The winner couldnt be found in 120 minutes, so it went to penalties, with Chloe Kelly Smashing Home the winner to send england through to the last eight. So, a dramatic win for england, who move into the quarterfinals to play colombia orjamaica on saturday. Our Reporterjane Dougall is there. Jane, this was far from comfortable and england will feel fairly fortunate to still be at the tournament. England is also very lucky to be here. Nigeria were the better team throughout the match and they had a couple of chances to have managed to win it and put england out. They wouldnt have been the first big team to have gone out because we have seen in america, the holders, go out. We have seen germany and brazil go out in the group stages. England will be feeling very fortunate indeed that they havent followed suit. There have been a couple of major Talking Points in this match, first of all the shout for the penalty where it looked as though rachel daly was pushed in the box. Many of the fans
grouped together to tough it out against a very formidable side, against a very formidable side, against a very formidable side, against a side that was known for being athletic and physical. they knew that going into this match. england felt that they stay together and fought to keep nigeria at bay. some of the players said they were pleased about the result, about the scoreless result in getting through on penalties, but they will be without lauren james for the quarter finals, so that is a huge blow for england. her loss is certainly going to be felt. she is the leading goal scorer for to be felt. she is the leading goal scorerfor england at to be felt. she is the leading goal scorer for england at the tournament, she performed so impressively against china, setting up impressively against china, setting up three of the goals, scoring two of her own. she has proved herself valuable to the england side. of course, we will have to deal without her. as the manager said, frustrations ha