The Women's World Cup qualifiers continued, in the European zone, the Spanish women's football team beat the second place Scottish women's football team in the group 2-0, so that the Spanish women's football team won all 6 matches in the group stage and advanced to the 2023 World Cup 2 rounds in advance, and the Scottish women's football team needed to fight for the play-off places. In next year's World Cup, if the Chinese women's football team encounters the Spanish women's football team, it is bound to be a vicious battle, and the opponent's strength is above us!
The match was played at Hampden Park, with 7,804 fans pouring into the stands, and it is worth mentioning that this is a home record for the Scottish side to host a women's football match. After the game began, the two teams attacked and defended each other, and the Scottish women's team made a mistake in the 13th minute of the game to bring down the opposing player in the box. A minute later, Hermoso, the main player of the Spanish women's football team, scored a penalty, and although the Scottish goalkeeper judged the direction, he did not save the ball.
In the 15th minute, Hermoso collapsed in the penalty area, but the referee did not award another penalty. In the 22nd minute, the Spanish women's football team counterattacked, Hermoso was brought down by the opposing goalkeeper outside the box, and Scotland's goalkeeper received a yellow card. In the 35th minute, the Spanish women's football team was given a free kick opportunity on the right side, and after driving the ball into the box, the attacking player's header broke the goal, but the referee ruled that the offside was first, and the goal was invalid.
In the 50th minute of the second half, the Spanish women's football team attacked, and Gonzalez's two-footed attack inside the box was fruitless. In the 72nd minute, the Scottish women's football team counterattacked, the No. 20 player Thomas got a one-handed opportunity, and the referee raised the flag to signal offside, but she did not hear it, and swung the ball through the goalkeeper, but the goal was naturally invalid.
In the 78th minute of the game, the Spanish team played a tacit cooperation in the front court, Hermoso and his teammates two-by-one, and then burst into the goal in the penalty area, personally completing the double, while helping the Spanish women's football team to win 2-0 against the opponent, so that the Spanish team qualified for the 2023 Women's World Cup. After the match, the Spanish team celebrated.
The first leg of the two sides played, the Spanish women's enough to sweep the opponent 8-0, and now after winning 2-0, the two legs doubled the opponent, the total score is 10-0, in addition, in this World Preliminary Tournament, Spain maintained a full victory, the performance is almost perfect. If in the final round of next year's World Cup, the Chinese women's football team encounters an opponent, it is difficult to retreat, after all, the technical and tactical ability of the Spanish women's football team is very strong, and the speed and cooperation are even higher than the Brazilian women's football team, so this is what Shui Qingxia needs to focus on. From the perspective of historical confrontation, against Spain, the Chinese women's football team is 1 draw and 2 losses, never won, and the opponent is our bitter master.
Spain women's football team is ranked 7th in the world, much higher than the Chinese women's football team, although we are Asian champions, but the FIFA ranking is only 16th. So the strength of the Spanish women's football team is above us. After winning the Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team has not played in the near future, but we can't rest on our laurels, but we must study the strong teams in Europe and the United States early and strive to find a way to deal with these strong women's football teams!