Norway v England - as it happened
Join us for live coverage of England's Women's World Cup quarter-final against Norway from Le Havre.
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90'FT: NORWAY 0-3 ENGLAND! England have done it!! They've become the first team to book their place in the semi-finals with a truly majestic performance against Norway in Le Havre. They will now face either France or the USA on Tuesday night in Lyon.
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90'Space on the counter for England, but the attack ends with Stanway's cross being well turned behind by Hansen.
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89'England keeping the ball well now, and a long passing move ends with Stanway firing high and wide from inside the area. Five minutes to be added on, here.
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87'England make their final change as Parris comes off for Rachel Daly.
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86'Thorisdottir receives a yellow for another push in an aerial challenge, this time on White.
Substitution
at Noruega
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85'Beth Mead is down injured after being fouled in her own half. Meanwhile, Wold makes way for Synne Hansen for Norway.
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83'Parris takes her penalty to the left, but Hjelmseth guesses right and pushes her effort wide. Poor penalty from Parris, who has now missed 2 of her 3 at this tournament - it was the perfect height for a keeper to save.
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81'Penalty for England! Thorisdottir pushes Houghton as she went up for a header from the free-kick, and the referee points to the spot!
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79'Parris shows incredible pace to somehow reach an overhit pass from Bronze down the right, before being brought down later in the counter and winning England a free-kick in Norway's half.
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76'England doing the right thing, slowing the tempo down with some good possession in the Norweigan half. Walsh chips a ball towards White in the box, but Hjelmseth comes out to punch clear and takes out the England striker in the process. Both are down hurt at the moment.
Substitution
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Substitution
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74'Norway also make a change as Reiten is replaced by Amalie Eikeland.
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73'Georgia Stanway is coming on to replace Fran Kirby for England.
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72'Utland instinctively flicks a low shot from Engen towards goal with her heel, but it flies just wide of the post.
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71'England need to be careful here...some sloppy defending and passing is putting them in trouble, and one goal for Norway could change everything.
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68'Big save from Bardsley! Herlovsen gets in behind the defence after a long ball from the right, but Bardsley gets a hand on a weak effort and pushes it wide. Norway fighting back and firmly on top at the moment.
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66'Another moment for Utland, who finds space on the right side of the area but her shot across goal is weak and easy for Bardsley to save.
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65'Houghton puts her defence in trouble with a short backpass, but luckily Bright is on the line to clear away after Utland took it round Bardsley. Big let-off for England, who are causing their own problems here.
Substitution
at Noruega
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64'First change for Norway as Saevik makes way for Lisa-Marie Karsleng Utland.
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63'England really have their tails up now and look supremely confident with every attack. Norway, on the other hand, look fatigued and out of ideas. This one looks like it should be over already, but you can never say never in football...
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60'Just after scoring a key goal at one end, Bronze makes a huge tackle to stop Herlevson from getting Norway back in the game.
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56'GOAAAAAAALLL! ENGLAND HAVE A THIRD! Mead cuts a free-kick back to Bronze on the edge of the box, and England's right-back slams home an incredible first-time effort from the D into the roof of the net, keeping up her impressive track record of scoring worldies against Norway and surely putting England into the last four!
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55'Houghton shows incredible composure and gives all England fans the sweats as she controls a cross in her own area and elects to whack out a Cruyff turn instead of clearing in her six-yard box, but she comes out with the ball well and helps mount a counter-attack.
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54'An excellent ball from Risa in midfield ends with Reiten flicking the ball on towards Herlovsen, but Bardsley is out quickly to dive down at her feet and snuff out the danger.
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53'England make their first change as Toni Duggan makes way for Beth Mead, who has shone at times earlier in this tournament.
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50'England win a free-kick on the right, but Duggan whips in a disappointing ball and Norway clear.
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48'Norway have started brighter this half, looking like a new team and playing with a real impetus.
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46'Norway come close!! Herlovsen heads the ball down to Graham Hansen in a great position in the area, but Houghton races in out of nowhere to deny her just as it seemed she was about to pull one back for the Scandinavians!
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45'Norway get the second-half underway!! England now 45 minutes away from another World Cup semi-final...
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45'HT: NORWAY 0-2 ENGLAND! The Lionesses take a deserved two-goal lead into the break thanks to strikes from Scott and White. They look the fresher and fitter team, and Norway now have a mountain to climb in the second half if they want to turn this one around. See you in 15 for more of the same!
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45'Nearly a third before half-time! Stokes sends in a perfect cross from the left wing to the back post, but Scott pokes her effort wide on the stretch. England look so dangerous down the wings.
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42'Kirby seems like she will be able to continue, and is currently getting a pep talk from Phil Neville. The England boss is rocking an undeniably terrible haircut - not sure what's gone wrong for him at the barbers here - the language barrier perhaps taking its toll?
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41'Kirby is down on the turf clutching her leg after that goal.
