ingiltere (k): karen louise bardsley, claire lauren rafferty (dk. 53 alex greenwood), stephanie jayne houghton, lucia bronze (dk. 85 alexandra virina scott), fara williams, laura bassett, jill louise scott (dk. 66 karen julia carney), eniola aluko, jade moore, toni duggan, francesca kirby
yedekler: siobhan rebecca chamberlain, carly mitchell telford, casey jean stoney, jordan nobbs, katie sarah chapman, josanne potter, jodie taylor, lianne joan sanderson, ellen toni white
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meksika (k): aurora cecilia santiago cisneros, vaitiare kenti robles salas, alina lisi garciamendez rowold, jennifer marie 'jenny' ruiz williams, bianca elissa sierra garcia (dk. 46 valeria aurora miranda), lydia nayeli rangel hernandez, veronica raquel perez murillo, veronica charlyn corral ang, sandra stephany mayor gutierrez, monica ocampo medina (dk. 89 claudia fabiola ibarra muro), renae nicole cuellar (dk. 77 maria guadalupe sanchez morales)
yedekler: pamela tajonar alonso, emily sofia alvarado natividad, christina murillo ruiz, greta alejandra espinoza casas, arianna jeanette romero tellez, teresa noyola bayardo, monica rose alvarado rodriguez, amanda perez, anisa raquel guajardo braff
england secure crucial mexico win (fifa.com) 13 jun 2015
england belatedly kick-started their 2015 fifa women’s world cup™ campaign with a hard-won 2-1 victory over mexico in moncton.
the three lionesses desperately needed all three points after opening with an uninspired 1-0 loss to france, while mexico held a slim advantage over their rivals following a 1-1 stalemate against colombia. england held a slight edge over mexico in the opening half but it wasn’t until the final 20 minutes that the europeans finally wrestled control thanks to a goal from the impressive fran kirby, with substitute karen carney adding insurance.
there were first-half efforts from kirby, toni duggan and eniola aluko with the latter notably clipping the crossbar a minute prior to the break. mexico rarely threatened the england goal although dead-ball specialist monica ocampo did see her dangerous inswinging corner pushed onto the crossbar by goalkeeper karen bardsley.
with 19 minutes remaining kirby deftly made the most of a half chance on the edge of the penalty area to finish cleverly for england’s first goal of the campaign. eleven minutes later carney nodded home an alex greenwood cross as england’s confidence soared.
however, mexico are renowned for their fighting spirit and fabiola ibarra pulled a goal back during stoppage time after bardsley spilled a charlyn corral strike.
