Salma Paralluelo protects the ball during a training session for the Spanish team. /
Teresa Abelleira, Galician midfielder from Real Madrid, will cover the absence due to the injury of the striker maña del Villarreal
Salma Paralluelo will miss the Women’s European Championship, which will be held from July 6 to 31 in England. The Villarreal soccer player, who was the main novelty on the list provided by Jorge Vilda on Monday, had to leave the concentration of the Spanish team this Wednesday, when a myofascial injury of the soleus muscle of the left leg was detected.
The inclusion of Salma Paralluelo in the expedition that will travel to England had been in doubt until the last moment, since the Villarreal winger, an 18-year-old physical prodigy who combines football with athletics at the highest level, had been in cotton for days due to to an edema in the twin that did not allow him to work normally. However, Jorge Vilda chose to enlist her in the hope that she could overcome the mishap. But, since her discomfort persisted, the attacker underwent new diagnostic tests that have detected a masked injury to the soleus.
His loss is a new setback for La Roja, who will have to face the tournament with a very weakened offensive front, as they cannot count on Jenni Hermoso, a brilliant signing from the Mexican Pachuca and a great scoring reference for the Spanish team in recent years. He was able to overcome in time the problems that he had with his right knee.
The gap for the skillful attacker of Equatorial Guinean descent will be covered by Teresa Abelleira, a Real Madrid midfielder who was one of the five discards that Jorge Vilda had to make two days earlier. The Galician soccer player, five times international, will join the delegation this afternoon to travel to Italy, where the pupils of the Madrid coach will face the transalpine team on Friday in the last preparatory exam for the European Championship.
a difficult group
Spain, framed in group B, will debut on Friday 8 July in London against Finland, the rival a priori most affordable in a first phase in which the Spanish team will also have to face Denmark, current continental runner-up, and the fearsome Germany, eight times European champion.
The duel against the Teutonics, set for July 12, will be a true litmus test for Jorge Vilda’s block, which has never beaten a team that reached the quarterfinals in the European Championship played five years ago in the Netherlands. Low. Spain will complete its journey in the group stage by facing Denmark on July 16, which could only be stopped by the host Netherlands in the last European Championship. It must be remembered that the first two classified of each group go to the quarterfinals.
