The final race for EURO 2022

MADRID, 25 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

This Tuesday begins the final stretch of the Women's Euro Cup that is taking place in England, with Spain already out of a fight for a title already reserved for four teams that will be the ones that fight to be in the grand final next Sunday in Wembley, all of them undefeated so far. We present them to you.

England. The host is looking for her first major title after being European runner-up in 1984 and 2009, she is the only one of the four semi-finalists who repeats with respect to the 2017 edition, when she was eliminated by the Netherlands, and maintains her good line after also reaching the penultimate round in the 2019 World Cup. 16 goals for and only one against, the one scored by Esther González in the quarterfinals, demonstrate his strong candidacy, backed by the support of the public. Coach: Sarina Wiegman. Players to watch: Lucy Bronze and Beth Mead.

Sweden. The Swedish team, the only one with a men's coach, is the one with the best world ranking of all the semifinalists (2). Champion in 1984, he has not been in a European Championship final since 2001 and his strength and competitiveness is demonstrated by the fact that he has been in the semifinals of the last three major tournaments since he also reached this round in the 2019 World Cup (third beating England) and Olympic Games (silver). Nine goals for and two against are their numbers in the tournament. Coach: Peter Gerhardsson. Players to watch: Fridolina Rolfo and Kosovare Asllani.

Germany. The one with the best record of the four semifinalists, especially at the continental level, where she has eight wounds, six of them consecutively between 1995 and 2013, a streak that was broken with a surprise elimination in the 2017 quarterfinals against Denmark. Double world champion and Olympic gold medalist in 2016, she did not have a great 2022 and has once again become a great event, being the only one of the four that did not have much trouble to qualify and has not yet conceded a goal, in return to score eleven, more than one in each game. Coach: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. Players to watch: Lina Magull and Alexandra Popp.

France. The French are the only one of the four semi-finalists who historically do not know what it is like to play a final of a major tournament and in fact these are their first semi-finals in a European Championship, although they played in the 2011 World Cup and the 2012 Olympic Games. The team seeks to crown the great year of women's football in the country since Olympique de Lyon was proclaimed champion of the Champions League. After bursting with force against Italy (5-1), it has cost him in the rest of the games and the one that has conceded the most goals (3). Coach: Corinne Diacre. Players to watch: Wendy Renard and Grace Geyoro.