England's Lionesses beat Australia’s Matildas 3-1 in the nail-biting FIFA Women's World Cup semi-final showdown on Wednesday - here's a look inside their post-match celebrations...
for the Lionesses after 36 minutes when she thumped the ball home from 10 yards when Australia failed to clear a Lauren Hemp cross.
England led at the break but Australia's superstar captain Sam Kerr justified the pre-match hype with a rocket of an equaliser for theHowever, England secured the victory thanks to goals from Lauren Hemp after 71 minutes and Alessia Russo on 86 minutes. England will now face Spain in the final in Sydney after La Roja won the first semi-final 2-1 against Sweden on Tuesday. Neither team has won the competition before so history is guaranteed to be made on Sunday.
Following Wednesday's match, the women couldn't contain their excitement and let loose in the changing room.Player of the match Lauren Hemp led the celebrations as she was pictured dancingLauren posted pictures of the match on Instagram and captioned the snaps: "
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