We have our first Women's World Cup finalist, with Spain's remarkable victory coming on the back of a frantic final few minutes and at the expense of Sweden, who suffered another brutal heartbreak.

Tonight we will find out if Australia can make it through to face La Roja, or if England will cut short the Matildas' dream run.

Here are five quick hits after the first semifinal at Eden Park.

1. Three goals in final 10 minutes

The first 80 minutes of Sweden and Spain's semifinal was a slog.

Both teams looked frantic and below their best as they tried desperately to break the 0-0 deadlock, but failed to find the incisive moment up front.

Then a cross fell to the feet of Salma Paralluelo, who had ignited Spain with her arrival on the pitch around the hour mark, and she finished expertly off her non-preferred right foot.

Even so, we looked set for yet another extra time match when another sub, Rebecka Blomqvist, side-footed home in the 88th minute to make it 1-1.

But that only lasted for 90 seconds before Spain captain Olga Carmona latched onto a short ball from a corner and laced a ball into the crossbar and over the line as the clock ticked into the 90th minute of the match.

Despite eight minutes of stoppage time, Sweden couldn't muster another comeback.

2. Unparalleled Paralluelo

Paralluelo was "dropped" from Spain's starting XI after the round of 16, but it may have been the best thing for the 19-year-old star.

After failing to score a single goal as Spain put 13 on their first four opponents combined, the former track star was a game-changer off the bench in the quarterfinal and semifinal.

She came on in the 71st minute and scored a majestic match-winner in extra time against the Netherlands, and had a similar impact after her 57th-minute arrival against the Swedes.

Although she didn't deal the decisive blow that launched Spain into the final, she put constant pressure on the defence, kickstarted the goal-scoring with La Roja's first shot on goal and was a deserving player of the match despite only playing about a third of the game.

3. Sweden can't stop losing heartbreakers

Nobody does football heartbreak quite like Sweden's women's team.

The blue and yellow have reached the semifinals at the Women's World Cup five times now and only won once.

And in the only semi the did win, in 2003, they ended up losing to Germany in the final. In golden-goal extra time, no less.

Oh, and they lost the gold-medal match at the last Olympics 3-2 in a penalty shootout against Canada.

And Germany beat them 2-1 in the Rio 2016 final after Sweden scored a second-half own goal.

Just brutal.

"I'm so tired of crying championship tears," Sweden midfielder Kosovare Asllani said.

But hey, they've won all three of their third-place playoffs at the World Cup. So that's … something, I guess.

4. Lionesses learn after April loss to Matildas

England's Lionesses have only been defeated once in their past 37 games, but that one defeat came against the Matildas in April this year.

However England skipper Millie Bright says that doesn't matter ahead of tonight's semifinal.