MATCH REPORT | Brazil end Spain’s golden dreams and leave them fighting for bronze

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The Samba Girls beat Montse Tomé's team in the semi-finals of Paris 2024, but there is still a medal hope for the Spanish Women’s football team.

It was a match in which everything was always against us and it ended up finishing Spain's dreams of being Olympic champions. Brazil took an early lead and Spain never found a way back into it, eventually losing 4-2.

Now it is time to turn the corner and prepare for Friday's match against Germany because there is an Olympic medal at stake. In the national team's first participation in an Olympic event, they could end up with a bronze medal, and that would go down in the history of Spanish sport.

That match is this Friday at 15:00 in the afternoon in Lyon.

DATA SHEET

BRAZIL

Starting lineup: Lorena da Silva (P); Thaís Ferreira, Lauren Leal (Gabi Nunes, 77'), Tarciane Lima; Angelina Alonso (C) (Duda Sampaio, 56'), Vitória Yaya, Ludmila da Silva (Adriana Leal, 56'), Yasmim Assis; Priscila Flor (Kerolin Nicoli, 77'), Jheniffer Cordinali (Ana Vitória, 69') and Gabi Portilho.

Substitutes: Luciana Maria (P), Ana Vitória, Duda Sampaio, Adriana Leal, Gabi Nunes and Kerolin Nicoli.

Coach: Arthur Elias.

SPAIN

Starting lineup: Cata Coll (P); Ona Batlle, Irene Paredes (C) (Laia Aleixandri, 52'), Laia Codina (Alexia Putellas, 77'), Olga Carmona (Oihane Hernández, 46'); Teresa Abelleira (Patri Guijarro, 65'), Aitana Bonmatí, Jenni Hermoso; Eva Navarro (Athenea del Castillo, 46'), Mariona Caldentey and Salma Paralluelo.

Substitutes: Misa Rodríguez (P), Oihane Hernández, Laia Aleixandri, Patri Guijarro, Alexia Putellas, Athenea del Castillo and Lucía García.

Coach: Montse Tomé.

1-0 | Irene Paredes (p.p.) | 6'

2-0 | Gabi Portilho | 45+4'

3-0 | Adriana Leal | 71'

3-1 | Salma Paralluelo | 85'

4-1 | Kerolin Nicoli | 90+1'

4-2 | Salma Paralluelo | 90+12'

Referee: Rebecca Welch (GBR)

Assistant referees: Emily Carney (GBR) y Franca Overtoom (NED)

Fourth official: Yoshimi Yamashita (JPN)

VAR: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)