On Sunday the Spanish team was traveling to Switzerland To begin in Lausana its concentration for the Eurocup Without Aitana Bonmatí. But the two -time Golden Ball was discharged and on Monday he traveled to the concentration of Spain in Switzerland.
Aitana is already trained, once viral meningitis that had it a couple of days admitted, but for now it does so alone, in the gym, doing kilometers on the static bicycle While the rest of their partners, with the exception of Cata Coll, exercised on the grass.
Montse Tomé, the coach, said they would wait for Aitana until the last moment. Spain debuts tomorrow against Portugal and the deadline to register a new player for injury ends 24 hours before debut. It will not be necessary to call anyone else, Montse Tomé will be able to gather its two golden balls on the grass to fight for a trophy that Spain still does not.
The team won the World Cup and then the League of Nations, for which it will fight again this year, but failed in the Olympic Games, where it stayed at the gates of the medals, and now looks for the other title it does not have.
The favorites are the usual ones. «For me Germany is always one of those who, in addition, on a personal level it is difficult for us to play; Obviously, England, having reached the end of the euro and the World Cup final and I think that France, even if you have not won any tournament, always put some respect because they can do it very well. I would say that those three are my favorites, apart from Spain, ”he said Mariona Caldentey A few days ago in the city of Las Rozas football.
«We do not have to fear any team, but that maximum respect for everyone, starting with those we have in the group stage. Then I think there are five or six selections that have very good players, who have been working too long, that are great teams. I think England, current champion, Germany, France, Italy is a very uncomfortable rival alsoSwitzerland has great players, I don’t want to leave any, but I think these are selections that can perfectly take the title, ”he said Alexia Putellas.
Spain arrived three years ago to the Eurocup to continue growing and stayed in the quarterfinals, where he crossed with England, which he later defeated in the World Cup final. The selection has grown the same as the tournament has grown. UEFA distributes 41 million euros among the participants, an amount far from the 16 million euros that distributed in the edition of 2022 and more than five times more than in 2017, where participants only had eight million euros to distribute.
The amounts remain much lower than those of the Male Eurocup, in which there were 331 million euros to distribute among the participants. More than eight times more than the female tournament distributes.
There are 16 selections that participate in a championship that begins today with Iceland – Finland (18:00) and leaves for the second turn the premiere of the hosts in the Switzerland -Noruega. Spain debuts tomorrow against Portugal, although Aitana will still not be available to play the game. The best player in the world in the last two years will be prepared when the decisive phase begins.
►España is the best European selection in the world ranking, where it is second, only behind the United States. Germany is third and England, fifth, the other two great favorites for the final title.
►The tournament can be seen through the Spanish Television channels. The first two games, the Iceland-Finland and the Switzerland-Noruega, will offer them Teledeporte. The debut of Spain against Portugal (tomorrow at 9:00 p.m.) can be seen in 1.
►THE DORSALS OF SPAIN: 1. sullastres; 2. Ona Batlle; 3. Jana Fernández; 4. Irene Paredes; 5. María Méndez; 6. Aitana; 7. Olga Carmona; 8. Mariona; 9. Esther; 10. Athenea del Castillo; 11. Alexia; 12. Patri Guijarro; 13. Cata Coll; 14. Laia Aleixandri; 15. Leila Ouahabi; 16. Martín-Prieto; 17. Lucía García; 18. SALMA PARALLUELO; 19. Vicky López; 20. Claudia Pina; 21. Alba Redondo; 22. Zubieta; 23. Nanclares.
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