England It crosses Spain’s path again, although this time it’s not the Absolute or the Euro 2022 but the U17 and the World Cup being held in the Dominican Republic. The players of Kenio Gonzalo They are playing for a place in the grand final against an English team that is huge after it won the quarterfinals against favorites Japan in a penalty shootout and will aim to continue to spring a surprise. Spain, champions of the 2022 Indian edition and unbeaten in the current tournament, will have to pull out all its weapons to continue its unstoppable run. The match will take place at dawn this Thursday (00.00h/Teledeporte)
The Spanish team is the favorite, but it does not trust the ‘Lionesses’ who want to make a splash in the lower categories, a territory until now dominated by La Roja. The winner of this match will face the United States or North Korea in next Sunday’s final.
The match, which will be held at the Félix Sánchez Stadium in Santo Domingo, will have Spain as strong favorites to secure a ticket to the final, for being the current champions and for its superiority to date. They finished first in Group B with 9 points and in the quarterfinals they defeated Ecuador (5-0).
is in Pau Comendador, Martina González or Celia Segura in figures ready to continue to shine with their own light. They have led Spain to become a formidable team that will be very difficult to upset.
As for England, after starting the tournament in which they won their first two games (against Zambia and Mexico), they suffered a heavy defeat against North Korea (0-4) which relegated them to second in the Group D and facing Japan. .
Natalie Henderson’s team showed strength and pride to overcome difficult situations. “We have a very serious issue with the dead ball,” said coach Kenio Gonzalo after the match against Ecuador in what is Spain’s great weakness as it achieves many options of this type, but fails to damage the opposing defenses .
In this sense, England, a very physical team, has high defenses such as Cecily Wellesley-Smith and Zara Shaw, which is a constant danger from set pieces as seen against the Asians, where Shaw scored the tying goal with an excellent header.
Another aspect to consider is that there is no extra time, so a tie at the end of 90 minutes could be in England’s favor as they have goalkeeper Rebekah Dowsett, who came out in the previous match specifically for penalties and saved the two of them.
Source: La Verdad
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