How Twitter reacted to England Women’s World Cup bronze medal
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There couldn’t have been a better way to sum up England Women’s surprising run in the World Cup than their final match of the tournament against Germany in the third-place playoff.
Against the odds, Mark Sampson’s side overcame their rivals in extra-time, capping a heart-warming run in a tournament where few expected the side to get beyond the first knockout round.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the result:
How tough a task the Lionesses faced was made clear prior to kick off.
#GER–#ENG in the Women's World Cup third-place match at 4 ET.
Germany has never lost in 20 games vs England (18-0-2).
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) July 4, 2015
0 – England haven't scored against Germany in two WWC matches (0-3 loss in 1995, 0-0 draw in 2007). Blanks.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 4, 2015
After 107 minutes of goalless action, Fara Williams finally broke the deadlock with a 108th minute penalty.
Fara Williams is 2nd player to score 3 penalties at a single WWC (Norway's Tina Svensson in 1991).
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) July 4, 2015
After agonising own-goal that cost them their place in the World Cup final, the England side responded perfectly.
The @england Women's team showed just how to bounce back from heartbreak. Well done ladies!
#FIFAWWC
— Richard WhiteheadMBE (@Marathonchamp) July 5, 2015
England women beat Germany for 3rd place in WWC. Frankly unlucky not to be in final.
— Ian Darke (@IanDarke) July 4, 2015
After receiving their medals, some players shared a few pictures with us.
Aaaaaahhhhh! We just beat the Germans!!!!!! @FIFAWWC bronze medalists!!!!!! #Lionesses #ENG pic.twitter.com/QTDTyrH9ku
— Siobhan Chamberlain (@Sio_Chamberlain) July 4, 2015
We did it… @England #BronzeMedal #Lionesses pic.twitter.com/NaEPHrSQJz
— Stephanie Houghton (@stephhoughton2) July 5, 2015
And, after a thoroughly successful tournament, attention can now turn to winning the European Championships
Congrats #ENG on beating #GER to 3rd place in #WWC2015. #Lionesses are officially the best team in Europe at the #FIFAWWC. Should be proud.
— Hayley McQueen (@HayleyMcQueen) July 4, 2015
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