Spain wins for the first time in the Games after beating Japan (2-1)
Euskaraz irakurri: Espainiak lehen aldiz irabazi du Olinpiar Jokoetan, Japonia garaituz (2-1)
Spain has achieved this Thursday its first victory at the Olympic Games with a hard-fought comeback against Japan with a goal from Aitana Bonmatí and another of Mariona Caldentey (2-1).
Spain was the first to approach the rival goal, but Japan did so in the next play and was much more forceful.
After a bad start from Cata Coll, Fujino He put the ball into the corner to score the first goal, giving the Japanese the lead (0-1).
At nine minutes, Aitana received an assist from Athenea to tie the game (1-1). Spain recovered from the blow and began to dominate the match.
After going through the locker room, in the 74th minute, Mariona He moved as he wanted in the area to put the 2-1 with a subtle thread pull.
Data sheet:
2 – Spain: Cata Coll; Ona Batlle, Irene Paredes, Laia Aleixandri, Olga Carmona (Oihane Hernandez, m.60); Patri Guijarro (Tere Abelleira, m.82); Alexia Putellas (Jenni Hermoso, m.68); Athenea del Castillo (Lucia Garcia, m.82).
1 – Japan: Ayaka Yamashita; Moeka Minami, Saki Kumagai, Toko Koga (Miyabi Moriya, m.90); Risa Shimizu (Hana Takahashi, m.69), Hinata Miyazawa, Kiko Seike (Maika Hamano, m.46), Aoba Fujino; Fuka Nagano, Mina Tanaka (Remina Chiba, m.80) and Yui Hasegawa.
Goals: 0-1, m.13: Fujino. 1-1, m.22: Aitana. 2-1, m.74: Mariona.
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco). He admonished Patri Guijarro and Irene Paredes, from Spain.
Source: Eitb
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