England holds on in scoreless tie, despite red card to star Lauren James, then advances in dramatic fashion.
BRISBANE, Australia — England won without star Lauren James, who was ejected with a red card, to beat Nigeria on penalty kicks Monday and advance to the quarterfinals at the Women’s World Cup.
Then with five minutes remaining in regulation, England star forward James was ejected after a VAR review on her violent tackle of a Nigeria defender. Alozie was clear eight minutes into stoppage time but couldn’t control a left-foot shot from seven yards and skewed it wide of the post. Nigeria coach Randy Waldrum, an American and coach of the University of Pittsburgh’s women’s team. praised Nigeria for going wire-to-wire with one of the best teams in the world.
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