Women's National Team of Spain – the reigning World Cup champion is highly rated compared to the women's national team of Brazil. In the group stage, Spain won the South American team 2-0, however, the script in the semifinals was completely opposite. The women's national team of Brazil took advantage of the mistakes of their opponents to win 4-2.
“I want to apologize to my teammates. I did not play at my best today. We still have one more match and will be determined to win the bronze medal. I am very angry with myself, the mistakes will keep me awake”, goalkeeper Catalina Coll said on AS. At the 5th minute, Catalina Coll made a mistake, the ball hit Irene Paredes and bounced back into the net.
“Receiving the early goal at the 5th minute was a cold shower for us. We tried to come back but receiving the 3rd and 4th goals made things complicated. We had a bad game and need to change for the bronze medal match against Germany”, forward Jenni Hermoso shared.
In the quarterfinals, the women's national team of Spain was once led by Colombia 0-2 until the 79th minute. They then equalized successfully and defeated the South American team after a penalty shootout 11m. However, in the match against Brazil, the European team was led too far behind 0-3, then made another mistake in the added time, so they failed to come back.
“Today was a difficult match for us. The women's national team of Brazil put pressure well from the early minutes. We tried to come back after the goals, the mistakes, but the opponent attacked very well. The women's national team of Spain has ambitions to win the gold medal, we want to get everything, so this loss will be very hard to accept for us”, Patri Guijarro shared.
In the bronze medal match, the women's national team of Spain will face Germany – the team that lost to the United States 0-1. This will be an exciting match as the two teams are not strangers to each other.
“We are hurt by the loss to Brazil. It is hard to accept this outcome. We want to get out of this situation by preparing well for the next match”, star Salma Paralluelo said.
The Spain vs Germany match will take place at 20h00 on August 9.
