BARCELONA, 6 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The women’s team of England has opened this Wednesday the dispute for the European Championship with a narrow victory (1-0) against Austria, the first game of the continental competition that has opened the dispute for a title that Spain will fight from this Friday.
England got off to a good start in the tournament, in an opening match in favor of the hosts thanks to the solitary goal of Arsenal’s English striker Beth Mead, in the 15th minute, after a chopped shot that the defense could not avoid to score the first goal of the European Championship.
Austria completely disappeared after the goal and did not react to English dominance. Ellen White tried to open the gap with a header that grazed the right post, but the mistake in front of goal gave the visitors wings to try to recover in the second half.
Irene Furhmann’s team did not throw in the towel and suffered until the last stretch of the match to generate the best chances that could frustrate the English feast in front of their fans at Old Trafford.
But England scratched the result until the last minute and the VAR ratified the decision of Marta Huerta de Aza from Tenerife, the Spanish referee in charge of directing the opening match, who did not see hands inside the area of an English player.
In this way, Austria dreamed of the ideal scenario to tie the score, but could not overcome the wall of Manchester United goalkeeper Mary Earps.