England fear the worst after Keira Walsh stretchered off
Saturday's Games
Group G: Sweden v Italy (8:30am, RTÉ2)
Group F: France v Brazil (11am, RTÉ2); Panama v Jamaica (1:30pm, RTÉ2)
One to watch
Captain Wendie Renard is an injury doubt for France's mouth-watering clash with Brazil. Defeat would put fancied France in real trouble after the surprise draw with Jamaica.
Friday's highlights
Group D: England 1 Denmark 0
A sixth-minute Lauren James goal was enough for England's second win of Group D, but that positive was overshadowed by a serious-looking injury to Keira Walsh, who was stretchered off in the first half.
The Barcelona star could clearly be seen telling the team's medical staff "I've done my knee" after sliding to collect the ball late in the first half. raising fears England's ACL curse has struck again. She was stretchered off and boss Sarina Wiegman expressed concern afterwards.
"Of course I'm concerned because she couldn't walk off the pitch, but we don't know yet, so we can't take any assumptions. Let's just wait until we really have a diagnosis and then we can tell you."
England are already without Euro winners Beth Mead and Leah Williamson to because of cruciate injuries, with Fran Kirby also missing.
Walsh later appeared on crutches, with ex-England striker-turned-pundit Ellen White telling the BBC: "(At the 2022 Euros) Everything came through Keira. There wasn't a plan B.
"I dreaded to think of the idea of us ever losing her because she was one of our best players. Beth Mead was scoring all the goals but all of our play came through Keira. She was the key cog, everything moved through her."
Group D: China 1 Haiti 0
Wang Shuang kept China's campaign alive by converting a penalty in the win over Haiti at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide, with the Asian
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