The FIFA Women’s World Cup comes to an end this Sunday, and fans are promised a captivating final match between Spain and the Lionesses of England, as a first-time winner is guaranteed at the tournament.
La Roja and England will both be playing in the final of the tournament for the first time ever as they become the 9th and 10th different World Cup finalists in the tournament’s history.
The two football powerhouses will ensure that a European side lifts the title for the first time since 2007, when Germany last won it in China, and the 2023 Women’s World Cup final will also feature an all-European affair for just the third time in the competition’s nine-tournament history.
Led by the brilliant Sarina Weigman, who becomes the fourth coach to reach two women’s World Cup finals and also the first coach to lead two different nations to a men’s or women’s World Cup final, the Lionesses will welcome the return of 21-year-old maestro Lauren James after she missed their last two games due to suspension.
Key facts
– Either Spain or England could join Germany as the only teams to have won the World Cup in both the men’s and women’s tournament.
– The two teams ensured there would be two first-time finalists in the Women’s World Cup final for the first time since 1991.
– The Lionesses of England can become the second nation to win the World Cup as reigning European champions, also alongside Germany.
– Wiegman at 53 years 298 days, could become the oldest coach to win the Women’s World Cup.
– If Spain’s Salma Paralluelo, who is the first teenager to score multiple goals in the knockout stage at a single World Cup, gets a goal in the final, she will become the youngest goalscorer in the final of the Women’s World Cup at 19 years 280 days.
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