MADRID, 3 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced this Sunday the numbers that the 23 players called up by Jorge Vilda will wear to face the next Women’s World Cup with the national team, which will be held from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand .
Playmaker Alexia Putellas, a fundamental piece of FC Barcelona, will wear the number 11 on her back during her return to a major event with the red and white team, after almost a year seriously injured on one knee. Real Madrid striker Athenea del Castillo, Spain’s rising star, will wear the number ’22’.
Spain will debut on July 21 against the Costa Rican team at the Sky Stadium in Wellington at 9:30 a.m. (Spanish peninsular time), on the first day of Group C. Looking ahead to that vital event, other references such as Irene Guerrero, Esther González and Jenni Hermoso will respectively wear ‘7’, ‘9’ and ’10’.
— SPANISH NUMBERS FOR THE WOMEN’S WORLD CUP.
-Goalkeepers: Misa Rodríguez with the ‘1’, Enith Salón with the ’13’ and Cata Coll with the ’23’.
-Defenders: Irene Paredes with ‘4’, Laia Codina with ’14’, Ona Batlle with ‘2’, Olga Carmona with ’19’, Ivana Andrés with ‘5’, Rocío Gálvez with ’20’ and Oihane Hernández with the ’12’.
-Midfielders: Alexia Putellas with ’11’, Aitana Bonmatí with ‘6’, María Pérez with ’16’, Claudia Zornoza with ’21’, Teresa Abelleira with ‘3’, Irene Guerrero with ‘7’ and Jenni Hermoso with the ’10’.
-Forwards: Esther González with the ‘9’, Athenea del Castillo with the ’22’, Alba Redondo with the ’17’, Salma Paralluelo with the ’18’, Mariona Caldentey with the ‘8’ and Eva Navarro with the ’15’ ‘.