World Cup champion Spain closed in on the quarterfinals of the Ladies’s European Championship with one other assertion victory, 6-2 over Belgium on Monday.
It was, surprisingly, the primary time Spain gained back-to-back matches on the Euros, after beating Portugal in its opener, 5-0.
With 11 targets in two matches, Spain and its star-packed squad reside as much as its billing because the match favourite.
Spain will safe a spot within the quarterfinals if Italy avoids defeat in opposition to Portugal later — a consequence that might additionally get rid of Belgium.
Spain laid siege to the Belgium objective from the beginning. Mariona Caldentey performed in a beautiful cross from the sting of the realm to Vicky López, who cushioned it on for Alexia Putellas to brush into the far nook.
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Nevertheless, Spain’s Twenty second-minute lead lasted barely two minutes earlier than Justine Vanhaevermaet headed in Tessa Wullaert’s nook on the close to publish.
Spain captain Irene Paredes was taking part in her first match of the match after being suspended from the opener, and she or he made it 2-1 earlier than the break when she headed in a nook.
Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí was introduced on at halftime. She was hospitalized for viral meningitis earlier than the match and performed solely eight minutes in opposition to Portugal.
Belgium leveled once more by way of Hannah Eurlings shortly after the restart. It was initially dominated out for offside however awarded by the VAR.
Mariona Caldentey offers Spain a 4-2 lead over Belgium | UEFA Ladies’s Euro 2025
Lower than a minute later, Spain led for a 3rd time when Putellas performed in Esther González for the veteran ahead to attain her third objective of the match. When a González effort was blocked, the ball was not cleared and Caldentey fired in Spain’s fourth.
Clàudia Pina curled a luxurious 20-yard effort into the highest proper nook and there was nonetheless time for Putellas — one other two-time Ballon d’Or winner — to web her second of the match.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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