Fran Kirby: ‘Two semi-finals we lost still hurt – we’ll use it as motivation’

Striker insists Lionesses are focused on reaching the final of the Women’s World Cup – and are enjoying the trappings of fameFran Kirby has not watched the Lionesses’ Euro 2017 semi-final defeat by the Netherlands. She can’t. “It was silent,” she recalls of the dressing room after England lost 3-0 to the eventual champions. “People were crying, upset, gutted that we couldn’t give the account of ourselves that we wanted.“We had had a positive