Spain unleashes a scoring gale towards the Paris Games
On July 31 in Wellington (New Zealand), Spain was transformed. That setback against Japan was the spur that propelled the team towards history. He did it by conquering the World Cup and gaining momentum to write another page, that of the Olympic Games.. The road to Paris was complicated by UEFA with a demanding Nations League, but there is no one to stop the gale in Spain. With the star on their chest, after the bad was mixed with the good, this team chained one victory after another and, given the slightest weakness of their rivals, the rout. Switzerland knows this well, to which it has scored 12 goals in just over a month. Montse Tomé's team – undefeated at the head of the bench – sets foot in the 'final four' and will be able to close the classification in the first match of December after Sweden's draw with Italy (1-1).
He made the Helvetians, who had conspired, shake in five minutes without even having barely positioned themselves on the field.. The first corner kick was put by Tere Abelleira at the far post where Oihane Hernández appeared alone to score the first goal. Switzerland fell into the trap of crowding at the short post and the Real Madrid side found themselves comfortable heading in.
When they had not yet recovered from the first blow, Alexia Putellas arrived to deliver the second blow.. The captain found Salma Paralluelo's cross from the baseline in the heart of the area. Switzerland knew what was coming and the players, on the same pitch, gathered on the same pitch to avoid humiliation.
The game of the World champions thickened and Misa, starter in this duel, saw how first Lehmann and then Piuler put her in trouble before going to break. He had to adjust Tomé and activate his players so that they would bite again. They did it after the third goal, a header from María Méndez to another corner telegraphed by Abelleira. Then Calligaris' penalty would arrive to stop the explosive Salma Paralluelo that Alexia transformed and the look at the bench that gave legs and returned to voracious Spain. And Switzerland took advantage of a hole behind the defense to somewhat disguise the defeat. It was impossible.
The Spanish wanted more and they got it. Alexia stole in the area and hung her up for another header, this time Athenea. Salma also took advantage of the tremor of the Swiss team, who caught a ball in the area but her shot from no angle was spit out by the crossbar.. He consoled himself by assisting Athenea so that her left foot added to a rude marker that Maite Oroz rounded out.
A conditioned eleven
Irene Paredes could not join the party with her 100th match. Tomé's eleven was conditioned by a computer error that prevented the Federation from being able to upload the coach's call for the match to the UEFA platform in a timely manner and that of Italy was repeated, in which the center was low and in which even included Amaiur, who left the squad after the game in Salerno due to injury. “They explained to me what was happening at the hotel and I had to adapt to playing eleven,” the coach admitted.
For Paredes it was a perfect match to remember forever, but the tribute can be received on December 1 in Pontevedra against Italy. For María Méndez, who occupied the axis of the defense, an opportunity that she sweetened with a goal.