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The opponents are Sweden, who have played in the semi-finals five times in the Women's World Cup. On the other hand, Spain is in the last four for the first time. The Spaniards were 'nervous' seeing the experience of the Swedes and how close they were to the final.
But not Sweden, Spain reached the final for the first time after winning the semi-final after the last 10 minutes of drama at Eden Park in Auckland. In just the third World Cup game, Spain beat Scandinavian country Sweden 2-1.
81 to 89 - all the goals were scored in these 8 minutes. In the 81st minute, 19-year-old Salma Paraiuelo's goal gave Spain the lead. It was Parauelo, who came on as a substitute for Spain's biggest star, Alexia Putias, in the 57th minute. Two-time Ballon d'Or winner Pouteyas was on the field from the start of today's match.
After 7 minutes, Sweden equalized with Rebecca Blomkvist's goal. The match is going to be a tiebreaker, without giving time to those who started to think that a great goal by the captain Olga Carmona gave Spain the lead again. After that, Sweden could not repay the goal in the added 7 minutes.
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Spain will play against the winner of the Australia-England second semi-final in next Sunday's final. The second match of the last four will be held in Sydney tomorrow at 4 pm Bangladesh time. Like Spain, neither England nor Australia have experienced women's World Cup finals.
Debut in 2015, last sixteen in 2019, now the final—Spain's rise in women's football has been impossibly fast. However, the player rebellion and the injury of the team's biggest star Puteas did not allow Spain to be placed in the list of favorites in this World Cup. Who knows if the Spanish themselves could dream so much! The team's players felt butterflies in their stomachs thinking about playing in the finals.
After securing that nervy Spain final, coach Jorge Vilda claimed his team had done what they wanted, "It's a historic day." We're in the final, and that's what we wanted.
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Salma Parayauello scored the first goal to make Vilda's dream come true today with an extra-time winner against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals. That goal was also scored by Parayuello as a substitute. After scoring the goal, this winger, who got the title of 'Super Sub', pointed to the cheering of the audience. Spain fans started celebrating the match win.
But that celebration didn't last long. Sweden equalized with the goal of Bloomqvist. Carmona's goal after 90 seconds. The Spanish celebrate again.
While the Spanish were basking in the joy of reaching the final, the Swedes sought solace in the match. Even though he played the semi-finals five times, he had to leave four times before the final.
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After the match Parayuelor said, nothing is impossible for this Spain now, "It was a very difficult match. It was difficult for us to turn around after their goal. But we have shown that this team can turn around in any situation. We deserve it. After this small step, it is time for us to make one last attempt.'
What to do in the final, Paraiello also informed, 'Now the final. I think what I have done in every match, I have to do it again. I have overcome every challenge. Now we are facing the last challenge, the biggest challenge.
Whether Spain will win that challenge or not will be known on August 20 at the Sydney Stadium in Australia.
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