La Roja, who has submitted in recent years in the most complete game of host nation England, remains out of the Eurocup semi-finals in extra time
Spain had everything against it, and fell with honor. A team that had suffered in its three matches in the group stage against the team that had won the first leg of the European Championship, England, more calmly. An insatiable team that came to the game in Brighton with the record of goals for (14) and not one against. Moreover, they play at home, driven by their fans, but it is already known that there are those who grow in the face of adversity.
La Roja grew so strong that they deserved to advance to the semi-finals of the continental tournament after signing a match in which they dominated one of the all-time favourites, who had hitherto beaten their rivals with an iron fist. He wasn’t deterred by the deafening atmosphere at Community Stadium, where the hosts had crushed Norway with the biggest win of the tournament (8-0) a few days ago. The Amsterdam-squad repeated the same eleven of their three previous games. Jorge Vilda, for his part, decided to bench former Athletic striker Lucía García after he started in the group stage, handing the basic role back to Esther. An elf in which Tere surprised Abelleira, recruited because of the loss of Salma Paralluelo, and also the presence of the two protagonists of the lonely against Denmark, Olga Carmona and Marta Cardona. An approach that undoubtedly surprised England, and made Spain look more attacking in the tournament.
By minute three, Cardona had already disrupted the goal defended by Earps. Then it was Mariona who tried her luck, with a shot from the edge of the area. La Roja played comfortably, without complexes, against a British team that, with Sarina Wiegman directing it from the bench, struggled to find their attacking players after overcoming the coronavirus. They had only five minutes of sole dominance in the first half, with White’s goal disallowed in the 37th minute for offside.
Earps, Daly (Greenwood, min. 82), Williamson, Bright, Bronze, Stanway, Walsh (Scoot, min. 115), Kirby (Toone, min. 64), Mead (Kelly, min. 58), Hemp (Parris, min 116) and White (Russo, min 58).
Paños, Ona Batlle, Paredes, Mapi León, Olga Carmona, Aitana Bonmatí, Patri Guijarro, Abelleira (Aleixandri, min. 70), Cardona (Athenea del Castillo, min. 46), Esther González (Sheila García, min. 77) and Mariona (Amaiur, min. 100).
After the break, Vilda brought Athenea del Castillo into the right lane to add even more spice. And boy did he do it. Eight minutes later, he put in a cross that made Esther responsible for the transformation to 0-1, England’s first goal in their European Championship.
The ‘Lionesses’ tried to gear up when they saw themselves at the back of the scoreboard, hovering around Sandra Paños’ area, but Spain wanted more. The Cantabrian Athenea got a kick center that made the local parish nervous again, who watched theirs thrown higher and higher in search of a tie. More used to seeing himself in that situation in this tournament, La Roja knew how to hold out, until the equalizing goal came in minute 83, in an isolated game, with a shot from Toone, which fired Irene Paredes. for a violation.
The Community Stadium awoke from its lethargy to avoid extra time, but that’s where the game was decided. Stanway picked up a shoe in 96 against which Cloths could do nothing under the sticks, giving England the advantage for the first time. La Roja was entrusted to Amaiur Sarriegi, the second highest national scorer in the Spanish league, with number 14, the one Alexia Putellas would go on to wear, who replaced her on the list at the last minute. She came out in the 100th minute, but neither she nor the rest of her teammates were able to force penalties.
Source: La Verdad
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