The Spanish women’s team Sub-19 was proclaimed champion of Europe this Saturday of the category by beating Norway (2-1) with a goal by Júlia Bartel with half a minute to goconsummating a comeback like those of Pedro López to add his fourth title in the category.
Spain leaves the U-19 Women’s EURO without losing, with nine wins and two draws. The last victory, the decisive one, against some powerful norwegian who were locked in their area for much of a final that the Spanish dominated.
We had to wait to celebrate the second goal, the victory and the comeback. Although Spain scored in the 42nd minuteby the work of Martina Fernandezbut the goal –which seemed legal– was annulled by the Romanian collegiate Alina Pesu.
In the end, so much went the pitcher to the source that Spain was victorious. A long pass controlled it great the author of the first goal Ane Elexpuru to wait, watch the action, give the ball to Carmen Álvarez and she gave a killer pass behind that Bartel read perfectly.
The Barca player she didn’t get nervous and pushed the ball into the net to unleash ecstasyto the celebration, with her teammates and with the bench, knowing that they were half a minute away from glory.
Four years later, Spain U-19 adds the fourth women’s EURO of the category after the successes of 2004, 2017 and 2018. And she does it in her ninth final. A success achieved thanks to the quality of the playerswho never turned their backs on the game despite Iris Omarsdottir’s early goal for Norway, in the 5th minute, after a defensive failure by the Spanish.
A possible victory, in part, to the equalizing goal still in the first half. A defensive header from Bartel herself left Norwegian centre-back Fink ready to give the ball to her goalkeeper, but she missed and Elexpuru, who was chasing the action, stole to face and score the equalizer despite Panengstuen reaching her. touch.
Datasheet
RESULT: SPAIN, 2 – NORWAY, 1 (1-1, at halftime).
EQUIPMENT:
SPAIN: Font; Laborde, Fernandez, Lloris, Medina; mingueza; Elexpuru, Bartel, Fiamma (Álvarez, min.46), Vignola (Baradad, min.64); and Uria.
NORWAY: Panengstuen; Lovas, Fink, Pettersen, Sorbo (Johansen, min.58); Dirdal (Lüthcke, min.80), Bronstad, Jorde; Tandberg (Birkelund, min.58), Omarsdottir (Ron, min.86) and Kyvag.
GOALS.
0-1. Min.5, Omarsdottir.
1-1. Min.36, Elexpuru.
2-1. Min.90+4, Bartel.
REFEREE: Alina Pesu (RUM). She booked Álvarez (min.62), Lloris (min.71) in Spain and Jorde (min.47), Bronstad (min.44), Fink (min.37) in Norway.
STADIUM: Mestsky Stadion, Ostrava (Cheka Republic).
