The Spanish women’s seven team has won this Sunday the ticket for the 2022 World Cup to be held in Cape Town (South Africa) in September, after a agonizing victory (14-12) over Belgium in the quarterfinals of the qualifier with a try on the last play.
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Pedro de Matías’s players met a Belgium very powerful and forceful in the first half of the encounter. Thus, those led by Emiel Vermote came into the break ahead (7-12) and with better feelings, thanks to greater possession, although María García’s rehearsal would be key to the future of the team.
In the second half, the same script, so we had to wait until the last play to find out the outcome of the match, which fell on the Spanish side thanks to an essay by Paula Requena. This, which culminated an agonizing match for the ‘Leonas7s’, with very little possession.
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Thus, the team brilliantly closed the qualifier that was played this weekend in Bucharest (Romania). Those of Pedro de Matías completed a perfect first day, beating Sweden (33-0) and Portugal (38-10), but they could not continue with the winning streak this Sunday against Poland (15-31), which asserted the European throne that they achieved a few weeks ago.
But this victory against Belgium in the quarterfinals of this qualifying phase has been decisive in winning one of the four tickets that were distributed for the World Cup to be held from September 9 to 11 in Cape Town (South Africa).