IT IS WELL INTO THE UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS COMPETITION NOW, AND IT SEEMS THAT THE RIGOROUS SCHEDULE CAN TAKE IT’S TOLL ON EVEN THE HARDIEST OF TEAMS – (i.e. EAT, TRAIN, PLAY – REPEAT) AND DARE I SAY, IT CERTAINLY SEEMED TO BE THE CASE IN THE SPAIN VS SWITZERLAND MATCH LAST NIGHT! SPAIN HAD 2 UNSUCCESSFUL PENALTIES, WITH THE 1ST FROM MARIONA CALDENTEY, WHICH WENT WIDE, AND THEN, ALSO FROM ALEXIA PUTELLAS, FOR WHICH SWITZERLAND’S GOALY LIVIA PENG WAS READY-AND-A-WAITING! SPAIN DID PUT ON A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE HOWEVER, WITH 658 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY AND 73% POSSESSION. BUT SWITZERLAND HELD THEIR OWN, PUTTING UP A BOLD DEFENCE AGAINST THE SPANISH LADIES, MAKING 259 PASSES, WITH A 70% PASS ACCURACY, AND 4 SHOTS, WHICH WERE, ALAS FOR THEM, NOT TO BE! BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP THEM FROM MAKING IT EXCEPTIONALLY HARD FOR SPAIN TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET ALSO! IT TOOK UNTIL THE 66TH MINUTE, IN FACT, FOR SPAIN TO SCORE, AFTER A CRACKER FROM ATHENEA DEL CASTILLO AT 66 MINS., FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BY ANOTHER FROM CLAUDIA PINA AT 71 MINS., MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO SPAIN! WHOEVER SPAIN PLAY NEXT IS TO BE DECIDED UPON THE OUTCOME OF TONIGHT’S MATCH BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY, WHICH IS ON AT 20.00 P.M.
UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 QUARTER-FINAL – SPAIN VS SWITZERLAND – 18/07/2025
