Salma Paralluelo just became a national hero.
The 19-year-old Spanish attacker scored a brilliant game-winning, extra-time goal in her country's 2-1 win over the Netherlands in Women's World Cup quarterfinals action.
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Paralluelo did what the Netherlands' Lineth Beerensteyn failed to do just moments before, as the Dutch forward came oh-so-close to giving her country the lead:
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A game of inches, as the classic cliche goes.