It cost more than expected but the Spanish women’s futsal team won the bronze medal in the first World Cup in history after beating a difficult Argentina (1-5) in the consolation final, which only in … In the last few minutes, she gave up. Claudia Pons’ team, on paper one of the favorites for the title, thus managed to at least get on the podium of the historic event in the Philippines.
A poor start against a relentless Brazil condemned Spain to play the most uncomfortable and painful match of all World Cups, the fight for third place. “No one likes to play, we wanted the final, but it’s a World Cup and we have to be prepared,” admitted Claudia Pons after the disappointment. “Since the end of the match we have been thinking about Argentina, another equally important match with a medal at stake,” added the coach.
The feeling in the albiceleste must have been similar, because Both teams quickly put aside their melancholy and put everything on the field. to try to get on the last step of the podium in Manila, even if it was Spain who showed the most fangs against the rival goal with a unleashed Irene Samper at the start. Without the good work of Trinidad between the sticks, the game would have quickly become unbalanced.
It had to be a free kick after four minutes that opened the scoring. Peace beer He did not waste a close shot, the result of a clear hand from Nava at the entrance to the area, to beat the hitherto infallible goal of the Albiceleste with a precise execution under the legs.
Apart from a small South American reaction which led to nothing, the 0-1 did not change the dynamic much. Spain continued to monopolize the ball and Argentina crouched in its area waiting for shifts in the area from Claudia Pons. Irene Córdoba had a clear chance to increase the lead, but she failed to keep a pass from her sister Laura into the net.
The temperature of the shock increased by several degrees the force with which Argentina was usedespecially when it came to holding back Irene Córdoba, and the game sometimes thickened, without any chances in the zones and with more and more imbroglios and personal disagreements.
The second act, much more fluid
After the break, Argentina increased the pressure, but Spain did not give up and created the first two big chances thanks to Laura Córdoba. There was a little more fluidity on the pitch, with a particular role for Ale de Paz, scorer of the Spanish goal, but without precision in the decisive pass or success in the last meters.
With seven minutes remaining, Argentina deployed a goalkeeper-player and equalized for the second time after a fortunate rebound. Seeing the good result, he insists, but the bet does not work well because Laura Córdoba used a steal to restore Spain’s lead.
Antiain a courageous high press, brought the score to 1-3 which cut off the last hopes of the albiceleste, while Irene Córdoba and her sister Laura They definitively banished the disappointment of the lost final with 1-4 and 1-5, a result which earned them a well-deserved bronze medal. Because Spain could not leave the podium of the first Women’s Futsal World Cup in history.
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