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83 min The consensus on Twitter seems to be that it is legal to change the penalty taker for a repeat examination. So go. I 'm sure this must be one in You are the Ref column came to a point, but I do not have time to check!

82 mins Now is the woman who is at fault line, the award of a corner in the U.S., after the ball had gone behind off one of their own players. Brazil, but managed to clear.

81 minsMarta gets to her feet slowly, having taken on the left side, but do nothing for the umpires who are losing control over this a little. I could mention earlier, but to award the penalty they never really seemed to show the place, instead of rushing to send the Buehler and caused some confusion as to what their decision was.

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Fine save from Solo, who gets both hands to a wonderful curling effort from Cristiane just outside the box, but then just as the crowd stand to applaud she drops the ball on her toes, and is grateful to a lack of alertness from Brazil's strikers as she smothers the loose ball.

53 minutes "I 'm not quite sure how close we hope this' s parents were big Star Wars fans," harrumphs a reader known only as Rich. "The name was a foregone conclusion, it is only because their first initial was H? If they were big fans, wouldn 't they have named her Hannah? What I can' t believe it, but, as it has not a photo-shoot with hope in a black vest over a white long sleeve, black pants, with a laser gun, dressed in a sort of large furry creatures, and etc and so on? "

51 minsLloyd Christie is on thin ice here to celebrate what seemed a deliberate hand ball to break up play like Brazil are trying to escape their own half. It 's already on a booking, but the referee waves away Brazil' s talks to them a second.

49 minutes Brazil may not have created many real chances in this match, but that isn't to say that USA have defended well. At times their backline have looked nervous to the point of incompetence. As Brazil pump the ball forwards from a free-kick in the centre circle, no less than four USA defenders stand between the ball and the nearest attacker, yet between them they contrive only to shank the ball to Cristiane, who nearly manages to clip a short ball over into the path of Marta. Luckily for the defenders, the pass wasn't quite right.

47 minutes Seriously, in the first half it was Mexican waves and now slow hand clapping within two minutes. What is with these folks in Dresden? Meantime Fabiana skips free down the right, but her attempted cross is cut out.

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15 minutes O 'Reilly races forward on the right for the U.S., but eventually they will run by Maurine checked. It must be said that Brazil 's 3-4-3 studied are at best a naive arrogance here in the early stages. The front three are just isolated to the front, back and fall in the absence of support in the midfield and instead just stand and watch how the U.S. ever win back possession of their activity before the start of another counter-attack.

12 min Oooh, Brazil again in trouble here as Andreia makes a terrible hash their attempt to punch clear from a free kick into the box with raised forward Rampone. Abby Wambach beat the goalkeeper, but only succeed in flicking wide short of the posts.

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Almost a similarly calamitous mistake for the USA here, as Lepeilbet gets the ball caught under her feet on the corner of the six yard box, eventually clipping it off her heel towards her own goal before Solo retrieves it. A good thing for the States that Brazil didn't have anyone further forward to put the pressure on.

GOAL! Brazil 0-1 USA (Daiane og 2 mins)

In fact the serious business began yesterday within hours of England's exit, as the hosts and Germany were surprisingly beaten by Japan. That leaves Brazil and USA as the two remaining favourites, and, after the latter surprisingly failed to win Group C, only one of those two can now reach the semi-finals.