Spain seal spot in Women's World Cup final after dramatic win over Sweden

Spain sealed their place in Sunday's Women's World Cup final after a dramatic 2-1 victory over Spain in Auckland that saw all three goals coming in the last 10 minutes.

In a cagey contest with few chances for either side, the game suddenly sprung into life when 19-year-old Barcelona winger Salma Paralluelo gave Spain an 81st-minute lead.

Sweden – who have now lost back-to-back World Cup semi-finals – levelled seven minutes later when Rebecka Blomqvist smashed the ball first time across the goalkeeper and into the top corner.

But just 93 seconds later, captain Olga Carmona grabbed the winner with a shot which went in off the bar following a corner to spark wild celebrations at Eden Park as La Roja advanced.

They will now face the winner of Wednesday's other semi-final between co-hosts Australia and European champions England.

It is a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for Spain coming less than a year after a player revolt tore the squad apart when 15 players had threatened to quit the team as they were unhappy with manager Jorge Vilda's methods.

The coach exiled them all from the squad and only three of the 15 rebels – Mariona Caldentey, Aitana Bonmati and Ona Batlle – made it to the World Cup.

This historic win for Spain, that sealed their first ever final appearance, came just 15 days after they were beaten 4-0 by Japan in a group match.

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“It was a very tough game. It could’ve been difficult to recover from their goal, but we’ve shown that his team can deal with everything.” said Paralluelo, who scored the winner in Spain's quarter-final win over the Netherlands.

“We