Like the usa, germany and brazil knocked out. And englands lionnesses were so nearly on the end of the latest upset against Nigeria The African Side were more than a match and could so easily have won the match inside 90 minutes. Englands struggles not helped by in form laurenjames being sent off, for an off the ball incident, shades of David Beckham in 1998, if youre old enough to remember that. The match went all the way to penalties but this time as not the case back then england progressed keeping their Dreams Of A First Womens World Cup alive. Jane dougall is in brisbane for us. England were given an almighty scare and questions will be asked as to why they couldnt score against a country ranked 36 places below them. In contrast nigeria looked strong right from the start and were the better side throughout this match. In the first half england had a shout for a penalty when it looked as though rachel daly had been pushed Out Of The Box but var deemed it no penalty for that much to
but var deemed it no penalty for that much to the disgust of the fans for them. in the second half drama. striker laurenjames was shown a straight red card and video replays showed that she stamped on nigeria s so she was sent off. england were in real trouble. but the defender lucy bronze told the bbc that laurenjames would learn from her mistake. obviously, she s a bit upset. i think it s just frustrations. she s a young and not one person thinks anything bad of lj. she s been a superstar in the first three games. it said we will miss her for a game now. everybody knows how much of a talent she is. she s young and she will from this experience. england then had to play extra time with just ten players no goals scored and so it went to penalties. england s georgia stanway gave fans a scare when she missed the first one.