Netherlands 3 Cameroon 1Vivianne Miedema scored twice to become Netherlands’ all-time leading goalscorer as the European champions beat Cameroon 3-1 in Valenciennes on Saturday to reach the last 16 at the women’s World Cup. Cameroon substitute Henriette Akaba came close to an equaliser in the closing stages before Miedema scored her second goal to put the result beyond doubt. It was Miedema’s 60th goal for the Netherlands as she overtook former striker Manon Melis to become their all-time top scorer. “It is something special, something I’m only going to live once and it’s a special experience for me,” the 22-year-old Miedema said. In a couple of stages we played better than the previous game but we struggled as well,” Netherlands coach Sarina Wiegman said.

Source: The Irish Times June 15, 2019 16:30 UTC