The Spanish Women’s National Team beat Norway 2-1 at halftime at the Palladium Can Misses stadium in the first official match that an absolute soccer team played in Ibiza and which also meant Spain’s return to the Balearic Islands after 37 years. The Jorge Vilda rule the score thanks to a double by Jennifer Hermoso in a friendly match that is being watched by more than 2,300 spectators at the Ibizan Coliseum, where UD Ibiza plays its Second Division matches.
The Spanish women’s team dominated the first leg of the match, subduing a Norwegian team that had many problems getting out of their own half. Before the first quarter of an hour was over, Alba Redondo unsuccessfully finished a great choral combination of the Spanish women, much more in tune and ambitious than his rival. And soon after came the first goal for Spain when Jenni Hermoso pushed into the net another beautiful triangulation between Jenni herself and Sheila García on the edge of the area (1-0, min. 17).
The Norwegians did not take long to equalize in a quick counterattack that Olympique Lyon forward Ada Hegerberg defined with quality (1-1, min. 20), but Jenni Hermoso returned the lead to Spain barely a minute later after pushing the ball into the net. assistance from Eva Navarro after a defensive mismatch by the Scandinavians. The Mexican Pachuca goalscorer has seen how the Macedonian referee has annulled a goal for a non-existent offside after 24 minutes of play.
Spain dominates the first of the two preparation tests that it will play in Ibiza on its way to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand until the break. The second will be played on Tuesday the 11th against China, also in Can Misses at 6:00 p.m.
