France beat England 4-3 on penalties in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals. “It’s very beautiful. Life is great. We worked so hard for this,” said an emotional France coach Bruno Bini. “There’s a certain magic to football.”Elise Bussaglia equalized in the 88th minute following Jill Scott’s 59th-minute goal for England before 26,395 fans at Bay Arena.Camille Abily, who took the first spot kick for France, saw her effort saved by Karen Bardsley, but Bussaglia, Gaetane Thiney and Sonia Bompastor all scored. Le Sommer put all the pressure on White after England's Claire Rafferty drew her shot wide to the right.Kelly Smith, Karen Carney and Casey Stoney converted England's penalties.In a game thoroughly dominated by France, Scott fired England into the lead against the run of play after Smith and Rachel Yankey combined to set her free.
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