Women's World Cup: Home | Squads | Fixtures | Podcast Thus, job done, semifinal bound and, in many ways, a dress rehearsal for a game against Australia complete. Their (aesthetically) best chance, Lorena Bedoya Durango's 71st-minute effort forcing an acrobatic leap from Mary Earps, was sent in from another postcode while being closed down the type of shot a defence is normally quite happy to concede. Then another error, this time from Daniela Arias, allowed Alessia Russo to get in behind and fire home the winner just past the hour mark.Ĭolombia finished with fury in their attempts to get back into the contest, but they created actually very little that would have caused England coach Sarina Wiegman pause. Playing in a hostile environment against an opponent lifted by a vocally partisan crowd, England trailed for the first time in the Women's World Cup when Leicy Santos scored for Colombia with a freakish 44th-minute chip on Saturday it was just the second time England had shipped a goal, and their first from open play, but found their way back.įirst, a calamitous series of defensive errors allowed Lauren Hemp to pounce and score an equaliser just before half-time, snapping Las Cafeteras' momentum. To win a World Cup, teams inevitably must respond to challenges and solve problems how they do, and don't, can prove illuminating. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserįoord key to Australia unlocking England in World Cup semi
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