England vs Cameroon: Lionesses secure safe passage to quarter-finals
Phil Neville’s England are into the last eight in France
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Your support makes all the difference.England took on Cameroon in the Women's World Cup last 16 on Sunday afternoon.
Phil Neville's side are into the quarter-finals after an ill-tempered game where VAR took centre stage in Valenciennes. Steph Houghton opened the scoring, Ellen White added a second after a VAR review before Cameroon thought they had one back only for the technology to rule it out sparking chaos. Alex Greenwood made it three to seal their spot in the last eight.
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Play is about to resume here, and Cameroon have been out on the pitch for about five minutes. A grey-suited FIFA official was having a word with the team out in the middle, presumably about the incident at the end of the first-half...
SECOND-HALF: England 2-0 Cameroon
Play back underway - no changes at the break from either side.
GOAL! England 2-1 Cameroon (Nchout 48')
Cameroon are back in the game!
England lose possession sloppily at the back, and a cross from the left is turned home convincingly by Ajara Nchout!
VAR is looking at an offside in the build-up though...
GOAL DISALLOWED! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!
The Cameroon players are absolutely livid.
Play is still yet to get back underway.
Cameroon's captain Gabrielle Onguene is trying to calm the rest of her team down...
53 minutes: England 2-0 Cameroon
Play is eventually back underway - no goal.
54 minutes: England 2-0 Cameroon
Cameroon sub - Engolo comes on for Enganamouit...
And immediately, Engolo is through on goal after an England error at the back, but Bardsley saves well down low to her right!
England need to calm this game down...
55 minutes: England 2-0 Cameroon
Engolo is almost in again in behind, but Houghton does well to just about clear, and then the offside flag is raised.
Action-packed start to this second-half!
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