England got away with just enough of the role in its debut in the World Cup thanks to a penalty in the 29th minute converted by midfielder Georgia Stanway (photo; Bayern Munich) for beat Haiti this Saturday -absolute debut in World Cups- by 1-0.
To top it all off from the Caribbean, the goalkeeper Kerly Theus (Miami City) saved the penalty in the first instance, but the VAR forced the execution to be repeated and there he could not repeat. It is worth remembering that England is 4th in the FIFA ranking while Haiti is 53rd.
Also for Group D, Denmark (13th) later overtook China (14th) in agonizing fashion with a goal from attacking midfielder Amalie Vangsgaard (PSG) at minute 89.
The one who had no problems in attack was Japan (11th), who thrashed Zambia (77th) 5-0 in Group Cwhere Spain (6th) had already beaten Costa Rica (36th) 3-0.
Another outstanding result of the first date was the triumph of the current two-time champions and favorites, the United States (1st) by 3-0 over Vietnam (32nd) in Group D which has this Sunday morning the duel between the Netherlands (9th) and Portugal (21st), from 4:30.