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
showers will become further and fewer between, particularly into next week. more in the way of dry weather, and it might turn warmer. another couple of showery days to come. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday 29th june. now wejoin our now we join our colleagues in the nations and regions. hello again. low pressure is with us through the rest of this week, so hello and welcome to sportsday i m chethan partak. andy murray is in the prime time slot trying to lift the mood. coming up slot trying to lift the mood. coming up on the programme a straight sets defeat in the second round. powering through and finding his best tennis again also coming up in the programme england face a race against time to win against south africa after rain stops play in taunton. and the welsh swimmer tells the bbc he is gay and he hopes to inspire people around the world ahead of next month s commonwealth games. , ., ., ., , games. there will be a lot of people watchin: games. there will be a l
it was only because nigeria then went on to miss two of their own penalties themselves that england went through. chloe kelly scoring the decisive one there. yes, this was, by the skin of their teeth that england went through. nigeria are a very strong team. their performance has far outweighed their fifa ranking, they are ranked aoth. they have already beaten australia in the tournament, they have the olympic champions, canada, to a draw and effectively held england to a scoreless draw, as well. what s the reaction been from the england camp? also, the fallout from that red card for laurenjames? so the players have gone through the soon and have been speaking to the bbc and several of them have set out please they were at how much they