The Spanish women's hockey team on grass won this Saturday to England 0-1 in London, thanks to a penalty goal by Candela Mejías nine minutes from the end. With this new triumph, the 'redsticks' are located in the Fih Pro League. The Spanish came from a bad streak with five consecutive losses and have now won consecutively in Belgium and England.
The meeting was marked by equality for a good part of the regulatory time. Spain showed an offensive attitude from the beginning, generating several opportunities and penalty corner in its favor, but He found an outstanding performance by the local goalkeeper, Sabbie Heesh, especially in the first two rooms.
The English, octaves in the general classification and with only two wins in the tournament, They raised a very serious game in defense and sought to recover from the defeat suffered last Wednesday against Australia (0-3), also at home.
The winning goal for Carlos García Cuenca as a whole arrived in the last quarter, when Mejías took advantage of a penalty play to break the equality on the scoreboard and To give to his captain, Lucía Jiménez, a deserved triumph in tribute to his 200 internationalities held this Saturday.
