Ellen White scored a brilliant double as England beat Japan 2-0 to finish top of Group D and set-up a last-16 clash against one of the best third-place sides. White followed her winner against Scotland with two first-time finishes from superb passes by Georgia Stanway and Karen Carney either side of half-time but England were fortunate to keep another clean sheet, as the 2011 winners missed a host of second-half chances. Phil Neville’s side will now play Chile, Cameroon, China, New Zealand or Thailand in Valenciennes on Sunday afternoon. This was a very different test to the fiery, physical battle with Argentina last week but the first two-thirds of the game followed a similar script, as Phil Neville’s team controlled possession but found an opposition goalkeeper determined to keep the score respectable in Ayaka Yamashita. Her string of fine saves ensured Japan, like Scotland and Argentina before them, entered the last half an hour with real hope of a point and England were lucky that substitute Yuika Sugasawa was not wearing her shooting boots. She missed a string of chances to level the score before White struck five minutes from time. Neville had called on his players to top the…