The team smiles after eliminating Switzerland in the quarterfinals and getting into the semifinals of the Eurocup 2025. Montse Tomé suffered to knock down the wall that planted the helvetic behind, but they got it thanks to a heel of Aitana Bonmatí, then topped by Athenea. The Golden Ball sought to enjoy, finally, in this championship, in which he had not had the opportunity to excel. And what if he did. Assistance, key to the achievement of the semi and MVP classification of the party.
“I wanted to enjoy and feel a footballer again”he pointed out after the game. He assured that he had been “100% physically,” after three weeks ago, he was scared to diagnose viral meningitis. «I have a pump on the way, but I am proud that I have known how to reverse the situation. I think these moments are to overcome them. I have worked mentally and physically. In the end, the work has its reward, ”he said.
His happiness was more than evident in the press room of the Stadion Wankdorf in Bern, where Space He had just won Switzerland to get into the semifinals of the Eurocup. It was not for less. A day before, he talked about the desire he had to get his best level and be able to offer his maximum performance to the national team. No sooner said than done.
Father He showed himself again as the determining soccer player who is. She is not the winner of the last two Gold balls by chance. In the Swiss capital he returned to take that spark that makes it a key player both in his club and in this selection, to get the wall of the premises, which endured more than an hour and came to doubt the ability of the Spanish to mark, on a day when nothing came out.
Aitana Bonmatí broke the Swiss defense
Until his magic appeared. Father He stopped a ball from his back to goal, on the front of the large area, which had reached him from Patri Guijarro. He lifted his head slightly and saw Athenea Like a bull in a square. He put the heel ball, leaving the entire defense without reaction, allowing the goal that broke the game and with which Spain took a giant step towards the semifinals.
Then, the Barcelona player was happy for what was achieved. As noted, the team is «Making history», Something that they value very positively and that they ask to take into account, even if the result is 2-0. In that aspect, the Catalan complained to always win 6-0. “It's like 'What happened?'” He said at the press conference after the game.
The important thing, as he said, is that the Selection It remains in the fight for another important title. Something to which this generation of soccer players has accustomed us thanks to their ambition, quality and, also, to its humility. Also because of a Aitana Bonmatí That, with simple details like the one in Athenea's goal, it is differential and puts Spain in the fight for everything with its presence on the grass.
