Matildas through to final

Katie Gill's 12th-minute strike was enough to hand the Matildas a lead they would never give up.

Coach Tom Sermanni was pleased to be comfortably through to the final on Saturday, where his side will play the winner of New Zealand and England.

But he warned it will need to convert more opportunities into goals in the final.

"It was a game we should have won more convincingly, we completely outplayed them but just didn't have the finishing touch," he said.

"We created a lot of chances in the second half but just couldn't convert them, it's one of those matches we should have won by four or five goals - we just need to be a little more decisive, a little more ruthless."

The Matildas set the tone for the match early on when Elise Kellond-Knight charged down the right hand side of the field, and beat two defenders before putting in a dangerous ball which resulted in a corner.

From the resulting setpiece, Tameka Butt whipped in a cross which found Gill on the penalty spot whose header sailed past goalkeeper Feng Huang into the top right corner.

The Matildas controlled the rest of the match, with crisp passing and smart defence, while creating several more chances to add to their lead.

In the second half stand-in captain Collette McCallum's free-kick prowess was on show as her pass found Gill, who headed onto the crossbar.