The Spanish under-17 women’s soccer team debuted with victory in the category’s European Championship held in Sweden by beating Portugal 3-0, remaining solid until two. mistakes by goalkeeper Thaís Lima They ended their hope.
Finalist in the last two editions and in the shadow of the good moment the senior team is going through, Spain’s debut was preceded by great expectations. However, in front of them they found a Portuguese team that was very well established on the green and conceded very little.
So, the first twenty minutes passed without pain or glory. Since then the Spaniards have worked harder, especially through Celia Segura. The forward first tested the goalkeeper with a shot that he deflected and then found the side of the net.
However, the clearest chance in the first half will have to wait until extra time, when Ayara Aguirrezabala shot from the front forced a nice stretch in Lima. The Portuguese goalkeeper will also intervene in a remarkable way when returning from the locker room to deny Lúa the goalwho also came close with a long shot hitting the crossbar.
By then Spain were dominating at will in search of a goal that came unexpectedly, after a center from the right of Lúa herself is connected by Celia inside the area and ended up sneaking into the goal afterwards Lima was not very successful when trying to block the ball.
This was not the only failure of the goalkeeper, who also delivered 2-0 on a plate by not stopping. a centered shot by Alba Cerrato after he made a good cut. The attacker, who came on midway through the second half, also became the protagonist later on by forcing a penalty and transforming himself into the final 3-0.
In another match in group B, Poland, Spain’s next rival on Thursday at 3:30 pm, beat Belgium 1-0 thanks to a goal from Olivia Zwiazek in the 31st minute.
Data sheet:
3 – Spain: Laia; Martina, De la Cuerda, Amaya, Aguirrezabala; Ainoa Gómez (Rivas, m.84), Folgado (Cubo, m.65), Serrajordi (Dorado, m.65); Lúa (Ortega, m.72), Escot (Cerrato, m.65) and Celia.
0 – Portugal: Five; Lobo, Machado, Simoes, Sousa; Liu, Melo (Tristao, m.46), Valente; Silva (Nave, m.46), Vaz (Castro, m.70) and Florentino (Martins, m.73).
Goals: 1-0, m.68: Celia. 2-0, m.78: Cerrato. 3-0, m.82: Cerrato
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland). He showed yellow cards to Spanish Amaya (m.56), Serrajordi (m.62) and Laia (m.90).
Incidents: Group B match of the Women’s Under-17 European Championship played at the Malmö Idrottsplats stadium in Malmö (Sweden).
Source: La Verdad
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