Relying on captain Rapino’s two penalty kick tablets, the world’s No. 1 US team defeated Spain with 2:1.
Xinhua News Agency, France, Lance, June 24th, defending champion America entered the top eight women’s football World Cup on the 24th, but it was not easy for them to win against Spain. Relying on captain Rapino’s two penalty kick tablets, the world’s No. 1 US team defeated Spain with 2:1.
Compared with the last round of group matches against the Chinese team, the Spanish team has two changes in the starting line-up. Putlias and Lozada entered the starting line. Ellis, the head coach of the US team, made an adjustment. Eltz replaced Holland in the midfield position.
In the seventh minute of the opening, the Heath penalty area was violated by opponents, and Lapino hit penalty kick steadily. The Spanish team equalized the score in just two minutes. Forward elmosoli made a mistake in passing the ball with his opponent and won the goal. This is the first time that the US team has broken goal in this World Cup.
In the 13th minute, Lapino received Lavel through ball at the back of the point, and then shot the door low. Spanish goalkeeper Panios blocked the near angle of goal, blocking the ball out of the boundary.
After the two teams entered the second half with a 1:1 balance, the Spanish team continued to put pressure on the defending champion, but they still fell into a negative situation again because of a foul in the penalty area.
In the 76th minute, the Spanish team kicked down Laver during the fight in the torresilia penalty area. The referee was reminded by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) to check the playback on the court, and then made a penalty kick penalty. The performance of Lapino, who stood at 12 yards and penalty kick points again, was still stable. Panios guessed the right direction, but failed to prevent the ball from drilling into the net nest.
After that, the Spanish team made a substitution adjustment with the intention of equalizing the score. However, the score of 2:1 was still maintained until the end. The Spanish team, who entered the World Cup final table for the second time, unfortunately stopped at the top 16.
Lapino became the second single player in the World Cup history to win two yuan in penalty kick. El Moso once did this in the group match against South Africa. After the game, Lapino was elected as the best player of the game.
“We should be proud of our performance.” Spanish coach Bilda said, “in terms of competition, we can compete with the best team in the world, and all the players have made great efforts for this. We will grow from this defeat and firmly believe that the players will have full confidence in their future.”
In the quarter-finals, the US team will stage a strong dialogue with the host French team at the Prince Park stadium in Paris. The latter eliminated the Brazilian team by adding 2:1 on the 23rd.
“The war will make me more excited, which is also the reason why I work as a professional sports coach. The game will be crazy and glued. There are many excellent players on both sides. Let’s welcome the game together.” Ellis said.