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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The important element from an England point of view is that Steph Houghton is up, and looks OK.
FULL-TIME: England 3-0 Cameroon
England are through to the quarter-finals!
Goals from Steph Houghton, Ellen White and Alex Greenwood have done the job, amidst plenty of VAR drama here.
The Cameroon players completely lost their way at the end there... again!
Toxic atomsphere on the pitch as the full time whistle blows.
To confirm, England will play Norway in the quarter-finals in Le Havre on Thursday - kick-off at 8pm (BST).
Phil Neville, talking to the BBC:
"it didn't feel like football. It was a good win, we were ruthless in attack, but that wasn't football for me in terms of the behaviour."
"I didn't enjoy it, my players didn't enjoy it, at half-time they were confused on how they should act."
"This is going out worldwide. It's not right, there's a certain standard of behaviour... there's an example to set to young girls around the world."
On having any sympathy with Cameroon:
"None. The rules are rules. We know the rules. The referee got everyone right. In the end, I think the referee took pity on them - I think we should have had a penalty and a red card."
Cameroon dejection after their goal was disallowed following a VAR check...
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