MADRID, 14 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish women’s soccer team will try to maintain its good run and close the turbulent 2022 with a new victory this Tuesday (8:00 p.m.) at La Cartuja in Seville against competitive Japan, in what will be their last friendly before facing 2023, marked for the World Cup dispute.
Spain closes its season in the same scenario where it did last year, then at the end of November and in a night with an atmosphere full of happiness since the night before facing Scotland in the qualifying phase for the Eurocopa de England, Alexia Putellas made history with the conquest of his first Ballon d’Or.
The win against the British team was the finishing touch to enter a 2022 that aroused many illusions, but that since last summer has been blurring until the last conflict, which will now find a breather and a time for reflection to try to find any solution.
At the moment, the ‘new’ team that Jorge Vilda is trying to build is fulfilling and bordering on a good level, something he will need to add his third consecutive victory against a Japan, which, although it seems far from its best level of yesteryear, promises more’ battle’ than the one Argentina was able to give last Friday at the Álvarez Claro in Melilla.
Spain exhibited itself against the albiceleste, which they thrashed 7-0 on a great night of football, which raised their spirits even more. After the valuable draw against Sweden (1-1) and the historic victory against the United States (2-0), he showed power against a rival one step below, led by one of his new values: Salma Paralluelo.
The FC Barcelona forward was finally able to make her international debut and she did it in style, with a hat-trick almost in the blink of an eye in a duel where there were six other debutants. The Aragonese is emerging as a new starter in an eleven where the Andalusian Inma Gabarro could also have her starting opportunity, who also made her debut with a goal and scored a double for the Japanese U-20 team in the World Cup final.
Now, the match is also relevant, as Vilda himself stated in the preview, because the Spanish and Japanese will face each other in the group stage of the World Cup and it can be a good test to see their respective strengths and weaknesses eight months into the game. of the big date
Japan has also had to face its transition and has currently left the ‘Top 10’ of the FIFA ranking after having been world champion in 2011 and runner-up in 2015. The Asian team also arrives ‘injured’ after falling 4-0 against the champion from Europe, England, in a friendly match played at Pinatar Arena, in Murcia, and they will want to improve their image.