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Women's World Cup: Groenen helps Dutch reach last eight

The midfielder, who has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Manchester United Women this summer, played the full game as her country saw off Japan with a dramatic 2-1 win on Tuesday night.

The European champions needed a 90th-minute penalty from Lieke Martens to emerge victorious in Rennes in the final last-16 tie and knock out the Asian champions, who won the tournament in 2011 and were runners-up in 2015.

Martens stayed calm under immense pressure to send Ayaka Yamashita the wrong way, and score her second goal of a game in which Japan had the better chances and controlled for long periods.