Salma Paralluelo scored in the 112th minute to win Spain to victory over the Netherlands by 2-1 during the quarterfinals at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on Friday in Auckland, New Zealand.
Spain will play in their second World Cup semifinal match Tuesday against the winner of the quarterfinal game of Japan as well as Sweden. Japan defeated Spain 4-1 to end the group phase.
Paralluelo’s left-footed strike from a cross by Jenni Hermoso at the middle of the box ended up in the lower right corner during the second half of extra time in the second-half extra.
Mariona Caldentey scored on a penalty kick in the 81st minute of the match for Spain that, had progressed into the quarterfinals after beating Switzerland 5-1.
The Netherlands held a 2-2 draw in the 90th minute. Stefanie van der Grragt was the scorer via an attempt from the right and was helped with a goal by Victoria Pelova with a through ball.
Spain held possession for about 62 percent of the time and scored 28 shots against 10 from the Dutch as well as committing 22 fouls compared to only seven for the Spanish team.
