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Alessia Russo stuaded the Lionesses to victory on Wednesday with an epic goal in the semi-finals, as her cousin described how the England golden girl rang rings about 'all the boys' in her family at just ten years old. During the 86th minute in Sydney, the 24-year-old star scored his third and final goal, resulting in the England team's 3-1 victory over Australia. In the first-ever women's World Cup Final for England, the Lionesses will face Spain at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Alessia, 24, who was voted the first £1 million-a-year Women's Super League star after winning her goal against Colombia and sending England into the semi-finals, is supported by a small army of relatives and acquaintances in Australia. And her cousin, Neill Andrew, 29, told MailOnline that everyone from home is rooting for her and the team in the showdown against Australia on Wednesday. 'We've all agreed on our best wishes for Lessi and the Lionesses,' said kitchen company manager Neill, 'We're a close-knit family, but perhaps not as close as we used to be.' However, Neill said that some of his favorite memories from his combined family holidays to Italy involved him and his siblings, Alessia, and her two older brothers, Luca, 29, and Giorgio, 28. 'We'd all go to 'Nonna's [grandmother] house in Italy and play on the beach at Nettuno,' recalled Neill, 'I was 14 or so and Lessi was a teenage girl of ten, but she'd run rings around me and all the other boys,' even then.'