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Women's World Cup Day 8 recap: Portugal eliminates Vietnam from moving on

Portugal can still win Group E while Vietnam won’t be advancing to the knockout rounds.

Portugal beat Vietnam 2-0 early Thursday morning thanks to two goals in the first 21 minutes of the game. It’s the country’s first Women’s World Cup win and came after coach Francisco Neto changed seven of his 11 starters from an opening 1-0 loss to the Netherlands.

Telma Encarnacao scored in the seventh minute and then provided the assist to Kika Nazareth’s goal in the 21st minute.

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Rewatch the historic first victory in our 90' in 90" highlights u2b07ufe0f pic.