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Chole Kelly was England’s winning goalscorer once again as the Lionesses beat Brazil 4-2 on penalties in the inaugural Women’s Finalissima, having drawn 1-1 in normal time.
Toone’s 23rd-minute strike looked to have decided the result in front of over 83,000 fans at Wembley, but a fumbled save from Mary Earps allowed Andressa Alves to slot home with only minutes to play, taking the game to spot-kicks.
Tamires and Brazil captain Rafaelle Souza both missed their penalties – as did Toone for England – but Euro 2022-winning goalscorer Kelly did it again for the Lionesses as she coolly sealed the winning penalty.
England are now 30 matches unbeaten under Sarina Wiegman and won their first penalty shootout.
More to follow…
What’s next?
England are next in action on April 11 when they take on World Cup co-hosts Australia at Brentford’s Gtech Stadium, kick-off 7.45pm.
What is the World Cup schedule?
The group stage will begin on July 20 and run over a two-week period finishing on August 3 and see group winners and runners-up progress to the round of 16, which takes place from August 5 to August 8.
The quarter-finals, which will be held in Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane and Sydney, are scheduled for August 11 and 12.
The first semi-final will then be played on August 15 in Auckland, with the other semi-final taking place on August 16 at the Accor Stadium in Sydney, which will then host the final on August 20.
A third-place play-off will be played the day before the final on August 19 in Brisbane.
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