Spain eliminates the Netherlands in extra time and reaches the semifinals (2-1)

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The Spanish team, with the Basques irene walls and Oihane Hernandez in the starting eleven, defeated this Friday by 2-1 in the extension to Netherlands, in which the Biscayne Damaris Egurrola He also acted as a starter, in a great duel in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Despite the importance of the event, the team led by Jorge Vilda quickly established himself on the field of play and enjoyed the best chances right from the start with a clear Esther Gonzalezthat he did not know how to define before the goalkeeper Van Domselaar after a bad control that made him lose the advantage behind a big wall with Jenny Beautiful.

For her part, the current runner-up in the world failed to get the pulse of the clash and allied herself with the sticks, which, twice, one after a good save by the Dutch goalkeeper, denied the goal to round dawn in the same play.

The Netherlands opted more for direct play, largely to take off the good pressure from Spain, whose final stretch of the first half was optimal, with a goal disallowed against Esther Gonzalez who pushed a ball slightly forward with everything in favor of round dawn and after a great maneuver and a great center of Ona Batllewhich gave a great level in both areas.

After passing through the changing rooms, the script did not change too much, but the current world runner-up lived less overwhelmed despite Spain’s good start, with a sharp shot from Esther Gonzalez who barely left and continued arrivals in the rival area, although with a certain lack of skill to have taken more advantage.

But the Netherlands held on and little by little took advantage of the spaces that the Spanish team occasionally left in their attacks. And so the scare came in the form of a penalty, finally annulled by Stephanie Frappart after consulting the VAR, but that opened a period of doubts in the Spanish, looking for a change with the entry of Salma Paralluelo.

And the panorama opened when the decisive minutes were faced with an innocent hand of Van der Gragt. The VAR notified the referee and the penalty transformed it, with suspense, Mariona Caldentey. But with the score in favor, the selection of vilda he was a nervous wreck and conceded more than he had hitherto. Thus, the central Van der Gragtalready off the hook as a forward, corrected her error in the addition and sent the game to extra time.

In extra time, Spain, which sought solutions with the entries of Olga Carmona, Alexia Putellas and Eva Navarro, was the one who suffered. Ivana Andrés made a masterful cut and beerensteyn He had two very clear ones to have sentenced. The Dutch failed and straight away Jenni Beautiful He sent a great ball deep to look for the stride of Salma Parallueloand this did not miss the opportunity after a great personal action.

In this way, Spain will meet in the semifinals on August 15 in Auckland against the winner of this Friday’s duel between Japan and Sweden.

It should be noted that the sopeloztarra Oihane Hernandez He saw his second yellow card of the tournament, so he will miss the semifinal match. In addition, Damaris Egurrola She was substituted in the 96th minute of the game apparently with some physical problem.

Data sheet:

2 – Spain: Tasting Coll; Oihane Hernández (min. 91, Olga Carmona), Irene Paredes, Laia Codina (min. 77, Ivana Andrés), Ona Batlle; Teresa Abelleira, Aitana Bonmatí (min. 88, Irene Guerrero), Jennifer Hermoso; Alba Redondo (min. 71, Salma Paralluelo), Mariona Caldentey (min. 100, Alexia Putellas), Esther González (min. 100, Eva Navarro).

Coach: Jorge Vilda.

1 – Netherlands: Daphne Van Domselaar; Stefanie Van Der Gragt, Sherida Spitse (min. 85, Katjia Snoeijs), Dominique Janssen; Jill Roord, Damaris Egurrola (min. 96, Caitlin Dijkstra), Jackie Groenen, Victoria Pelova, Esmee Brugts (min. 89, Aniek Nouwen); Lineth Beerenstein, Lieke Martens.

Coach: Andries Jonker.

Goals: 1-0 min. 81: Mariona Caldentey. 1-1 min. 90+1: Stefanie van der Gragt. 2-1 min. 111, Salma Paralluelo.

Referee: Stephanie Frappart (France). Yellow cards: Oihane Hernández and Irene Paredes (Spain); Damaris Egurrola (Netherlands).