The great atmosphere at the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas reflected the importance of the match that the women's national team played. The aim: to finish the qualifying rounds for the 2023 World Cup with all victories and being unbeaten. Their opponents: Ukraine.
Since the beginnings, Jorge Vilda's team showed their ambition and they doubled in the first half. Esther González, who opened the scoring, and Alba Redondo scored the goals in the first half to make it 4-0 at the half time.
The rate remained the same in the second half. Spain continued to impose their game and take possession of the ball. Then, Jeni Hermoso scored from the spot to make it 5-0.
This is how the Spanish team makes the perfect qualifying rounds for the 2023 World Cup. There are eight victories in eight matches and not a single goal conceded with 53 goals scored in total.
DATA SHEET
Line-up: Lola Gallardo, Ivana Andrés (Rocío Gálvez, m.45), Andrea Pereira, Olga Carmona, Ohiane Hernández (Ainhoa Vicente, m.45), Patri Guijarro (Irene Guerrero, m.46), Zornoza, Jeni Hermoso, Alba Redondo (Amaiur Sarriegui, m.67), Athenea del Castillo and Esther González (Leila Ouahabi, m.80).
Coach: Jorge Vilda
Line-up: Samson, Korsun, Shmatko, Kravets, Podolska, Kozlova (Hlushchenko, m.54), Khimich (Malakhova, m.72), Pantsulaya, Kunina (Viktoriya Hiryin, m.63), Kravchuk (Ovdiychuk, m.72) y Apanaschenko (Anna Petryk, m.54).
Coach: Lluís Cortés.
1-0 | Esther González | Minute 15
2-0 | Alba Redondo | Minute 29
3-0 | Alba Redondo | Minute 39
4-0 | Esther González | Minute 42
5-0 | Jenni Hermoso | Minute 67
Referee: Jelena Cvetković (SRB)
Assistants: Danijela Stojanović (SRB) /Aleksandra Stojanac (SRB)
Fourth official: Milica Milovanovic (SRB)
8 Round. Qualifying rounds for 2023 World Cup
Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas
<p>The referee cautioned Irene Guerrero (Spain) and Anna Petryk (Ukraine).</p>