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England manager Phil Neville states”that the Lionesses can do anything” for captain Steph Houghton, who has shown”incredible class” in the previous year.
Houghton, 31, married former Liverpool full-back Stephen Darby three weeks before he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) final year.
“I wouldn’t wish the previous 12 months that she has been on anyone,” said Neville.
“She has had the best season of her career under incredible conditions.”
Since Darby’s retirement Houghton has led England to a World Cup semi-final and won the FA Cup and League Cup with Manchester City.
England play Brazil at the Football Association along with Middlesbrough this Saturday is working with Darby’s charity – that the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation – to increase awareness of the illness.
MND is a illness that affects nerves in spinal cord and the brain function. There is presently no cure.
The game has been a sell-out, with some other lovers on the waiting list if some tickets have been returned before kick-off to be contacted right.
“Steph’s highest quality is that her psychological strength. The moment that made me most proud of her was when she first missed that penalty at the World Cup,” Neville explained.
“She walked straight off and also did interviews at the mixed-zone, at which there were plenty of rather happy Americans, and that she held herself unbelievably well.
“And that shows, more so than that which she’s doing on the field, the type of person she is.
“For someone who has played 114 days for England – I think it’s only right that we do these kinds of things [work together with the MND foundation].
“The gamers think it’s a fantastic gesture and the FA has performed beautifully to allow this to happen. We saw Fernando Ricksen expire of the illness recently and we think it will raise consciousness. And football is such a wonderful point to make things visible.”
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