PLAYER RATINGS

ENGLAND 78.5 (4-2-3-1) TEAM AVERAGE 7.12 BARDSLEY 7 LACKED situationssaves. Went authoritybut off made injured.in some smart BRONZE 8.5 FULLside andof drive turned down the the tide rightto set up the winner. HOUGHTON 7.5 CAUGHTon by Delie out butfor pace otherwise early kept England ticking over. BRIGHT 8 NO-NONSENSEis becoming a showing.very She impressive young leader. STOKES 6.5 CONFIDENTFrance found early her on left but side the easiest to get down. MOORE 7 FULL of running and covered the hard yards to keep France pegged back. SCOTT 7 WILLING to do the dirty work. Suspended for the semi-final for a late lunge. NOBBS 7 FRANCE surrounded her out on the right but cleverly moved inside. KIRBY 6 LARGELY crowded out and unable to find space as she did in the group stage. WHITE 6 FLICKED headers just didn’t come off as England tried to build attacks down the left. TAYLOR 7.5 THE performance of a clinical finisher. Fired home her fifth goal of the finals. SUBSTITUTES Chamberlain 7 (for Bardsley 75min). MARK SAMPSON 8 A BIG result to match his big words pre-match. His team found a way to win again and will now play in the semi-finals. FRANCE 69.5 (4-4-2) TEAM AVERAGE 6.31 Bouhaddi 5.5; HouaraD’ Hommeaux 6.5, Georges 6.5, Bathy 6, Karchaoui 6; Diani 6 (Thomis 65min 6), Geyoro 7, Henry 6, Abily 6.5 (Lavogez 78); Delie 7 (Le Bihan 90), Le Sommer 6.5. Booked: Bathy.

Manager: Olivier Echouafni 6. REFEREE ESTHER STAUBLI (SWIT) 6.5 FEW big decisions to make, but kept a lid on the battle in centre of park. ATTENDANCE 6,284