SARINA WIEGMAN admitted she was living a fairy tale as England reached the World Cup Final.
The Dutch head coach was happiness personified as goals from Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo sentenced the Aussies to defeat.
The Lionesses saved their best display for the semi-final as they silenced a crowd of more than 75,000 with a superb 90 minutes that deservedly earned them the right to face Spain in Sydney on Sunday.
Wiegman said: "We achieved the final. It's unbelievable, it feels like we won the whole thing but I know we haven't.
"It's like I'm living a fairy tale or something. We've won an away game at this incredible stadium.
"It was hard but again we have found a way to win.
Toone opened the scoring for the Lionesses late in the first half with a superb drive, only for Aussie golden girl Sam Kerr to level with a 25-yard screamer.
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