Teenager Salma Paralluelo scored an extra-time winner as Spain beat the Netherlands 2-1 to reach the Women's World Cup semi-finals for the first time on Friday.
Over a tense 90 minutes in Wellington full of incident, Mariona Caldentey scored an 81st-minute penalty for Spain, only for Stefanie van der Gragt to equalise in added time.
With the quarter-final seemingly headed for penalties, 19-year-old substitute Paralluelo produced a brilliant solo finish in the 111th minute to put Spain into the last four.
The former sprinter showcased her speed for the goal, racing up the pitch before sidestepping a defender and firing a left-footed shot that ricocheted off the post and in. "[Coach Jorge Vilda] told me to be sure that I was open for the passes, that I could be in the right spaces and to compete, compete as much as I could," said Paralluelo. "I had that opportunity and I was lucky to score so I'm very happy." On the other hand, it was not the fairytale finish that Van der Gragt might have envisioned, with both a goal and a costly hand ball in the defeat to Spain.