It was not long before he did not play the World Cup. One of the best players in the world He was a couple of conversations away from not wearing the national team shirt in the appointment of Australia and New Zealand. And what we would have missed. The Catalan starred in an iconic performance against Costa Rica and It was the best of the team led by Jorge Vilda in the 3-0 victory. Anchor in the middle of the field and imaginative in the final meters, this is her year. At Barça he has starred in a exceptional season and now, with the Spanish team, he intends to show his talent to the entire globe.
“I am the same person here that in Barcelona. I am the same ambitious Aitana, who wants to win and who does not give any ball for lost. I consider myself a player who helps spread this claw to the companions. I haven’t changed at all”, he said a few days before the start of the World Cup in an interview in EL PERIÓDICO, from the Prensa Ibérica group. “I mean, in the end, I am also here to do great things, just like with Barça”, he added with a mischievous smile. He confessed that he did not know how he was physically before the event. Many months of competition to end up lifting a Champions League is no small feat. Now, after a month of “pre-season” before the World Cup, there are few doubts.
Peaceful irruption of Spain in the World Cup passing over Costa Rica
Aitana Bonmatí is called to be the next great star of world football. She was the playmaker for the Spanish team during their debut against Costa Rica. With the ball sewn to her boots, she gave away exquisite touches and controls that they led to a great goal in the 22nd minute. The Catalan, from inside the area, cut to her mark and with a well-placed and precise shot towards the base of the long post, added the second goal for the Spanish team. The Catalan starred in the best individual performance so far in the World Cup, with an excellent match full of flashes of talent.
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Aitana was the catalyst of the game in Spain’s first match in the World Cup. He timed, directed and guarded the ball as few know how to do it. His peripheral vision of the field helped finding spaces in a crowded Costa Rican defense and sunk in its own area. For Spain, the midfield is primordial to sign a World Cup that reverses the usual trend (the Spanish team it has never passed eighth of end).
“It is clear that the midfield in a team like ours, which plays to have the ball, is important, but I would not be left alone with the midfield. Give speed to all the passes, know the action that you are going to do later. I think that all the footballers who play this team should have it, because we understand football in the same way or we have to understand it in the same way“, reflected Aitana once the referee signaled the end of the match. “The preparation has been long and you already feel that you are playing a World Cup game, that you have already started, everything is going at a different pace. Now we are going to enjoy ourselves and move forward,” she commented.
His brilliant performance earned him the MVP to the Barça footballer. As she was already recognized in the Champions League final, the one from Ribes takes the award for the best player of the match in Spain’s debut. The azulgrana has experienced exponential growth in recent years. With the Alexia’s injury, the Catalan came to the fore, both on and off the field. Despite not wearing her bracelet with the sign captain’s arm, Aitana has been one of the team leaders and has signed what is probably the best season of his career. “I already have many years of experience behind me and that helps you make better decisions, to know how to control the timing of the game more, to know where the spaces are. There are many things and physically, I feel very well too. The years give you experience. I would say yes, this year has been one of my best since I’ve been playing soccer,” he confessed after scoring a great goal against Costa Rica.
best and worst year
“It has been a difficult year, but we have left everything behind for days now,” Aitana Bonmatí acknowledged to the media after the game ended. “We have been preparing for many days and we are focused on what is important, that Now it’s the World Cup and nothing else. But it is true that one is happy. After everything I’ve been through, seeing myself there in the eleven and being able to play in a World Cup, because I didn’t know if I was going to play here until almost the last moment”, added the ‘6’ of the selection with sincerity.
The controversy with ’15’ has made this last year one of the toughest mentally for Aitana. They were a lot months of uncertainty, tensions and questions unanswered. The movements, by both parties, went calmly until the final stretch, where an agreement was reached, individually, with those who saw a favorable scenario to return. One of them was Aitana, who already with the World Cup event started, wants to leave that behind. “What has been discussed with the Federation is that we have to go a bit along the same lines of making women’s football grow so that we can also have success with the national team. This whole year has served to see where we want to go and how we have to do it. I am convinced that we have approached positions and I am sure that changes will be made little by little and everything will improve”, he told EL PERIÓDICO in the exclusive interview prior to the World Cup.
Now all of Aitana Bonmatí’s worries and occupations revolve around the ball, the one that she catches with care, that she caresses with her boots and that bursts against the net when necessary.
2023-07-21 18:53:54
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