Alexia Putellas, player of the Spanish women’s soccer team and scorer of the match, declared after the end of the game against Japan and to prove the pass to the quarterfinals that her team was closer than it wanted.
“When the ball went in, I thought: finally. I don’t know what minute it was (85), because we were practically in their area for a while with the chance from Salma’s header, the goal disallowed, I have a shot that they took on the line, in the first half. we also had We had several chances… It was difficult, but we managed to do it,” he commented.
Alexia explained that in the goal she told her teammates that she would shoot it tensely because with these types of fouls, when closed, it usually goes if someone from the team or from them, luckily it got off and went straight in.
About his personal moment, the Spanish soccer player said with a laugh that “when I come here (in the mixed zone) you repeat to me that I play my best games, in the end I will believe.”
“I feel good, with a lot of desire both physically and mentally, with a lot of energy to contribute whatever I have in any position in the team to achieve the goal, which you already know what it is,” he added.
On the other hand, the soccer player studied that “from now on I think it will be a type of match that will repeat itself a lot because in the end, as we see, all the rivals are approaching us and there are few spaces so we still have to work on that.”
“We have to influence the occupation of the spaces and in the end I think we had opportunities, but the goalkeeper is very good. We have to refine that and surely the streak that everyone is in will come,” he said.
Finally, regarding the Brazil match, where they face each other at the 2025 World Cup in Canada, he declared that “it was nine years ago… I think everything has changed a lot since then . They’re a threat to get to the quarterfinals and we’re a competitive, winning team and we’re going to win.”
“That this is Marta’s last Game, I don’t know, because I don’t know what pasta she made. I’m more excited to see her play than to play against her because she’s a very good player, unbalancing. The other day the pass he made to Gabi Nunes was at Marta’s level. I wish him the best except for that game,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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