Spain says goodbye to the Nations Cup with a clear victory over the Czech Republic

MADRID, 22 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish women's soccer team closed their participation in the Nations Cup hosted by Australia with a second victory this Wednesday by clearly beating the Czech Republic 3-0, with forward Esther González, author of a doublet.

The national team said goodbye to their trip to Oceania with good feelings and with a smile thanks to a new victory against an opponent who did not create too many problems, despite having the 'help' of the weather, with the rain and a heavier game that hurt Jorge Vilda's team. The victory secured second place behind the hosts and served to somewhat forget the defeat against them last Sunday (3-2).

The Madrid coach continued with his tests thinking about the World Cup next summer and made the Real Sociedad goalkeeper Elene Lete debut in an eleven where the only one who repeated compared to the previous two matches, with the return of two wingers as Salma Paralluelo and Marta Cardona, and with the presence of Jenni Hermoso more as a midfielder.

From the beginning, Spain took control of the match and was the one that brought the most danger to Lukasova's area, who found work from the beginning. Irene Guerrero and Esther González, twice, enjoyed the first good chances.

The dominance of the 'Red' ended up finding its prize at the stroke of half an hour with the 1-0, the work of the Real Madrid striker, who pushed a good assist from Sheila García into the net, who received a good pass from Guerrero to overcome the goalkeeper at the start and 'give away' the goal to his teammate.

The goal did not make the Central European team react, which almost always remained low block and saw the Spanish extend their lead before the break with another goal from González, who perfectly headed a great delivery from the right of an outstanding Marta Cardona and after a wall from the Aragonese with Guerrero, very lucid in the final meters.

After the break, Vilda began to move the team and between the score, the rain and the little momentum that the Czech Republic had caused the duel to gradually decline. Even so, Spain still had time to close the win in the final stretch with an innocent penalty committed on Athenea del Castillo, which the Cantabrian woman was in charge of transforming.