Spain v England: Key moments from the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup

Alessia Russo scored successful some the quarter-finals and semi-finals for England

England instrumentality connected Spain successful the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup last connected Sunday astatine 11:00 BST.

BBC Sport takes a look astatine immoderate of the cardinal moments for some teams arsenic they progressed done the tournament.

England

Walsh carried disconnected versus Denmark

England began their run with a hard-fought 1-0 triumph against Haiti and scored aboriginal connected successful the 2nd lucifer against Denmark.

But their interest was past focused connected antiaircraft midfielder Keira Walsh, who suffered a genu wounded successful the archetypal fractional and was carried disconnected connected a stretcher.

There were fears she had suffered anterior cruciate ligament harm - but luckily, the wounded was not arsenic atrocious arsenic it archetypal looked. She missed the 3rd radical crippled against China, but has started England's different 5 matches to date.

James superb arsenic England deed China for six

Lauren James was England's matchwinner against Denmark and was successful unstoppable signifier against China.

She scored 2 fantabulous goals, created 3 assists and was unlucky to beryllium denied different extremity by a arguable video adjunct referee decision.

James helped England unafraid a 6-1 triumph arsenic they cruised done arsenic radical winners with 9 points from 3 matches.

Penalty joyousness against Nigeria aft James reddish card

James was the prima against China but had a infinitesimal to hide successful the past 16 erstwhile she was sent disconnected for lasting connected the backmost of Nigeria's Michelle Alozie, who was lying look down connected the grass.

England had to conflict passim other clip a subordinate abbreviated and stayed successful the crippled to unit a punishment shootout.

Georgia Stanway, who scored a retaken punishment successful the 1-0 triumph implicit Haiti, went archetypal and changeable wide, lone for Nigeria's Desire Oparanozie to besides miss. Beth England scored and Alozie fired implicit the barroom to springiness the Lionesses the advantage.

Rachel Daly and Alex Greenwood converted their efforts earlier Chloe Kelly, who netted the victor successful past summer's Euro 2022 final, kept her chill to instrumentality England into the quarter-finals.

England combat backmost to bushed Colombia

England besides had to combat hard successful their quarter-final with Colombia.

Leicy Santos enactment the South Americans ahead, lobbing goalkeeper Mary Earps, conscionable earlier half-time, but England grabbed an equaliser done Lauren Hemp successful the sixth infinitesimal of first-half wounded time.

Alessia Russo enactment the Lionesses up aft 63 minutes and though Colombia had chances to instrumentality the crippled to other time, Earps and the England defence denied them to beforehand into the last four.

Russo seals last spot with precocious extremity to spot disconnected co-hosts

With Spain already done to the final, England took connected co-hosts Australia for the close to articulation them.

Ella Toone fired a superb onslaught into the apical country to enactment Sarina Wiegman's broadside ahead, lone for Chelsea striker and Australia skipper Sam Kerr to equalise with a stunning extremity of her own.

Hemp capitalised connected a antiaircraft mistake to reconstruct England's lead, past acceptable up Russo, who added a 3rd to unafraid a archetypal World Cup last spot and extremity Australia's hopes of winning the tournament.

Spain

Spain enactment off-field problems down them successful large start

Spain's build-up to the tourney had been dominated by a subordinate revolt, with a fig of players wanting caput manager Jorge Vilda to beryllium sacked.

But Vilda stayed on, and his broadside made a superb start, beating Costa Rica 3-0 and Zambia 5-0.

Japan thrash Spain successful last radical match

Despite dominating possession, Spain were thrashed 4-0 by Japan successful their last Group C match.

The 2011 satellite champions scored 3 times successful the archetypal half, 2 from Hinata Miyazawa and 1 from Riko Ueki earlier substitute Mina Tanaka added a precocious 4th to permission already-qualified Spain successful 2nd spot successful the group.

Bonmati stars arsenic Spain smash Switzerland

But Spain returned to signifier successful benignant arsenic they gained a 5-1 triumph implicit Switzerland to unafraid their archetypal knockout-stage triumph astatine a World Cup.

Aitana Bonmati scored doubly and made 2 further goals, with Alba Redondo, Laia Codina (who had earlier scored a bizarre ain extremity from 40 yards out) and Jennifer Hermoso besides connected the scoresheet to guarantee a spot successful the past eight.

Teenager Paralluelo's extra-time extremity eliminates Netherlands

The Netherlands, runners-up 4 years ago, were Spain's quarter-final opponents with Vilda's squad scoring an 80th-minute punishment from Mariona Caldentey.

Stefanie van der Gragt grabbed a 91st-minute equaliser for the Dutch to unit other time, but 19-year-old Salma Paralluelo became her country's youngest scorer astatine a Women's World Cup with her victor successful the 111th minute.

Last-minute victor takes Spain into final

Sweden, a broadside 3rd successful the satellite rankings, were Spain's opponents successful the semi-final and it was different thrilling finish, with each 3 goals scored wrong the past 10 minutes.

Paralluelo opened the scoring, Rebecka Blomqvist equalised but conscionable 93 seconds aboriginal skipper Olga Carmona scored an 89th-minute victor to spark chaotic scenes of jubilation among the Spanish supporters.

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