they got off to a perfect start here in tilburg.s, they were given an opportunity by the portuguese keeper. toni duggan doesn't miss chances like that. 1—0 up. it looked simple at that point, but portugal did not panic. they responded, causing england plenty of problems and evening things up with that goal. at that stage, portugal were still in with a chance of going through, but england came back after the break rejuvenated, nikita paris with a lovely goal, forcing her way through to make sure england sealed their win. the most important thing for them was the three points. mark sampson made ten changes to this site, so there was a danger that they might lose their momentum, but they might lose their momentum, but they didn't. now they set up a blockbuster quarterfinal with france, unexpectedly finishing runners—up in their group, group c. this is a team england haven't beaten since 1974, but fans will be without the influential captain and you get a sense that this just might be the time to play them —— france will be without thei