![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-lionesses-dressing-room-celebrations-as-england-reach-womens-world-cup-final/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Australia-v-England-Semi-Final-FIFA-Womens-World-Cup-Australia-New-Zealand-2023.jpg&description=England beat co-hosts Australia to reach the final of the Women's World Cup and Sarina Wiegman's players celebrated wildly in the changing room afterwards The England women's team are celebrating reaching the World Cup final after their 2019 disappointment and the scenes on and off the pitch in Sydney painted a picture of relief and euphoria. Four years ago, the Lionesses were left licking their wounds after a final four defeat to the United States. This time, though, they're just one game from glory after goals from Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo sent Sarina Wiegman's team beyond co-hosts Australia in Sydney. England have already shown they're Europe's best after beating Germany at Wembley in 2022. Based on the celebrations this time around, though, victory over Spain on Sunday would mean the world to them. "It feels unbelievable," Toone told The BBC. "I was speaking to the girls as we celebrated with the crowd and said 'Wow, we are in a World Cup final,' which is something you dream of as a little girl. "For a lot of us it is our first World Cup, for a lot of them it is their third. We know how close the older players have been [to a final] in the past, and we have that little bit of wanting to do it for them, for all of the players that came before us, and for everyone back home too." The celebrations began on the field at full-time, with players embracing in the knowledge that the job was done. For a brief moment, Australia looked poised to turn things around after Sam Kerr's long-range equaliser, only for Hemp to restore the advantage before Russo eased nerves late on It's a second final in as many years for England, with captain Millie Bright praising the team's attitude. "The mentality of this group is something I have never seen before," the centre-back said. "That comes through Sarina and the belief she gives us. We can play so many ways - that is the beauty of this squad. Whatever an opponent throws at us we adapt and find a way to win. I'm real){kind=link}
England beat co-hosts Australia to reach the final of the Women’s World Cup and Sarina Wiegman’s players celebrated wildly in the changing room afterwards
The England women’s team are celebrating reaching the World Cup final after their 2019 disappointment and the scenes on and off the pitch in Sydney painted a picture of relief and euphoria.
Four years ago, the Lionesses were left licking their wounds after a final four defeat to the United States. This time, though, they’re just one game from glory after goals from Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo sent Sarina Wiegman’s team beyond co-hosts Australia in Sydney.
England have already shown they’re Europe’s best after beating Germany at Wembley in 2022. Based on the celebrations this time around, though, victory over Spain on Sunday would mean the world to them.
“It feels unbelievable,” Toone told The BBC. “I was speaking to the girls as we celebrated with the crowd and said ‘Wow, we are in a World Cup final,’ which is something you dream of as a little girl.