The arrow has almost exclusively pointed upwards for Spanish women’s football. They participated in their first WC in 2015 and were knocked out in the group stage. In the next WC, four years later, they made it to the knock-out rounds, but were already sent home in the round of 16. And now they are world champions. When the final whistle went, after 13 long overtime minutes, the Spanish players erupted into wild scenes of jubilation. Several of them fell to the grass. The tears of joy flowed and the gold clasps were loose. – Jorge Vilda has done it! He has taken a torn national team and turned them into world champions, commented Christian Nilssen for news. – What a turbulent year. They have managed to come together in an impressive way and are going all the way, added news’s football expert Carl-Erik Torp. Not only are they relatively new in the World Cup context, they have also had a troubled start to the championship. In September last year, 15 players on the Spanish national team clearly expressed that they no longer want to play for the national team. Several other media reported dissatisfaction with coach Vilda. Only three of these 15 players are part of the World Cup squad for Spain. Just a few days ago, there were several people who thought a little extra about the inflamed conditions in and around the Spanish national team. But now they are the fifth world champion in the history of the women’s WC. The USA has won a total of four times, Germany twice, while Norway and Japan have one World Cup gold each. Regardless of the outcome in the final, we would thus have a new world champion, as it was between Spain and England. But there was never really any doubt about where the gold was going. World Cup winners 1991: USA 1994: Norway 1999: USA 2003: Germany 2007: Germany 2011: Japan 2015: USA 2019: USA 2023: Spain – Nervousness and frustration For although England had some opportunities, including a crossbar hit from Lauren Hemp, was this Spain’s day. The Spaniards seemed fired up and comfortable against England’s high pressure. The combinations were set, the chances came on a continuous basis and in the 29th minute the score came. England star Lucy Bronze was taken by surprise out on England’s right and when Spain won the ball, it went quickly in the longitudinal direction. Olga Carmona got the ball out on the left, set the ball straight and placed the ball right down at the root of the post, unreachable for England goalkeeper Mary Earps. KLINTE TO: Olga Carmena, who here scores the only score of the WC final. Photo: Alessandra Tarantino / AP – This hurts because everyone knows how much I love Lucy Bronze. Standing here now and highlighting a big mistake…, former England player Alex Scott said on the BBC – This is a side of England we haven’t seen so far in this championship. You can see it all over the pitch that there is nervousness and frustration in the team, says former England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley to the BBC. Carmona was once again the great hero. On Sunday, the 23-year-old became the second-youngest ever captain in a World Cup final, and it was she who became the big hero in the semi-final against Sweden. Again she delivered when it mattered most. In six out of eight World Cup finals, the team that scored first in the final has become world champions. History repeated itself this time. Carmona is the second Spanish player to score in a World Cup final at senior level. The other is Andrés Iniesta in the World Cup final against the Netherlands in 2010. Both games ended with a Spanish 1-0 victory. SPANISH HEROES: Andrés Iniesta (in 2010) and Olga Carmena (in 2023). Photo: AP, AFP Penalty penalty England coach Sarina Wiegman made some offensive changes after the break and England were better, but it was still the Spaniards who were the most dangerous going forward. And after half-time in the 2nd half, they had the chance to punctuate the game. After a long, long VAR check, Spain were awarded a penalty after a one-hander on Keira Walsh. Spain star Jennifer Hermoso went forward, but the penalty was not particularly good and Earps in the England cage made a masterful save. IMPORTANT SAVE: Mary Earps gambled, went early and was rewarded in the form of a penalty save. Photo: SAEED KHAN / AFP “England is still here”, noted the English media, and speculated whether this could be the vitamin injection the English European champions needed. It could have been, but there was never a proper final sprint. Thus, Spain became world champions for the very first time. – We had honor and glory at Wembley last year. Now there is mourning in Sydney, commented Vicki Sparks for the BBC.
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