2023-08-05 08:54:39
BarcelonaWho doesn’t risk doesn’t win, Jorge Vilda must have thought. With the water down his neck and the criticism on him after the ridiculous defeat against Japan in the last game of the group stage of the World Cup, the controversial Spanish coach has shaken his book in the round of 16 against Switzerland, which did not he had conceded no goals and conceded five. The Madrid player, protected by the RFEF against the division with the players, has made five changes compared to the previous one a few days ago and has come out stronger. His pulse has not trembled with the lanky Alexia Putellas, who has lost his place to the detriment of other teammates, nor with Misa Rodríguez, the goalkeeper portrayed in the duel against the Japanese women. The revolution, however, has not affected the stripes of Aitana Bonmatí. And still luck, because the Catalan has been the indisputable beacon of the state team in a match that can mark a first and a later. In the quarter-finals they await South Africa or the Netherlands, who face each other this Sunday at 4 p.m.
Two of the Blaugranas present in the lineup were the protagonists of the play that took the pressure off Spain in the 5th minute. Salma Paralluelo, open on the left side unlike in the previous game, found space to make an entry in second post that Alba Redondo has finished with danger. Between the Swiss goalkeeper, Thalmann, and the post they thwarted the goal, but the action continued alive and it went to Aitana, who inside the large area cut with her right leg and shot with her left at the bottom of the network. The goal was liberating, as the subsequent celebration showed. That of Sant Pere de Ribes, undisputed leader in the absence of the best version of Alexia, began its particular festival.
However, the initial joy was short-lived in the Spanish ranks, and an error committed by two of the other Barça footballers (two of the new arrivals included by Vilda) gave the Swiss a breath of life in the 11th minute. It has been the classic play in which confidence plays bad pasts; in which operating by inertia, almost by rote, ends up being a bad idea. Shyly pressed in the defensive zone, Laia Codina made a backward pass for Cata Coll without looking, with such bad luck that the Majorcan goalkeeper, who was debuting with the absolute selection in no less than a World Cup qualifier, was further ahead than she thought his companion The setback, however, has ended in an anecdote.
Because Spain, unlike the day in Japan, has not stopped finding solutions in attack. Especially on the left side, which, just like in the 0-1, has generated the action of the 1-2. Ona Batlle, moved to the opposite side where she usually plays, sent a poor cross into the area, Aitana combed the ball and Alba Redondo, also with her head, sent it into the opponent’s goal. The result: a very important goal from the League F side that put his team in the lead. The rubric would come 18 minutes later with a piece of genius from Aitana, who collected a loose ball in the opposing area to show the world why she is such a strong candidate to win the Ballon d’Or. With an almost offensive calm, the Garrafenca danced with three Swiss defenders in a piece of land and finished with great class with a subtle shot impossible for Thalmann (minute 36).
The first half, which is where the match was decided, would still leave time for Codina to correct the mistake made in the 1-1 draw. Campllong’s scorer, with an uncertain future at Barça due to the competition she has with Paredes and Mapi, solved a mess at the exit of a corner to make it 1-4, a scoreline too strong for Switzerland to think about a comeback . In fact, in the resumption, the Swiss not only failed to plug the leaks with the triple change that Inka Grings ordered at half-time, but they saw their disadvantage widen with a goal from Jenni Hermoso, who received the space of Aitana (again Aitana) and has defined with pause and placement on the output of Thalmann.
Vilda is smiling after the storm and now faces the quarter-finals, the first in history for the Spanish team in a World Cup, full of confidence. Will he miss the players who didn’t want to follow his game? Time and football will tell.
Suïssa: Thalmann; Aigbogun (Mauron, 45′), Maritz, Stierli, Riesen; Sow (Calligaris, 45′), Wälti, Reuteler (Terchoun, 45′); Piubel (Humm, 74′), Bachmann and Crnogorcevic. Spain: Cata Coll; Oihane, Paredes, Codina, Ona Batlle; Tere Abelleira (María Pérez, 64′), Aitana (Guerrero, 77′), Jenni Hermoso (Alexia, 77′); Alba Redondo, Esther (Eva Navarro, 64′) and Salma Paralluelo (Athenea, 84′). Goals: 0-1 (Aitana, 5′), 1-1 (Laia Codina, pp, 18′), 1-2 (Alba Redondo, 18′), 1-3 (Aitana, 36′), 1-4 ( Laia Codina, 45′), 1-5 (Jenni Hermoso, 69′). Referee: Cheryl Foster (Gal les). Big targets: Stierli (74′). Vermelles targets: Chap. Stadium: Eden Park (Auckland). 43,271 people.
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