The Selecao almost found the leveler minutes later as Cristiane's powering header on Marta's cross rattled the crossbar.

Brazil kept piling on pressure and finally pulled the level back in the 64th minute as Debinha's cross from the left was only half-cleared by Wendie Renard. Thaisa followed to fire home with her left-shot.

The goal was initially disallowed for offside but VAR overturned that decision.

Tamires thought she helped Brazil take the lead on 86 minutes but that was correctly flagged offside.

After a dramatic regular time, the hosts dominated the first half of the extra time, yet Brazil created the best chance as Debinha surged into the box but her shot which beat French keeper Sarah Bouhaddi in a close range was cleared off the line by defender Griedge Mbock Bathy.

France restored the lead in the 107th minute when Majri swung in a free kick into the box, and Henry got in front of her marker to cushion a left-volley into the net.

Diani should have sealed the win in 114th minute but she dinked it over from a tight angle.

Brazil poured forward after that, but it was too late.

In an early fixture, England crushed Cameroon 3-0 to face Norway in the quarterfinals on June 27. Steph Houghton and Ellen White put England 2-0 up at the break, and Alex Greenwood swept home in the second half.

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