The only goal was scored in the 29th minute by Real Madrid player Olga Carmona. In the 69th minute, Spain wasted a perfect opportunity to make the score 2-0 0 thanks to the English goalkeeper’s brilliant save from Jenni Hermoso’s penalty. Fortunately, this did not have a big impact on the experienced FC Barcelona player. England still tried to equalize, but barely created any big opportunities.

Shock

Spain’s victory in the World Cup could be called surprising. The Spanish women’s football team has never advanced beyond the eighth round of the finals until now. Many good players were left at home by national coach Jorge Vilda because they did not agree with his approach. Spain was responsible for the elimination of the Dutch national team in the quarter-finals (2-1).

Correspondent Richard Hogenkamp watched the match with thousands of fans on a big screen at a sports hall in Madrid. “Many did not expect to win. They saw England as a country with a long and rich history of women’s football. Moreover, with perfect preparation.”

Cold relationship with coach

Spain did not have the latter: “Spain had some good players, but the year of preparation was full of conflict. The players lost confidence in coach Jorge Vilda. He stayed, and that led to a cold relationship between the coach and the team’s confidence. Hence, its success wasn’t very good before the tournament. The relief was huge when the 1-0 was scored.”

It was surprising that the fans in the sports hall started a flute concert when coach Jorge Vilda was seen, a flute concert started in the hall.

For Wiegman, this was the second defeat in a consecutive World Cup final. Four years ago he lost with the Dutch team to the United States (0-2), who also became world champions in 2015.

The English national team coach from the Netherlands said after the match that Spain had the right to become world champions. This 53 year old man from The Hague indicated that disappointment did occur, but he felt his team could not be blamed. The players did everything they could and Spain were much better than us.

No pressure on the ball

Wiegman thought Spain was better, especially in the first half. “We didn’t have any pressure on the ball. After the break we went back to a 4-3-3 formation and the momentum was a little more ours. But because of the VAR moment that lasted forever and the long injury treatment, something went wrong. It came out.”

According to Wiegman, Spain was also the best team throughout the tournament. “And we should praise and congratulate them for that.”

Correspondent Hogenkamp said the title could mean a lot for Spanish female athletes. “Women’s sport is going through a more difficult time in Spain than in many other European countries. Sports associations here are still a conservative male support base. This of course also applies to football. In the past, the association even opposed the creation of professional organizations. women’s competition.”