With… heroine Salma Paraguelowho came off the bench, the Spanish national team won 2-1 in the extension of the Netherlands and advanced to the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup.
The 19-year-old Barcelona winger he scored in the 111th minute of the match with the “oranie”, as he shot the ball, which after first hitting the post, ended up in the net of the Dutch home team.
Mariona Caldeday opened the scoring. with a well-timed penalty kick, which was won by “furious rocha”, after a hand in the area by Stephanie Van der Gracht. As it turned out, in fact, from the VAR, the decision was completely correct and thus the Spanish women gained a significant lead, to pass them to the next phase of the competition.
Van der Gracht, however, it went from fatal to beautifuland managed to equalize in the second half for the Netherlands at 1-1, sending the match into overtime.
In overtime, Spain had several chancesdominating the Netherlands pitch and seemed to be the absolute favourite, but he couldn’t put the ball in the net. Salma Paraguelo finally succeeded, reminding many what Iniesta had done 13 years agoin the equivalent of Spain-Netherlands in the World Cup in South Africa.
Source: Sport Fm
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