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Why Paralluelo is key for Spain in Women's World Cup final

SYDNEY -- Salma Paralluelo is the Kylian Mbappé of the women's game, and England might be about to discover that the Spain forward has become an unstoppable force at the Women's World Cup.

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Like France and Paris Saint-Germain star Mbappé, Paralluelo has blistering pace and can play anywhere across the forward line, and, come Sunday's final, she could claim a World Cup winners' medal as a teenager, just as Mbappé did aged 19 at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.