The Spanish squad is built on a core of Barcelona players who have triumphed with their club.

Sweden players celebrate with their third place medals following their sides victory in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France 3rd Place Match match between England and Sweden at Stade de Nice on July 6 in Nice, France. (Photo by Robert(CNN) - A third-place playoff is the toughest of gigs for teams that had had high hopes of reaching a World Cup final. Not that anybody had told Sweden, who came out of the blocks to take the Women's World Cup bronze medal, after securing a 2-1 win over England at the Stade de Nice on Saturday. It's the third time that Sweden has secured bronze after winning the third-place playoff games in 1991 and 2011. On Sunday, the USWNT will face the Netherlands in the Women's World Cup final in Lyon.

(CNN) - England scored the fastest goal of this year's Women's World Cup as it beat Norway 3-0 to progress into the last four of the tournament. In the process, the Lionesses became the first England side to reach three consecutive semifinals at major tournaments, progressing to the last four at the Women's World Cup in 2015 and the European Championship in 2017. 12 Norway is ranked nine places lower than Thursday's opponents, and spent much of the match chasing an England side brimming with confidence. "I've been dreaming of playing in Lyon and getting to that semifinal again," said Player of the Match Bronze. The score could have been worse for the 1995 World Cup champions if goalkeeper Ingrid Hjelmseth hadn't saved Nikita Parris' penalty in the closing stages.