2023 Women's World Cup: Day 9 - Cheat Code

England won their second World Cup group game 1-0 against Denmark thanks to a wonderful strike from their new star, Lauren James. She is seen as a match winner for the Lionesses and because she is so good some of her team mates have called her 'a cheat code' which is a reference taken from gaming. A cheat code is something within the game (the code) that can change the characteristics of the game so that the player can win more easily so because James is such a good player and she can make it easier for England to win she has been nicknamed 'cheat code'.

Here's a comment from the Guardian newspaper describing Lauren James:

Despite being involved in the senior setup for just under a year, she is, as Leah Williamson so aptly put it, their “cheat code”