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'Why not?' - Alessia Russo backs England to win World Cup

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England can get the job done against Spain in the Women's World Cup final, according to forward Alessia Russo.The Lionesses are into a first ever final where they'll face Spain on Sunday in Sydney, a repeat of the pair's Euro 2022 quarter-final, when England needed extra-time to see off the Iberian side.They progressed in normal time today as efforts from Lauren Hemp and Russo saw them finally kill off the Australian challenge."Over the moon," said Russo afterwards."Incredible.

World Cup final. We've been saying we were dreaming of the semis, and things like that, but this is what it's all about."A World Cup final with this group - yeah, buzzing."With Australia chasing a second equaliser, after Sam Kerr's superb equaliser, England broke and Russo applied the finishing touches to kill off the hosts' chances."When they scored they got momentum," she added."The place erupted but then Hempo's [Lauren Hemp] goal completely flipped the momentum, which was really crucial.

Then yeah, to get to 3-1 you can settle a bit and see the game out." We need your consent to load this comcast-player content We use comcast-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.

Please review their details and accept them to load the content. Manage Preferences Asked if they could go all the way, she said,"Yeah, why not?

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