The ‘little ones’ are getting older in this Euro

Defeat hurts when you have been so close to the feat, but reading the match against England it can only be positive. Spain has become older in this Euro. She has gone from playing with the innocence of rookies to feeling comfortable and forceful against veteran teams with international background. If La Roja is the second youngest team in the tournament, with an average of 25.1 years in its squad and only behind Norway, the maturity of young players like Athenea del Castillo (21 years old), Ona Batlle (23), Tere Abelleira (22), Olga Carmona (22) or Claudia Pina (20) He is at the height of any rival.

the spout of Athena to get rid of Rachel Daly in Spain’s goal is to watch it loop over and over again. A play of real crack.

The Brighton crowd this time was on the local side. Logical. In the Amex Stadium, on the south coast of England, English fans braved the strong heat that hits the area, with temperatures of up to 36 degrees, so as not to miss the performance of their footballers. England lives its Eurocopa with enthusiasm, as it has been possible to see in the full ones that it has been leaving in its wake in all the stadiums. It is the illusion of a country that is seeing women’s football grow by leaps and bounds, with an increasingly powerful Premier and with proper names such as White, Hemp, Kirby o Bronze who are already media figures.

In La Roja, the leap in quality that has been experienced in recent years was reflected on the pitch. There were up to six Barça players in the starting team who are current runners-up in the Champions League and another five from Real Madrid, a team that continues to firmly bet on its women’s section. He arrived late, yes, but he has made an effort to position himself at the forefront of the European scene and will play in the next Champions League. There was a total connection between Barça and Real Madrid, the two great dominators of Spanish women’s football at the moment.

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And in the eleven the Catalan defender Ona Batlle also stood out, who shines with her own light at Manchester United, a fixture for Jorge Vilda who yesterday faced several of his companions. The public also applauded her because she already knows the immense talent of this defense that she has already said in a low voice that she dreams of playing for Barça one day.

Protagonist was also the enormous Stephanie Frappart, considered the best referee in the world, a pioneering woman who has broken down several walls: she has been the first woman to referee in the French league, in the Champions League and in a men’s European Championship. The 38-year-old Frenchwoman will be at the World Cup in Qatar this winter to break another glass ceiling. A reference is also Sarina Wiegman, this time on the benches. Overcome the Covid, he was able to be with his in the field. He is going for his second Euro after winning it with the Netherlands. And there is no one to stop her