

While England have been pitched as the fifth strongest team to win the tournament by 90min-football, they indeed have begun the tournament as the favorites. With the knockout games soon to take place and Germany and the United States as the two strongest teams, fans will be keen to see an upset happen and witness things get spiced up.

England is set to take on Nigeria on Monday in the round of 16 fixture.

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