England's Women's World Cup campaign has dramatic start with VAR used three times in half an hour
Stanway got the Lionesses' campaign going, but not without some dramaIt was England who drew first blood in the opening 45 minutes, though, with Georgia Stanway converting a penalty after a handball in the box by Haiti's Batcheba Louis.
But the Lionesses' path to their opener wasn't an easy one, with VAR having to be called into action three times in just 30 minutes of play. Sarina Wiegman's side thought they'd been given a spot kick when Chloe Kelly was brought down in the box by a nasty-looking studs-up challenge from Dayana Pierre-Louis.
But, instead, a VAR review saw the referee rule that no penalty should be awarded, with England's Alessia Russo being penalised for a foul in the build-up instead.
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