England’s hopes of profitable the Women’s World Cup suffered a blow on Friday when Keira Walsh was taken off the pitch on a stretcher with what seemed to be a severe knee damage in the course of the Group D match towards Denmark.
The 26-year-old holding midfielder, who was an integral a part of the England workforce that received the Euros final 12 months, crumpled to the turf at Sydney Football Stadium with out contact within the thirty eighth minute and instantly known as for medical help.
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Walsh moved from Manchester City to Catalan giants Barcelona final 12 months for a world file price reported to be within the area of $470,000. She received a Liga F and Champions League double in her first season in Spain.
England, who beat Haiti 1-0 of their event opener, had been main Denmark 1-0 when Walsh departed the competition courtesy of Lauren James’s sixth minute objective.
