Spain achieves the pass to the quarterfinals, but does not convince against Denmark

The Spanish team suffered, and a lot, but they certified their pass to the quarterfinals.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
16 July 2022 Saturday 20:52
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Spain achieves the pass to the quarterfinals, but does not convince against Denmark

The Spanish team suffered, and a lot, but they certified their pass to the quarterfinals. He played with fire Spain, and was about to burn. He reached the end of the game without being able to see the goal and with a Denmark that brought out all the artillery to look for a goal that would end the Spanish dream. Sandra Paños made up for her mistake against Germany with a save that prevented Nadia Nadim's goal in minute 78 and when regulation time was about to expire, a goal by Marta Cardona ended the Danish hopes and confirmed the classification of Spain.

Denmark was the only one who was worth the win, but it was the red one who took control of the match from the first bars, printing rhythm and trying to get closer to Christiansen's goal. Jorge Vilda's team shook off the sanbenito of conceding a goal in the first few minutes but, despite dominating, they once again showed the same shortcomings: the goal. The coach brought in Athenea del Castillo on the left wing, delaying Mariona Caldentey to the inside position, who had to cover the absence of Laia Aleixandri, with muscular discomfort. But the presence of the Real Madrid striker was unable to solve the lack of goals.

In Denmark, on the other hand, the scenario was completely the opposite. Lars Sondergaard's team fell back waiting for any error from the red to come out at speed taking advantage of the quality of Pernille Harder, who once again demonstrated why he was the most expensive signing in the history of women's football when he arrived at Chelsea. The Danish striker was a constant threat to Spain and managed to rack up more dangerous shots on Sandra Paños' goal than a Spain that was dominating possession of the ball.

As the minutes went by, the Spanish soccer players got more approaches, especially from Mariona Caldentey and Athenea del Castillo, who despite their insistence, lacked more forcefulness when dealing with the imposing Danish central defenders. Irene Paredes also tried to beat Christiansen from a set piece, but to no avail.

Jorge Vilda decided to change the script and made a triple substitution at the break, bringing in Esther, looking for the goal that was so lacking, Olga Carmona, replacing a warned Leila Ouahabi, and Marta Cardona. Although the changes did not translate into goals for Spain and the red team continued to accumulate minutes of sterile possession and frustration due to the lack of success in the final meters.

The tie classified the Spanish team, but if they did not sentence the match before, they risked a goal from Denmark in a few final minutes in which the red team knew that they would have to suffer. Sondergaard added more firepower to the Danish attack by introducing Nadia Nadim, who had the clearest chance of the match against a stellar Sandra Paños saving Denmark's goal. And as the 90th minute was approaching, Marta Cardona rose above the defense to send a sublime header into the back of the net and unleash euphoria among the large Spanish crowd at the Brentford Community Stadium, who celebrated the move to the quarterfinals. end, where England waits.