The Iberian team advanced to the final after beating Germany in the extension with the annotation of Aitana Bonmatí and will be measured with England in the final.
Photo: EFE – Michael Buholzer
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In a definitive proof of maturity, the world champion Spain qualified for the final of the Women's Eurocup by surviving against Germany 1-0 with a goal by Aitana Bonmatí in the extension (113), this Wednesday in Zurich.
In the reissue of the final of the World Cup (1-0 for Spain), the Red will cross again with England, defender of the European title, on Sunday (16h00 GMT) in Basel.
Spain put the game and Germany the trade in a duel octed for the quality of Aitana, in force double Golden Ball, who defined with power a play in which he connected with Athenea del Castillo.
Chop stone
Spain realized that it collided with the great dominator of the competition -8 titles in 13 editions, 9 of 10 semifinals won until Wednesday- little had to do with its four previous appointments in Switzerland -four wins, 16 goals in favor, 3 in counter.
Before Mannschaft the physical impact rose several steps and the world champion faced a rough duel in which he had to pull patience and sharpen the creativity to find cracks in the tangle of five defenses organized by Christian Wück.
Bühl, sin acierto
In addition, in a Letzigrund Arena 30 minutes from the German border, Spain played almost against the 'host', after having appealed to Switzerland (2-0) in rooms before 30,000 NATI fans.
Germany was able to take the fat prize very soon when after a mismatch of the Spanish defense Klara Bühl (8) was planted against Cata Coll but crossed his shot too much.
Esther González (21) replied with a very hard shot after a rejection of which his partner in the Gotham FC, Ann-Katrin Berger responded.
The Red dedicated the rest of the first part to wear out with its endless possession of a German team crouch, waiting for a counter as the only way to create danger.
Before the break Spain was finally able to chain a series of clear occasions: Irene head walls to the post (42), Mariona Caledentey without power (45), and finally Esther and Claudia Pina ran into Berger (45+1).
The miracle of Cata Coll
“Yes you can, you can!”, The Spanish minority, some 2,400 fans grouped in a background of the 22,400 that filled the enclosure were singing at the beginning of the second half.
With the faithful game to the same script -possession about 70% for Spain -the best occasions of the second part were for Germany.
Bühl ran into Cata Coll (62) and was close to hitting with a foul from the front (85) indicated by the Brazilian referee Edina Alves.
Less puncture after going through the costumes, Spain was recovering the spark with Salama Paralluelo and Athenea as revulsive but without finding the goal.
And over time (90+4) came the miracle of Cata Coll, double stop against Bühl again and Carlotta Wamser to send the game to the pórroga.
Patient, Spain continued to take the reins of the game. Paralluelo fell to the left to focus and Athenea was not able to square his shot (100).
Finally, it was Aitana who found the treasure to take Spain to its first European final.
When will the 2025 Eurocup final be played?
The final between English and Spanish will be played next Sunday, July 27 at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, at 11:00 am (time in Colombia) and will be transmitted by ESPN and Disney+.
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