European champion England starts the World Cup with a victory against Haiti © AP

The first match for the English national team in the World Cup was not easy.

After a tough 90-minute battle, the European champions defeated the Haitian national team 1:0.

In the 29th minute, Georgia Stanway converted a penalty kick from 11 meters and thus England managed to win. Alessia Russo was also active in attack, but failed to score.

Other results from the Women's World Cup:

Zambia 0:5 Japan

USA 3:0 Vietnam

Denmark 1:0 China

Nigeria 0:0 Canada

Spain 3:0 Costa Rica

Philippines 0:2 Switzerland