Last year, the Spanish women's team won their first title in women's football with the 2023 World Cup championship. La Roja continued to reap success earlier this year when they won the throne in their first UEFA competition. Women's Nations League.
At the peak stage, the Spanish women's team will strive to become the 5th team to win a gold medal in women's soccer at the Olympics. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time they have attended the biggest sports festival on the planet, while for Japan this is the 6th time.
Japan is an opponent with a lot of debt to La Roja. They lost heavily to the Asian representative with a score of 0-4 in the group stage of the 2023 World Cup.
Although Japan topped their group at the World Cup, their run ended with a 1-2 loss to Sweden in the quarter-finals. The Blue Samurai are also looking for their first Olympic medal since their silver medal at the London Games in 2012. That year they narrowly lost 1-2 to the United States in the final.
In terms of experience, the team from the land of the rising sun is superior. Their squad also has many stars playing in Europe, not inferior to their opponents. This promises to be a balanced and attractive performance.
Squad:
Spanish women's team: Coll; Batlle, Codina, Aleixandri, Carmona; Bonmati, Guijarro, Putellas; Del Castillo, Navarro, Paralluelo
Japanese women's team: Yamashita; Shimizu, Takahashi, Kumagai, Minami, Kitagawa; Miyazawa, Hasegawa, Fujino, Nagano; Tanaka
