Alessia Russo says England can win ‘tough’ World Cup final against Spain

Alessia Russo believes England can win the World Cup after knocking tournament hosts Australia out in the semi-finals.

The Arsenal forward netted the final goal as the Lionesses won 3-1 in Sydney and was asked if they can go “all the way” and win the competition.

“Why not?” Russo replied.

“Obviously Spain is going to be even tougher, every single game that we’ve come into at this tournament has been of the highest level so we have to be ready, but we’ve been dreaming since we were little girls.

“We’re excited, we’ll recover and we’ll be ready.”