Friendly match preview France Spain (w)

Spain’s women’s national soccer team faces France on Tuesday in Nice in the final friendly of 2024, a year of light and shadow in which Spain won the Nations League and hosted its first Olympic Games, leaving the group with a bittersweet taste of fourth place.

The match will be dedicated to the Nations League final. In which Spain beat France 2-0, giving them victory in the first tournament and qualification for Paris 2024. To date, Spain have failed to beat France and they will be looking to win again this Tuesday.

In 2025, the team led by Montse Thome will meet with the French national team. continue preparing Switzerland for Europe 2025a name that Spain lacks in shop windows. In the history of confrontations, Spain drew three times, lost ten times and won only the last match, played in February at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville.

The friendly match will take place at the Nice Stadium, also known as the Allianz Arena, at 21:00. It is the official headquarters of the Olympic Club Guimaste of Ligue 1 Nice on the Côte d’Azur, with a capacity of 36,178 spectators.

In the last match against South Korea (5:0), coach Montse Thome took the opportunity to rotate and give opportunities to new players such as goalkeeper Adriana Nanclares or central defender Berta Pujadas, who started, or starters Maite Zubieta and Maka Portals . from the bench.

This also meant return to the national team two years after the culé Claudia Pinapart of the Las 15 group. Pina started and scored the first goal of the game.

In the match against France, the most regular defenders, such as Ona Batl or Olga Carmona, may return to the eleven. In addition, Spain will be without Vicky Lopez, who finished the match against South Korea with discomfort after scoring a double.

Thome stated that “we are really looking forward to it”, and regarding the opponent he said that “France changed the coach (Laurent Bonadey) and they played differently in the Nations League match. They changed the structure but we know their game and we have our own weapons“

“At an individual level, this is a great team, with players like Marie Antoinette Catoto, Eugenie Le Sommer or Delphine Cascarino. Also in midfield with Grace Geyoro. We have weapons, and it’s very nice to see our players,” she concluded.

Eleven Spanish national teams can be formed by Kata Call; Ona Batlle, Laia Codina, Maria Mendez, Olga Carmona; Patri Guijarro, Teresa Abeleira and Aitana Bonmati; Mariona Caldentey, Amayur Sarriegui and Claudia Pina. Thome: “2024 was a good year, we are ready to finish against France”