She debuted in a great tournament. And in Bern, coinciding with the comfortable premiere of Spain in the Women's Eurocup, The figure of Vicky López, the youngest. And also the smallest ready In a balanced selection that entered overwhelming the tournament with an electric game, effective, crushing Portugal to which he left practically in the locker room.
Nor did the Portuguese team appear on its first day run over as it was, while no one in Spain had marked in a great tournament being so young –18 years and 342 days- Like Vicky, who enjoyed frightening in the 'Beach de Bern'.
Esther González celebrates the 1-0 of Spain to Portugal at the premiere of the 2025 Women's Eurocup. / Ap / Martin Meissner
Portugal had time to play the ball before the first goal of Spain arrived. He had time because in the raffle prior to the meeting he touched the Portuguese team to get center. He did not do much more because he had not reached two minutes when Esther González, the leading of the Gotham (USA), offered a behavior of how a 'nine' should behave. An expert in the area.
And in that play, the 1-0, the Spanish game that started by the left wing was detected with a precise center of Olga Carmona that undressed the dense Portuguese defense. None of the centrals detected the arrival of Esther, who controlled strangely between the shoulder and chest to cushion the flight of the ball before diverting the path of the ball delicately with the outside of the right boot. Quickly, 79 seconds of the game, the door was already open.
Vicky López arrives at the Portuguese area to score the 2-0 of Spain in his debut in the Women's Eurocup after receiving an assistance from Ona Batlle. / Ap / Martin Meissner
He is the youngest of the National Team. Just 18 years. No one would say it. He plays as a veteran, appearing throughout the attack front. He moves with cunning by the right wing, so he attended Alexia, already with the 2-0 on the scoreboard, whose shot was repelled by the defense of Portugal, although the party did not appreciate the corner that was. It moves along the left flank with that shot from outside the area, poisonous and tight that almost kissed the right stick of Inés Pereira, the dejected Portuguese goal.
All that happened before and after his goal. A goal that portrays what Vicky is, that girl they discovered on the beach of Poniente (Benidorm) while playing football with their cousins. In Bern there was no sand or Mediterranean sea. It didn't matter. Vicky, and his Lozano football, fun, sharp, transformed the stadium, full of 32,000 spectators, on his beach. Thus came, and by surprise, through the center of the area dodging the defenses to shine to the precise center of Mariona Calderiey. He came unknown and left with a contagious smile. The goal was his treasure.
The players of the Spanish team celebrate Portugal 1-0 marked by Esther González in Berna during the debut of the female Eurocup. / Ap / Martin Meissner
Spain played meaningfully, criteria and, especially, with an endless offensive voracity. After the first part, and with an eloquent 4-0 on the Berna score, the Montse Tomé selection had issued a lesson on how to attack and destroy a Portugal that, supposedly, wanted to defend himself. No time gave him because he signed five goals. Five and none the same. All different.
The 1-0 was born in the left wing with a long pass by Olga Carmona; The 2-0 arrived from the right with an internship by Ona Batlle; The 3-0 was born in the clairvoyance of Mariona Caldentey that a distant pass was invented-it was born in the center of the field-to find Alexia; The 4-0 was played of Pure Extreme drawn by Claudia Pina who found in the left post the perfect assistant for Esther's second goal. And the 5-0, of a 'nine' substitute ', with the header of Martín Prieto giving value to the center of Salma Parallolo.
Spain attacked a lot. Much and well. 12 auctions in 45 minutes, seven on the door and four goals. An exhibition. 22 In total, nine at the door.
Adriana Nanclares, the goalkeeper of Spain, clears of fists against Fatima Pinto, the Portuguese player, in Bern. / Ap / Martin Meissner
Spain not only attacked well but defended itself properly only granting a door shot (m. 90). He did the ball overly by monopolizing it in such a way that he signed a 72% possession in the first half. Not only did the selection of the ball to his rival removed (370 passes in the initial 45 minutes against only 137 of the Portuguese) but also prevented him from reaching the area of Adriana Nanclares, the alternate goalkeeper who started at the European premiere due to the tonsilitis that have punished Cata Coll, the headline.
But neither work had the young Athletic goalkeeper (23 years old). So devastating was the game of Spain that he didn't even need to look back. It was as if playing without a goalkeeper. He did not need it thanks to dominated all the records of the party. Nanclar was only seen (m. 52) when he flew with authority to clear an air ball taking Fatima Pinto ahead. He repelled the ball with his fists. And it was his only action since Portugal ended with seven shots in 90 minutes. One on the door. A stop. And with the right foot.
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