Cooler than reporters from Cameroon, who were there to cover their country's second World Cup, one of whom was shouting loudly about VAR and the apparent injustices of the frenzied situation below. As Houghton - who scored in the last 16 for the second World Cup in a row - said afterwards, England "remained calm, professional and got the job done". But overall, Neville's side kept it together and ultimately secured the Lionesses' biggest win in a World Cup knockout match, and their second-largest winning margin in any game at the finals. The 1995 world champions are ranked nine places below England and the Lionesses won 2-1 in the last 16 of the 2015 World Cup in Canada. However, after sealing victory over Cameroon with Alex Greenwood's sweeping finish from Toni Duggan's well-planned corner, this England team seem ready to deal with even scenarios nobody could have envisaged.

Source: BBC June 24, 2019 08:18 UTC