Regardless of the constructive begin, it was the guests who took the lead within the twelfth minute by way of a beautiful strike from Rantala, unleashing a robust shot from the sting of the field which flew previous Becky Spencer. Our quantity 22 was referred to as into motion a couple of minutes later as Deanne Rose’s low cross was met by Sam Tierney simply exterior the six-yard field and Spencer managed to dam her shot with an outstretched foot.

Naz was inflicting loads of issues down the Foxes’ left-hand facet and, within the thirty second minute, superior from her personal half to their 18-yard field however despatched her effort broad of the submit, whereas Eveliina Summanen rose highest to Amanda Nilden’s nook on the back-post, however she did not maintain her header down as we went into the break a objective down.

Bethany England and Nilden noticed curling efforts from the sting of the field go narrowly broad of the goal earlier than Summanen despatched a great likelihood over the bar on the half-volley. Probabilities have been few and much between for a big spell of the second half, however the recreation got here alive within the closing phases as Naz stepped up with a momentous objective with simply seven minutes left till the tip of the 90. England, who lined each single blade of grass, despatched an extended ball ahead and a mis-timed clearance allowed our quantity seven to race in behind earlier than calmly firing the ball into the underside nook.

We have been inches away from nicking the victory in stoppage time as Thomas noticed a poked effort from shut vary pushed across the submit by Kop earlier than England’s cross discovered Charlotte Grant on the again submit, however she did not direct her effort on track, that means we needed to accept one other half-hour.

The guests struck the woodwork within the ninth minute of additional time, Spencer pushing Rantala’s free-kick onto the crossbar earlier than we managed to clear the ball away, nevertheless, it regarded destined that we have been heading to a different penalty shootout earlier than Thomas was readily available to proceed our historic run within the competitors. Matilda Vinberg despatched a lofted ball into the field as Luana Buhler’s header saved the transfer alive across the six-yard field and our quantity 17 rose highest to ship a looping header over Kop to ebook our spot at Wembley.