This was supposed to be Australia’s tournament, their chance to reach a World Cup final, their chance for history. England decided that was not how the script was going to be. The Lionesses delivered the performance of their lives to beat the Aussies 3-1 in their own backyard set up a showdown final with Spain.When Sam Kerr scored her first goal of the tournament to cancel out Ella Toone’s first half strike, the momentum looked to be with the hosts. But this England team does not back down. Lauren Hemp responded eight minutes later to restore the Lionesses’ lead before Alessia Russo finished the job four minutes from time.England’s journey to the World Cup final has been a two-year journey, since Wiegman took over in 2021. But a key moment came four months ago when the manager suffered her first ever defeat in April at the hands of Tony Gustavsson’s Australia.
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