Women's World Cup: Spain, England face-off in historic Sunday's final

European champions England will face Spain in Sunday’s final after beating co-host Australia 3-1 in Wednesday’s semifinal encounter at the 75 000 capacity sold-out Stadium in Sydney, Australia.

Both teams will be playing in their first event World Cup final. The La Roja of Spain qualified for their first major tournament final at the first attempt. Lionesses are through to their very first FIFA Women’s final after two earlier attempts at the finals.

The historic final will see a new champion emerge at Australia, New Zealand 2023 FIFA World Cup for the Women’s game after the reigning champion USWT was eliminated.

Spain defeated Sweden 2-1 to book a place in Sunday’s final, while England edged co-host Australia 3-1 in Wednesday’s semifinal clash.

For 81 minutes, the game was a careful affair, with neither side giving away many huge chances as a spot in Sunday’s showpiece final lay before them.

But a frantic final 15 minutes saw 19-year-old substitute Salma Parallels (81) fire Spain ahead 80 minutes in the game via a dramatic finish in the six-yard box. This was matched soon after as another substitute, Rebecka Blomqvist (88), curled in a fine effort to level for Sweden.

But Spain wasted no time retaking the lead through captain Carmona’s superb effort with a stunning effort past Zecira Musovic from range to send La Roja into their first major tournament final.

Spain is playing in their first-ever semifinal outing against Sweden in their fifth attempt at this stage of the competition hoping for a historic final.

However, sixth-ranked Spain went through to the final against the third-ranked women’s team in the world.