Football could not be more cruel España. Los penaltish They decided to the European champion, with luck falling on the side of a England which celebrated before the fact of having reached the batch. They knew superiors in them, with Chloe Kelly Trusting the rest, and they did not fail. It has been his way of surviving in this Women's Eurocup 2025, They have ended up taking themselves without brightness.
On the least conducive day, ghosts appeared to this team, which forgave multitude of occasions and, as always happens, ended up paying it very expensive. As happened in the Olympic Games. Then, a maximum penalty in the last minute failed by Alexia He made Spain go to the extension and lose the bronze. A year later, a fateful batch leaves it without the first Eurocup in its history.
Space He suffers a cruel and unfair defeat. It was, by, the best selection of this championship. Immaculate until the final, they didn't lose during the 120 minutes. They take, in fact, the top scorer of the euro, Esther, Already the best player, Father. But the important thing is what goes to England: the title.
Montse I took, Always successful in its variations, it failed at the key moment: when deciding the pitchers. Put to Athenea initially and it did well, he had the good idea of putting Salma When there was more space on the defense's back and worked. But Barça's front, as he had already shown in the last matches, was without confidence in the door. Did not finish occasions that would have meant the triumph of the Selection. It was the fourth to launch.
Salma He threw the fourth penalty and, as you could intuit seeing the state he was in, he sent it out. It was not time to give opportunities, it was time to bet on the winning horse and, having on the bench Martín-Prieto And about the green to other good pitchers, it was time to give them the ball.
The penalty drama
This problem is not new. The one of Space And penalties comes from afar. In the Games It could be intuit and, in this Eurocup, It was clear. It went against Swiss, where two were launched and both were failed. Good football covered those shortcomings. Until you get to a batch in which everything you have done before the grass is of no use.
Mariona She is the pitcher and, in case of not being, it was Alexia. The two failed then. Now, the second did not reach the batch, he did not set a good game and it was the first change. The first failed it. She was followed Father y Salma. They were left without launching Pina, Vicky, Aleixandri o Paredes.
The old ghosts come back
Until a few months ago, Space sinned with a lack of aim. Casualities of life, met with the effectiveness of Esther and Claudia Pina And, also, when it started calling Martín-Prieto. Only Barcelona's front was on the grass in the extension and from his position it was impossible to shoot.
Again the aim ruins España. The selection match was perfect in everything else. Safe back, with a Cata again immeasurable – which also stopped two penalties in the batch – and knowing how to find a way to harm England. The English ones did neutralize the stopped ball, but in the rest they were overcome. The occasions happened, without that they could materialize that domain. And in the end, we leave a vacuum Switzerland.
