Devastated Lionesses collapse in tears on the pitch as bid to make Women’s World Cup history falls agonisingly short
ENGLAND’S Lionesses wept after narrowly losing the World Cup final 1-0 to Spain.
The Lionesses appeared set to enter the history books after reaching the World Cup final for the first time since 1966.
But they fell to defeat after Olga Carmona opened the scoring for Spain in the 29th minute.
England went closest to scoring with the score still tied at 0-0 in the first half when Lauren Hemp rattled a shot off the bar.
La Roja dominated the second half in particular, where their possession based style allowed them to slowly wear down their English opponents.
Spain looked set to put the tie to bed in the 69th minute when VAR intervened to award a penalty after a Keira Walsh handball.
But Mary Earps proved to be a monumental presence in the England goal again as she saved Jennifer Hermoso’s spot-kick.
Sarina Wiegman tried everything to find a solution for her England side to get back into the game, bringing on Chloe Kelly and Lauren James on at half-time.
She also stuck centre-back Millie Bright up front to operate as a target woman and paired her with substitute Bethany England.
But it ultimately was not to be, with England’s inability to hold on to posession throughout the game meaning the side struggled to build any sustained attacks.