LE HAVRE, France: Women’s World Cup hosts France survived a scare to beat Brazil 2-1 in extra time and reach the quarter-finals on Sunday (Jun 23) as captain Amandine Henry scored a dramatic winner. Lyon midfielder Henry struck in the 107th minute after Thaisa’s equaliser for Brazil, following Valerie Gauvin’s opener, had forced a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes. France will face either reigning champions the United States or Spain in the last eight in Paris on Friday. “It was tense, very tense against good opponents,” French coach Corinne Diacre told TF1. “We gave everything, we did not let it go. “We came to qualify for the quarter-finals, that’s what we wanted. I wish we had played a little more in the first half, it might have been less difficult in the second.” Pre-tournament favourites France will be playing in the quarter-finals for the third straight World Cup, while Brazil have now suffered back-to-back last-16 defeats after their 2015 loss to Australia. After the chaotic scenes of the earlier last-16 tie on Sunday which saw an ill-tempered Cameroon refuse to play for several minutes during their loss to England – behaviour Lionesses boss Phil Neville described as “unacceptable” – this was another hard-fought…