LONDON — As the eruption of pleasure dissipated and the dancing died down Wednesday afternoon, some England soccer followers watching the Women’s World Cup again residence have been already beginning to put together for the ultimate.
England superior to the championship match for the primary time, one yr after successful its first European title. The Lionesses will play Spain on Sunday at Stadium Australia in Sydney within the first all-European remaining since 2003.
“I will definitely be back on Sunday,” mentioned Dani Beazley, a 51-year-old England fan who watched the group’s 3-1 win over Australia within the semifinals at a fan zone in south London. “I’m with my daughter and my sister. The reaction in the whole place is unbelievable. The place erupted. It was just brilliant.”
Revelers on the fan zone at Croydon Boxpark jumped on tables and began dancing after the ultimate whistle.
Fans on the Big Penny Social venue in London cheered, hugged and danced after every of England’s three targets. Strobe lights flashed as the sport ended with England victorious.
“We’re going to the final!” 29-year-old England fan Charlotte Dubec shouted after the match.
Dave Adams, a 49-year-old England fan, mentioned the achievements of the ladies’s nationwide group has been constructing.
“Success in the (European Championship last year) and then obviously the professionalization of the league improved everything and it’s a wonderful thing,” Adams mentioned. “Everything’s on a very positive trajectory for the women’s game.”
Other followers watched Wednesday’s match at Killamarsh Dynamos, the previous membership of England captain Millie Bright.
Mischa McDonald, a 12-year-old lady who attends Bright’s former faculty, was one among them.
“It was amazing, so nervewracking, but I’d predicted 3-1 before the start,” McDonald mentioned. “I know we’ll do it and I think Millie will lift the cup like Leah Williamson did (at the European Championship).”
Former England striker Gary Lineker, the highest scorer on the 1986 World Cup, referred to as it an “absolutely superb performance” by the Lionesses.
“A World Cup final. A World Cup final at football. It’s been a while. What a wonderful achievement,” Lineker wrote on X, the platform previously often called Twitter.
The final time an England group reached the World Cup remaining in soccer was on the males’s match in 1966, beating West Germany 4-2 in additional time.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote: “Just one more game to go… Bring on Sunday.”
Not everybody watching in the British capital was pleased with the consequence, nevertheless.
Jacob Rohr, a 25-year-old Australian who lives in London, mentioned he was “heartbroken” however added that the Matildas had exceeded expectations.
“It does make it worse,” Rohr mentioned, “being over here and the English beating us.”
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