England forward Lauren James is facing an anxious wait to know the duration of her suspension after being sent off during the round-of-16 penalty shootout victory against Nigeria.

FIFA has informed ESPN that James' punishment will be determined in due course, but she is confirmed to miss the Lionesses' upcoming quarterfinal match against either Colombia or Jamaica on Saturday.

Manager Sarina Wiegman expressed that James will learn from her red card and commended the team's mentality.

In the 87th minute of the match, James received a red card for deliberately stepping on Michelle Alozie, who was on the ground at the time.

Initially, a yellow card was shown, but after a VAR consultation, it was upgraded to a red card.

Despite playing the entire extra time with 10 players, England showed resilience and secured a 4-2 victory on penalties.

"It was a moment that was in a split second," Wiegman said of James. "It was later in the game, so players get a little tired.

She is inexperienced on this stage and, in a split second, lost her emotions. She would never want to hurt someone, she is the sweetest person I know."

Wiegman added: "Things happen, you can't change it. It's a huge lesson for her to learn, but isn't something she did on purpose."

Rachel Daly said James was "disappointed" and "upset."

"She's a young player people forget that, they put a lot of pressure on her on the outside, media, everyone puts a lot of pressure on the kid, she's a young girl, she's got a lot to learn and she knows that," Daly said.

"But ultimately, it's a team game, she's been excellent for us and course, [we'll] put an arm around her, help her through it and she'll learn from it. She's a fantastic player with a bright future ahead of her."

Nigeria hit the bar twice but failed to find a breakthrough against an England side who had Keira Walsh starting just 10 days after she suffered the knee injury against Denmark. It's been a turbulent tournament for England, with the Walsh injury and James' red card, and Wiegman says it's a case of looking for solutions when problems arise.

"I've never experienced so many problems," Wiegman said. "[But] that's my job, to think of things that can happen in a game, in a tournament. You try to turn every stone and think of a solution already if things happen. We got totally tested today.

"We have had many setbacks. I'm proud of the team. Lauren James was sent off, and we reorganised straightaway. We didn't need more than a minute to do so. Players were tired, but we showed a lot of resilience, and then to go into a penalty shootout and do so well, it was incredible."