Czech Republic – Spain: results, results and goals
The Spanish national team defeated Belgium (2-0) in the last qualifying match for Euro 2025. Thus, Montse Tome’s team signs an “almost” perfect entry stage to the continental tournament that will take place next summer, with only one “glitch” against the Czech Republic (2-1) and a record of five wins, only one defeat, and with 17 goals scored and five conceded.
Goal: To gain confidence in the Games.
Win and have a good feeling. That was Spain’s goal against Belgium. The team approached the match with a clear conscience, with qualification for Euro 2025 in their pocket and mathematically guaranteed, a situation that left Montse Tome’s team with only one “unsolved problem” to improve on the version shown in the defeat to the Czech Republic, and to pick up the pace before the Olympic Games – the first in their history in which the women’s team will participate – and what will be the team’s next big test.
Belgium, on the other hand, had something more at stake. Without the chance to qualify, the Belgians risked being eliminated from the Nations League category, League B.
Aitana, providential
Spain started with a clear idea of pressure, of creating danger, but without success and with a certain lack of precision. La Roja chose the centres as one of the weapons to try to open the scoring, but it was necessary to find the key, to give the game a little more rhythm, verticality, and in these attempts the golden ball appeared. Olga Carmona crossed at medium height in a race along the flank, and the player from Sant Pere de Ribes quickly arrived to put his foot down and finish the action at the goal defended by Lichtfus.
A goal scored in the 37th minute of the game, and a little later, in the 45th minute, Belgium wanted to equalize, but a prophetic save by Kata Kolla deprived the Belgians of a goal. The Barcelona goalkeeper stretched well and parried Tysiak’s shot after a corner.
Spain, in search of more
A small scare in the body of the Spaniard, but Athena returned it to the Belgians with a whip that reflected the crossbar not far from the breakthrough. And it would not be the only forest, because in the second half Lucia Garcia, with a great game in which she carried the ball inside the entire penalty area of Belgium, created a shot after a combination with Alexia, who again hit the crossbar.
Spain flirted with a second and also made another internment of the Rayadas player, which Aitana could not complete. The goal of calm was not achieved, not without the obvious persistence of the team led by Montse Thome. However, Belgium did not give up on trying to equalize and in the last minutes achieved a draw, which in the end did not happen.
Tere Abelleira, BIG GOAL from home
What better tribute to the Galician than to score in her homeland, and even more so a truly great goal to end the match. The Real Madrid player was inspired by a long-range strike that put the finishing touches on the match, but not before he witnessed the crossbar again, the third, the work of Jenny Hermoso.