England are in a 3rd semi final in a year!!!! This time it's the Lionesses
What a night in Le Havre. England's Lionesses took on 1995 World Cup Winners Norway with a semi-final against either the hosts France or USA in Lyon on the line. The last time these two played in the World Cup was at the last 16, 4 years ago in Canada. The country's gone crazy for the women's world cup with England's performances even Glastonbury was showing the match live because of Georgia Stanway's brother being at the festival and Stanway putting in a Twitter appeal. The one change for England was Demi Stokes for Alex Greenwood. That was good because they were concerned about the fitness of their centre backs Steph Houghton and Millie Bright and also having to deal with a virus in the England camp. One of the big headlines was Jill Scott tying Peter Shilton's record of caps for England, a record that stood for 30 years. England scored in the 3rd minute courtesy of Jill Scott after Ellen White dummied the ball. It was England's fastest ever World ...