Netherlands make first Women's World Cup final with extra time win

Gerhardsson's side then restarted the game strongly as Nilla Fischer's low strike inside the box just hit the post in the 56th minute before Desiree van Lunteren cleared it away.

And whatever Wiegman told her players in the dressing room, it obviously worked, too, with more attacking efforts seen by the Dutch side in the second half.

Vivianne Miedema created the best chance for the Netherlands in regular time as the Arsenal forward hit a looping header from a corner kick on 64 minutes, but Swedish keeper Lindahl tipped it onto the crossbar.