MADRID, 5 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish women's soccer coach, Montse Tomé, stated that she has “a group of players of a very high level” and “with a talent capable of changing a game at any moment” as happened this Tuesday in the duel against Sweden, which they overcame a 1-3 deficit in the second half to win 5-3.
“I feel proud to be leading this group and this team, to have a group of footballers who have a very high level and also to be surrounded by people who have a high level to accompany me and help me in the moments when I need that help. “It's a good moment and now we have to rest, analyze and start the year with the maximum demands,” said Montse Tomé at a press conference after the game.
The coach regretted that they started the game by conceding “a corner kick” that cost them 0-1 before the minute mark and that conditioned them “a little bit at the start.” “It is true that despite the goals, we managed to have the ball and clear ideas to take Sweden back to their field. We scored the first goal and then went 3-1 down at halftime,” she explained.
“At half-time we tried to correct something because we were doing quite a few things well despite the goals against and we came out with everything. We lacked a 'little' precision in finishing and then the goals came,” added the Asturian.
This gave all the credit for the comeback to its players. “The players have been practically the same in the first and second half, we are very lucky to have this talent that gives them the ability to change the game at any moment,” he stressed.
“At half-time we tried to continue looking for solutions, to give them confidence that, despite the disadvantage on the scoreboard, we were ensuring that Sweden was in their own field for a long time and well down, we just needed to have a little success in In the second half the pace of the ball was perhaps a little faster and we had some movement from one side to the other that made Sweden go down completely and there to have a little more space to have more clarity in the finalization and we managed to make the goals,” he noted.
“The players are the protagonists of this game, we are here to accompany them so that they have the energy and strength to be better every day and we are in this every day.
The coach also thanked the public for their support. “These players have managed to get all the spectators out of their seats, but they have helped us in moments when the game was not good at some point or when Sweden has subdued us. This push when we were 3-1 down helps, so What absolute gratitude to all the people who were here and also to the public who watched us from home,” he celebrated.
Regarding the entry of Aitana Bonmatí in the second half, he noted that one of his messages to his players is that “they are here because they have something different.” “The idea was to start with an eleven and then have the ability to change the dynamics of the game. We know Aitana what a player she is and, like the rest, she was clear about the game plan and was able to execute it well,” he said.
The coach acknowledged that the goals conceded must be “corrected”, but warned that it is not a facet “solely and exclusively of the defensive line.” “For us, the first players who defend are the line of attack. Now, I would like to calmly analyze the match, see where the error comes from and how it can be corrected at a collective level,” she stated.