England are through to the women’s football World Cup final for the first time beating co-hosts Australia 3-1 in the semi-final in Sydney.<\/p>\n
It sets up an all-European title decider against Spain in Sydney on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Ella Toone drove England’s opener into the corner of the net in the 36th minute to silence the crowd of nearly 76 thousand but Australia captain Sam Kerr brought Australia back into the game with a stunning run and strike from 25 metres out in the 64th minute.<\/p>\n
The Matildas defence failed to deal with a long ball over the top seven minutes later, however, and Lauren Hemp nipped in to drill it into the net.<\/p>\n
Kerr came close to scoring an equaliser but came up short and Alessia Russo powered home England’s third four minutes from time to send the European champions, semi-final losers at the last two World Cups, into the final.<\/p>\n
Australia will play off for third against Sweden on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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