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BRISBANE, Australia – The staff that places out one of the best efficiency on the pitch doesn’t at all times win the sport. This was the case at Suncorp Stadium on Monday evening following England’s win over Nigeria in penalties.
The Tremendous Falcons outplayed England from the opening whistle however they failed to attain a purpose.
Then, after half-hour of additional time, Nigeria missed their first two penalty kicks. That was all England wanted to flee the Spherical of 16 and transfer on to the quarterfinals in Sydney subsequent week.
Nigeria had extra shot makes an attempt and extra pictures from the penalty space. In addition they created extra harmful scoring alternatives than England did, however they lacked that end within the closing third.
“I don’t assume we performed our greatest sport right now,” Lucy Bronze instructed The Equalizer within the combine zone post-game.
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