RACHEL DALY had heavenly help, Chloe Kelly won a mental battle and Alex Greenwood said it was down to practise.
And skipper Millie Bright just wanted to protect the squad's secret.
As England basked in the glory of a second penalty shoot-out victory under Sarina Wiegman, it appears the quality of the strikes that sent the Lionesses into the World Cup quarter-finals did not just happen by chance.
All right, Georgia Stanway was well off the mark with the first effort against Nigeria but there wasn't any timidity about her shot - she just got her angles wrong.
Beth England strode up confidently to set the ball rolling and the rest finished the job to triumph 4-2.
Daly takes penalties for Aston Villa and has only seen one saved in her pro career.
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