No striker wants to be a super sub, but so far it is working to perfection for England forward Alessia Russo.
The Manchester United player has come off the bench in all of the Lionesses’ Euro 2022 group matches and scored three times — once against Norway and twice against Northern Ireland.
There is an argument that she should start Wednesday's quarter-final against Spain. If she played in any other position, she probably would. But there is little chance of Sarina Wiegman dropping star striker Ellen White.
It was a given before the start of the tournament that White, the Lionesses’ record scorer, would be the starting forward.