MADRID, 30 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish women’s soccer team closed the year 2021 with another great performance and is already beginning to look forward to 2022 after adding this Tuesday at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville a new win by beating Scotland 8-0, in a match qualification for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.
On a night where all the spotlights were on Alexia Putellas, brand new and historic winner 24 hours before the Ballon d’Or, a trophy she shared in the previous one with a fans that cheered her at all times and fired her standing when Jorge Vilda decided change it in the absence of five minutes.
The Spanish coach had warned in the previous of the difficulty that the match would entail against the Scots, trained by his compatriot Pedro Martínez, but at this moment nothing seems to stop the national team, which except for a hesitant start, did not struggle either.
Spain did not find much opposition to impose its current state of form and sign its sixteenth consecutive victory and, once again, without conceding, despite the fact that Sandra Paños was about to see how that streak was broken when an unusual error in the start of Alexia’s ball allowed Harrison to skim the goal early in the game. His ball went to the crossbar and that ended up definitively centering the locals in the game.
Before that occasion, Jennifer Hermoso and Amaiur Sarriegi, chosen as the attacking couple for this match, had already made the first for the Spanish, but the Madrid’s heel just left the goal of an Alexander, a great protagonist of hers. and that he prevented with his interventions that the win was greater.
Spain took absolute command and little by little it was closing in a Scotland that also failed to defend itself and that conceded 1-0 in the 20th minute with a shot from Amaiur after a good cross from Leila Ouahabi. Alexander became a ‘giant’ against Aitana Bonmatí, Jenni Hermoso twice, and Mariona Caldentey to postpone the 2-0 as long as possible, but the Balearic player would make it impossible with a great shot from outside the area. Before the break, Aitana, after a defensive failure, would sign the 3-0.
SPAIN MAINTAINS THE LEVEL
After passing through the changing rooms, the panorama did not change because Pedro Martínez’s team was unable to deploy and continued at the mercy of his rival, who was taking advantage of the passing of the minutes and his dominance to see how the visitors cracked more and more .
Alexander continued to do his best to prevent the win from being greater and a teammate of his prevented Alexia from celebrating on a special night by taking her shot under the sticks. However, another defensive doubt allowed Amaiur Sarriegi to continue seeing the door with the national team and open another six-minute arreón with two more goals, by Aitana, after another double intervention by the Scottish goalkeeper, and, finally, by Alexia, with precise shot coming from behind.
From there, with the changes introduced by both coaches, the rhythm of the match was decreasing, although not the direction. Jenni Hermoso and Esther González joined the ‘party’ to close another devastating win that leaves Spain on the right path to the next World Cup and with a streak and numbers that continue to invite her to dream of taking more steps in history.