EThe Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellin witnessed a great duel between The two biggest forces in women’s football Currently in the lower categories. Spain and Japan crossed paths in the quarterfinals of the U-20 women’s World Cup After starring in the last two finals, With one win each-2018 Japan and 2022 Spain -. On this occasion, It was the Japanese who imposed By 1-0 in overtime after the game they were clearly superior , and it If not for the Lions of australaga will end much sooner.
The first part showed Great quality and versatility From the nepen group. Led by the great Aoyama, the Japanese gave Authentic monologue For the first 45 minutes, only one missed the goal. Number eight of Japan I ordered baln, I tried it from afar The australaga band skimmed the eunuch and even filtered the passes between the lines that The most serious attacks have begun Of his choice.
The short-lived ball for the selection was led by Sonia Bermudez , who He was not able to impose his style The result of the good work of his competitor and the pressure that they propose. The only danger came in Backlash or after a slight error in the Japanese delay, Especially at the end of the first half. More both of the two shots from the front of Bartel and John, Spain showed a very different picture To the rest of the Championship matches.
For its part, Japan Combine quickly, He was strong in defense , showed himself with You want to get revenge for this final In Costa Rica in 2022. The Spaniards needed to change something after the march to the locker rooms after the first half where The most positive thing was the result.
Spain is fighting back as much as it can thanks to unat
The second half not only lasted in the same vein as the first 45 minutes , but It just got worse. Changing the artistic drawing of Sonia bermidez was useless To 4-2-3-1 Not even the entrance to nahia Aparicio, where Japan continued to do a lot of Dow with her High pressure and its rapid combinations. The chances were clearer and clearer, and in the first 15 minutes of the second half Yunat had to stand as a hero To avoid a lot of Nippon. If there was a time in football, Spain will ask for it without a doubt At that time.
Inconspicuous , and far from their best, spolas They endured with the man until his time came. In the 66th minute, Luca Corrales was on the verge of getting rid of all the actions of Japan, when after playing on the left flank, sack A tight shot hits the post. The gameplay is the same , but Yunat had to appear again On a few millisecond occasions to avoid the competitor too much again. The party becomes ‘Kill or be killed’ Moments for both combined.
In fact, the last few minutes of the regulation time They were agnostics, Since the Spanish goalkeeper assures that he is the best in the Spanish team , what Centoma was not very good. Despite being inferior for most of the match, the world champions resisted the Japanese attacks and They sent the party to bruga In a survival exercise.
Brugha’s rule over the Spaniards
Bruga It did not help to change the script From the match, as Japan continued to take the lead against the unrecognizable Spain. It was a lot of ace , that in the 101st minute after a side mistake Yoneda outperforms the Japanese with a head They can not be stopped for castration. This means a jar of FRA water for Sonia Bermudez and her , which They did not find any reaction.
Japan follows, Mastering the sphericity and making the minutes pass, With Spain playing more heart than football, what It wasn’t enough. Finally, the Japanese will be in the semifinals of the World Cup, after a match already A classic of these categories. In this class, it was Japan that came out victorious, leaving the Spaniards without the possibility of being The first choice to re-check the World Cup.
