England Lionesses advance to Womens World Cup semi final after victory over Colombia

Finding herself in both time and space inside the penalty area, the 27-year-old’s cross-cum-shot lofted over United’s goalkeeper, giving Colombia the advantage.

England, however, quickly dusted themselves off and were behind for only a matter of minutes as the interval approached, with the ball falling kindly initial to Russo inside the area.

Perez had initially grabbed hold of the ball it seemed, before Hemp reacted quickest to snatch at the goalkeeper’s error, prodding home the Lionesses’ leveller.