European Football Championship
Spain reaches semi -finals despite two forgetted penalty
For more than an hour, the Swiss footballers in the European Championship quarter -final against Spain keep against it – and also survive two penalty boards. Two magical moments decide the game.
The miracle of Bern failed to materialize for the Swiss footballers. Despite a courageous appearance, the host says goodbye to the European Championship in the quarter -finals. The team of trainer Pia Sundhage lost 0: 2 (0-0) to the top favorite from Spain, who awarded two penalty. For the world champions, the semi -finals in Zurich will continue on Wednesday – either against Germany or France.
Athenea del Castillo (66th minute) and Claudia Pina (71st) met in front of 29,734 spectators in the sold -out Berner Wankdorfstadion. Mariona Caldentey (9th) set the first penalty for the clearly superior eleven of Montse Tomé next to the goal. In the final phase, the two -time world footballer Alexia Putellas (88th) failed to goalkeeper Livia Peng. The Swiss Noelle Maritz (90.+2/coarse foul) saw the red card.
Foul by Frankfurt’s Nadine Giant
“Time to Move Mountains”, the loud Swiss fans had brushed on a poster and prettied up the message with a red and white choreo. It didn’t take long for the first mountain to be offset: Caldentey shot a penalty over the Swiss goal to the left. A collective jubilee scream chased through Wankdorf. Previously, the deficit of the Frankfurt Nadine Riesen had been completely clumsy in the penalty area.
The Swiss women who were in an EM quarter-finals for the first time had to run and suffer a lot. Spain fit, tricked, dominated, but did not hit the gate. Peng parried a sharply kicked free kick from Pina, central defender Irene Paredes headed the ball to the post after a corner kick. The “Nati” around Supertalent Sydney Terren body did not take place offensive at all.
Switzerland celebrates the little things
“We do not compete against Spain to let ourselves be shot off,” the Swiss captain Lia Wälti had promised. The hosts held word, celebrated grätschen, blows into the side and won running duels. The little things just. The fans liked it. “Hopp, Schwiiz”, thundered from the ranks at the break. The cowbells rang, the 0-0 tasted.
After an hour, the second mountain was moved in Wankdorf when the Spaniards first failed on the left after a corner, then on the right post. After that, the happiness was empty because the world champions were doing world championship things: The two -time world footballer Aitana Bonmatí prepared the long -deserved lead through the long -deserved lead through the deliberation del Castillo, which was replaced shortly before, a little later Pina fled the ball to the corner. It was the end of all Swiss hopes for a sensation, even if Peng was allowed to parry a penalty against Putellas.
dpa
Source: Stern
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