England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley out of rest of Euro 2017 after breaking her leg in quarter-final win over France

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England's Women will have to fight for European Championship glory without their No 1 goalkeeper after Karen Bardsley had her leg broken by her own captain. 

Manager Mark Sampson revealed Bardsley's fracture tibia, shown in scan results on Tuesday, was suffered in an accidental collision with Lionesses skipper Steph Houghton during Sunday's historic quarter-final win over France.

Liverpool stopper Siobhan Chamberlain will deputise for the semi-final against Holland in Enschede on Thursday night and for a potential final against Austria or Denmark this Sunday. 

Karen Bardsley has been ruled out of the rest of the women's European Championship

Sampson said: 'We're devastated for KB. It was a hell of a bump — Steph gave her a right whack by mistake.' 

Bardsley, 32, will stay with the squad as they fight for the country's first major international silverware since 1966 after scan results revealed the scale of her injury.

Chamberlain played the last 14 minutes against France and also started England's group stage game against Portugal, although she conceded the only goal the Lionesses have let in at the tournament so far. 

The 33-year-old is used to big occasions with England, though, including keeping a clean sheet when they beat the USA on American soil in the SheBelieves Cup earlier this year and appearing in a World Cup quarter-final win over Canada two years ago. 

'We've got two excellent goalkeepers in the group, Carly (Telford) and Shiv, available to us and Siobhan will come into the game on Thursday night,' Sampson said. 

'Her reputation and performances in these big games have been outstanding, she came off the bench in that quarter-final; she was the goalkeeper who played 90 minutes in America when we kept a clean sheet and won 1-0. 

Scans revealed the England No 1 suffered a broken leg in quarter-final win over France

Liverpool goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain will play Holland in Thursday's semi-final

'I've worked with Shiv for a number of years and I've got complete faith. My belief is she's the best goalkeeper available in the tournament so we're delighted to have her available to us, to come in and play hopefully a big part for us.' 

Chamberlain says she is well prepared to face Holland in front of a 30,000 sell-out crowd on Thursday, given the role she played against hosts Canada in 2015. 

'You have always got to be ready, every player in the squad wants to be out there playing and they would be lying if they did not,' she said. 'You want people to be fit. And you have to be ready when and if selected. 

The 33-year-old played the full 90 minutes against Portugal in the group stage last week

'We've got a different challenge against Holland. They'll have all their supporters behind them, that will give them an extra buzz, and the atmosphere will be fantastic. 

'But in the World Cup quarter-final we were playing in front of 50,000 Canadian fans in Canada and we coped with that, so we'll go out there on Thursday feeling confident that we can get the win.' 

Veteran defender Casey Stoney, who has been persistently troubled by injury in Holland, was the only other England player not to train at their Utrecht base on Tuesday.