Goaaaaaal!
de Inglaterra en el 40'
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Statistics of E. White in Mundial Femenino661000
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40'GOAAAAAAALL! NOW ENGLAND HAVE THEIR SECOND! Parris is slid in by Bronze down the right of the area, but this time she doesn't elect to shoot. Instead, she slides a perfect ball across goal to White, who tucks her finish low into the bottom corner to double England's advantage. Huge goal!
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38'Another good chance for England! A flowing attack leads with Kirby curling a dangerous ball to the back post, but Parris' header is tame and Hjelmseth parries it behind.
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35'Bardsley takes a heavy touch rather than clearing first time after Bright slides it back to her and is closed down quickly by Herlovsen, but the keeper just about reaches the ball to clear it out for a throw-in. A warning for England - they need to keep their focus here.
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31'A dangerous break from Norway ends with Reiten on the edge of the area, but she chooses to shoot instead of pass when she had options in support and Stokes blocks her shot.
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28'So close to a second for England! Parris dinks the ball over to White on the right side of the area, whose first time volley cannons off the far post and to safety to Norway. What a goal that would've been!!
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25'Interestingly, Scott's goal was the Lionesses' fastest ever at a World Cup.
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24'Scott gives the ball away in a bad position in midfield, but she recovers quickly to block Graham Hansen's shot from outside the area.
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23'England have a promising coutner as Parris breaks down the right, but she's tripped and the not-so-mobile White carries on the run with the attack coming to nothing.
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20'Huge chance for Parris! Scott slides her in down the right side in space, and she cuts inside smartly to make space to shoot. The winger's effort on her weaker left foot is disappointing though, and flies high and wide from close range - she really should have scored there
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15'England look stretched as Norway carve them open down the left, but a couple of heavy touches from Midne and then Wold looking to control the former's cross sees the attack break down.
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12'England are keeping the ball fairly well so far, which could be key on a hot, sticky night in Le Havre against a Norway team who played 120 minutes against Australia days ago.
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9'Herlovsen again looks to run in behind down the left, but she gets her feet in a muddle and sends the ball behind for an England goal-kick.
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7'Strong running from Herlovsen down the left sees her reach the byline, but Bronze sticks with her and concedes a corner.
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5'Nearly another chance for England as Duggan cuts in from the left and puts a dangerous ball into the back post, but Parris can only knock it onto White and behind for a corner.
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4'What a start from England, and once again it's the Bronze-Parris tandem down the right that unlocks an opposition defence.
Goaaaaaal!
de Inglaterra en el 3'
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Statistics of J. Scott in Mundial Femenino710.14100
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3'GOAAAAAAAAAALLL! ENGLAND TAKE THE LEAD EARLY ON! Excellent work from Bronze down the right as she reaches the byline and cuts the ball back into the area. White misses the ball, but Jill Scott is on hand to scuff an effort across goal and into the bottom left corner.
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1'England, kicking from right to left, get us underway in Le Havre!!
Start of match
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PRVWSwiftly followed by a resounding rendition of God Save the Queen. All ready for kick-off here!
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PRVWThe teams are out for the national anthems. Norway up first...
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PRVWThese two sides met at the last World Cup four years ago, with this Lucy Bronze worldie being enough to take England through to the quarter-finals. More of the same tonight?
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PRVWHowever, Neville's side have won all four of their games so far at this tournament, with many believing this is the strongest England team in history. We should be in for a cracker tonight...
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PRVWHaving won four of their five World Cup quarter-finals, history could be on the Norweigans' side tonight. England have not fared quite as well at this stage of the tournament, winning just one of their four outings in the last eight....
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PRVWFor England, the big news is that Steph Houghton and Millie Bright are both fit to start. The two centre-backs were labelled as serious doubts for the game by Phil Neville, but seemed to have passed late fitness tests to play a part tonight. The Lionesses have made one change from their highly controversial win against Cameroon as Demi Stokes comes in to replace Alex Greenwood at left-back.
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PRVWNorway have made no changes from the team that beat Australia on penalties in the last 16. The one to watch for the Scandinavians is number 10 and playmaker Caroline Graham Hansen, who has just sealed a move to Spanish giants Barcelona.
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PRVWEngland: Bardsley, Bronze, Houghton, Bright, Stokes, Walsh, Parris, Scott, Kirby, Duggan, White.
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PRVWNorway: Norway: Hjelmseth, Moe Wold, Thorisdottir, Mjelde, Boe Risa, Herlovsen, Graham-Hansen, Engen, Reiten, Minde, Saevik.
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PRVWWith half an hour until kick-off, let's take a look at how the two teams line up.
Pre-match
27 June 2019, 21:00
Referee: Venegas L.
Stadium: Stade Océane
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PRVWGood evening and a very warm welcome to our live coverage of the first Women's World Cup 2019 quarter-final between Norway and England.