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Women's World Cup Review: Spain, Norway and Germany make winning starts

Spain, Germany and Norway made winning starts to their Women's World Cup campaigns on Saturday.

In the first game of the day, Germany stuttered to a 1-0 victory against China in Rennes.

Carolin Simon hit the crossbar for the two-time world champions, who needed a moment of magic from teenager Giulia Gwinn to break the deadlock.

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Germany are now unbeaten in their last 17 Women's World Cup group-stage games with Martina Voss-Tecklenburg's side among the favourites to triumph in France.

We need to talk about Giulia Gwinn for a minute.