Spain won Sunday against England in the final of the Women’s World Cup (1-0). First world title for the Iberian selection.
At the end of a match which it copiously dominated, Spain won Sunday against England, in the final of the Women’s World Cup (1-0). On the lawn of the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, it will have taken only one and only goal, signed Olga Carmona, to validate the first coronation of the Iberian selection in the competition. While a particularly tense atmosphere existed for more than a year between some players and the staff, all these little people will have been able to get past it to achieve their goal. For England, on the other hand, the disappointment is great.
The English precisely, started the meeting rather better. But the first minutes and the crossbar found by Hemp (16th) were only illusory. Because quickly, it was the Spaniards who took the game against them. Multiplying the passes, the Jorge Vilda girls created a lot of space and it was finally logical that Olga Carmona sent the ball first into the back of the English net (1-0, 29th). The score could even have been much stronger at the break, if Paredes (37th), and especially Paralluela (post at 45+2), had been more precise.
A nice revenge after Euro 2022
Back on the field for the second period, the English did not show much more and possession remained in favor of La Roja. After a shot from Caldentey perfectly stopped by Earps (49th), an English hand in the area offered a penalty to the Spaniards. Hermoso then rushed forward, but saw her shot being stopped dead by Earps (70th). Heroic, the guardian of the “Lionesses” managed to hold the barracks until the end. But unfortunately for her and the England fans, the attack was not so sharp.
And if Hemp (54th) and James (76th) did try to put the counters back on par, it was finally Spain who were able to raise their arms at the final whistle. Putellas – entering at the very end of regulation time – and his partners will now be able to celebrate this historic moment for their selection. For their third participation in a World Cup, and a year after being taken out by these same English women in the quarter-finals of Euro 2022, the Spaniards were full.
