The Spanish women's team returns to the scene this Saturday (7pm / Teledeporte) to face Moldova in the fourth qualifying match for the England Eurocup, to be held in 2022.
Six months after the win against England in the 'SheBelieves Cup', those of Jorge Vilda They return in search of a ticket to the Euro and with the firm intention of ending up leaders of their group.
Group D is made up of Spain together with Poland, the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan and Moldova. After the goalless draw between the Polish and the Czechs, Spain will be placed in first place if they score the three points in the town of Chisinau.
Spain and Moldova have never met in the past at the senior national level. It is the first match for Spain after the paralysis of competitions in March due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
The match will be hosted by Teledeporte, in a new television bid to bring women's football to all homes. The meeting will be led by the Croatian collegiate Jelena Pejkovic.
Gestures of support for Virginia
The entire concentration has been marked by the group's illusion in keeping “one of ours” with them. Virginia Torrecilla, the number 14 of Spain and one of the captains of the National Team, is not in Moldova due to her absence to recover from a brain tumor, but she is in the memory of her teammates, who have not ceased to dedicate gestures of support to her.
Without going any further, the FC Barcelona international Alexia putellas he will change his number '11' in the Spanish team for the '14' worn by Virginia Torrecilla.
Vilda's list
The national coach, Jorge Vilda, has given a list of 24 players for the match against Moldova. From the call, the presence of Teresa Abelleira and Anize Barea. Both players have a promising career in the ranks of Deportivo ABANCA and have received the reward of being called up to debut with the senior team. In the call, the return of the Levante midfielder also stands out Irene Guerrero.
Just three days after this match the national team will return to play at home, in this case in Azerbaijan. There will no longer be another call-up until October, with a single match against the Czech Republic. Spain will close its qualifying group at home, with matches against Moldova (November 27) and Poland (December 1).
So far, the women's team has played three games, two of them resolved with clear results. There were defeats against Azerbaijan (4-0) and Czech Republic (1-5), plus a draw in their visit to Poland (0-0). With these missing matches, if we can continue with the level shown to date, it seems quite feasible to qualify for the 2022 Eurocup.