Before half time, England stepped up the pace but still went into the break scoreless. It took only five minutes into the second half for Correa to make another amazing save when Parris sent a shot goal bound. The ball was heading straight for the keeper, but she dealt with it well and Argentina was still in the game, even though they had only 25% of the possession.

Just after the hour mark, England finally got their goal. Jill Scott was able to launch a counterattack before linking up with Kirby. She played it out left to Mead who beautifully crossed it into Jodie Taylor. She hadn’t scored in over a year but it didn’t seem like it when she slipped the ball into the back of the net. This time Correa didn’t have a chance.

After Taylor’s goal, the game slowed down. Argentina tried to break a few times but they didn’t look like a serious threat at any point. So much so that England goalkeeper Carly Telford barely got to see the ball all night.

Phil Neville introduced some substitutions in the last ten minutes – more to give players airtime than anything.

After the final whistle, Neville exclaimed, “I thought we were outstanding.” This made a radical change from the footage of him shouting expletives at the team after the Scotland game.

His team weren’t challenged in this game and Argentina’s goalkeeper kept them in it for much longer than they deserved. Their real test comes on Wednesday when we see if they can finish the group strongly when they play 2015 finalists Japan.

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Women’s World Cup: Jodie Taylor’s epic goal seals England match win