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Montse Tomé: ‘We deserved more, we played to win’

The coach analysed the match between England and Spain at the post-match press conference.
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Wed, 26/02/2025 - 23:39

After the defeat against England, Montse Tomé responded to the media by giving her views on the match: ‘My assessment, I think we deserved more. We tried in every way we could to open the scoring and we hit two crossbars and had 20 shots, England scored a goal without creating much. That's football, we performed at a high level, the team adapted to everything in front of them. We wanted to win and we played to win but we had a very good team in front of us in England, the current European champions and it was a great game, but we wanted more. 

The lack of goalscoring was out of tune with Spain's play at Wembley and Montse Tomé recognised this: ‘We play football to score goals, today we hit the crossbar and we can’t accept this result. It's everyone's responsibility, mine too, of course. We're not going to see it as a problem, we're going to look for solutions. Soon, we play Portugal who are doing well and they will demand something different from us. We have to improve but we are on a good path. 

The coach praised the performance of her players and regretted not having scored against England: ‘I feel we deserved more with the number of chances we had in the final third. The team started well, playing with pace. England spent a lot of time defending but that's football, we didn't manage to score. It was a top level game and we have to keep improving. 

In the next international window, Spain face Portugal twice in two key matches in Group A3 of the UEFA Women's Nations League, where they currently sit third after tonight's defeat.

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