A centenary with Spain doubly Beautiful: "We know each other without speaking"

4,053 days have passed since Jenni Hermoso put on the Spanish team shirt for the first time. It was June 21, 2012. He made his debut in a match against Turkey in which the national team won 4-0. The Madrid player took the field in the 69th minute, wearing the number 11 on her shirt. In that match he already demonstrated his talent, contributing to the play of the last goal by placing a cross that one of the players from the rival team scored on his own goal.

Well, yesterday Hermoso managed to reach 100 games. She is the second Spanish player who has played the most matches, only behind Alexia Putellas, but that is not only what she achieved in the 5-0 against Zambia. She made a double that keeps her as the team's top scorer, and that has helped her round off another figure, the 50 goals with the national team. Therefore, it is not surprising that she won the award for the best player of the match. But he not only scores goals, he also gives them. The former Atlético de Madrid player assisted Tere Abelleira in the first goal. “Giving the last pass to create chances and for my teammates to score is one of the things I enjoy the most,” she said after the game.

His first goal with the selection

With the national team, he scored his first goal in a friendly against Russia in January 2013, in the run-up to the Euro Cup, where he would have a leading role scoring against England and Norway. Very different was his career in the 2015 World Cup. It was the first time he had participated in the competition and his presence was limited to 84 minutes against Costa Rica.

With the arrival of Jorge Vilda to the bench, that same year, Jenni recovered stripes in the team. In the 2017 Euro Cup he played three of the four games, staying out against Austria, and in the 2019 World Cup he played everything, scoring three goals (two against South Africa and one against the United States).. However, his best scoring figure was achieved in February 2021, when the team faced Kazakhstan and achieved a 0-13 victory; five of the goals bore the Madrid stamp.

He could have surpassed fifty much earlier if he had not missed the Eurocup last year due to injury. Fortunately, Jenni was able to rejoin the team, and she did so just at the moment when the controversy surrounding Vilda broke out.. The player did not belong to the group of 15 rebels, and tried to stay out of the conflict, but the reality is that she was out of the call on several occasions, until February of this year, when she officially returned.

Key piece in the team

Without a doubt, he is a fundamental pillar in the team.. It has already been verified, and not only in front of the goal but because of the good combination he makes with players like Aitana or Alexia, with whom he shared a dressing room at Barcelona before going to Pachuca, in Mexico.

In fact, Hermoso herself recognized it after the victory against Zambia: “The connection I have with Alexia, Aitana or Mariona goes back many years. In the end you know yourself without speaking. Football is played with the feet and we know very well what we want at all times. I'm lucky that, even if I'm no longer at Barcelona, that stays.”