England booked their place in the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup with a deserved 2-1 victory over Colombia in Montreal.
First-half goals from Karen Carney and Fara Williams gave the Lionesses what proved to be an unassailable lead, despite a late consolation from Lady Andrade in stoppage time.
As a result, Mark Sampson’s side qualified from Group F and set up a showdown with Norway in Ottawa on Monday.
England settled the quicker and took just 15 minutes to take a richly-deserved lead, as Carney reacted the fastest to prod home her second strike of the tournament from Steph Houghton’s parried free-kick.
The Lionesses had one penalty shout turned down before
Carolina Arias’s blatant handball led to Williams dispatching England’s
second unerringly from the spot.
Colombia came back stronger after the break but took until injury time to reduce the arrears, as Andrade cleverly flicked in off the far post.
England held on and, because of France’s thumping 5-0 win over Mexico in the other group fixture, will play the Norwegians courtesy of qualifying as runners-up in their group.
First-half goals from Karen Carney and Fara Williams gave the Lionesses what proved to be an unassailable lead, despite a late consolation from Lady Andrade in stoppage time.
As a result, Mark Sampson’s side qualified from Group F and set up a showdown with Norway in Ottawa on Monday.
England settled the quicker and took just 15 minutes to take a richly-deserved lead, as Carney reacted the fastest to prod home her second strike of the tournament from Steph Houghton’s parried free-kick.
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Colombia came back stronger after the break but took until injury time to reduce the arrears, as Andrade cleverly flicked in off the far post.
England held on and, because of France’s thumping 5-0 win over Mexico in the other group fixture, will play the Norwegians courtesy of qualifying as runners-up in their group.
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