The candidacy of the Spanish team to win the Women’s World Cup based in Australia and New Zealand lost integers once Japan thrashed it mercilessly (4-0) with a display of effectiveness and whiteboard play.
The owner was defined in the same first half, when the Asians scored three times to expose all the shortcomings of the Iberian defensive block. In such a period, Hinata Miyazawa (at minutes 12 and 40) and Riko Ueki (29′) left the compromise seen for judgment, so the last nail in the coffin (Mina Tanaka, 82′) did nothing but dig deeper. in the wound of humiliation.
At the end of the clash, the central Irene Paredes stated in statements quoted by Marca that “The team is screwed because losing a game and the way we have done it hurts. We have generated very little and Japan have made a very good defensive approach and have killed us with four perfect counters”.
For her part, goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez said: “We knew what we were up against, but we didn’t expect a result like this. We needed to shoot, face more, it wasn’t our game. Better now that we have time to improve, work, analyze where we have failed and improve. This should help us to learn”.
Until now, Spain was undefeated after thrashing Costa Rica (3×0) and Zambia (5-0). Japan, meanwhile, had done their homework in a similar way (5-0 against the Africans and 2-0 against the Costa Ricans).
So things, Japan passes from the first group and Spain must resolve their round of 16 duel against Switzerlandwhich dominated group A at the rate of one win and two draws, without conceding a single goal.
In another striking result of this day, the Australian hosts endorsed four goals to the Canadian Olympic monarchs.
