FIFA Women's World Cup

FT Friday, July 21, 2023
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Sky Stadium · 22,966 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Spain earn comfortable win over Costa Rica in WWC opener

Spain began their Women's World Cup campaign in scintillating fashion by beating Costa Rica 3-0 in their Group C opener on Friday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
22
10
Saves
0
19.9
Possession
80.1
1
SHOTS
46
0
ON GOAL
12
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
74
Accurate Passes
513
156
Passes
595
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
23
5
Crosses
55
0.0
Cross %
0.4
62
Long Balls
31
15
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.2
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
18
9
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
7
61
Effective Clearances
9
61
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Lineups

ESP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Misa RodríguezG
  2. 5Ivana AndrésCD-L
  3. 4Irene ParedesCD-R
  4. 19Olga CarmonaLB
  5. 2Ona BatlleRB
  6. 10Jenni HermosoAM
  7. 3Teresa AbelleiraLM
  8. 6Aitana BonmatíRM
  9. 9Esther GonzálezF
  10. 18Salma ParallueloAM-L
  11. 22Athenea del CastilloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Alba RedondoSUB
  2. 16María PérezSUB
  3. 11Alexia PutellasSUB
  4. 15Eva NavarroSUB
  5. 12Oihane HernándezSUB
  6. 21Claudia ZornozaSUB
  7. 8Mariona CaldenteySUB
  8. 13Enith SalónSUB
  9. 14Laia CodinaSUB
  10. 23Cata CollSUB
  11. 20Rocío GálvezSUB
  12. 7Irene GuerreroSUB

CRC · 3-4-3

  1. 23Daniela SoleraG
  2. 4Mariana BenavidesCD
  3. 5Valeria Del CampoCD-L
  4. 20Fabiola VillalobosCD-R
  5. 10Gloriana VillalobosCM-L
  6. 16Katherine AlvaradoCM-R
  7. 12María Paula ElizondoLM
  8. 3María CotoRM
  9. 9María Paula SalasF
  10. 14Priscila ChinchillaCF-L
  11. 7Melissa HerreraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Carol SánchezSUB
  2. 18Priscilla TapiaSUB
  3. 17Sofía VarelaSUB
  4. 11Rocky RodríguezSUB
  5. 19Alexandra PinellSUB
  6. 8Mariela CamposSUB
  7. 13Emilie ValencianoSUB
  8. 1Génesis PérezSUB
  9. 15Cristín GranadosSUB
  10. 2Gabriela GuillenSUB
  11. 21Sheika ScottSUB
  12. 22Catalina EstradaSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Own Goal by Valeria del Campo, Costa Rica. Spain 1, Costa Rica 0.
  2. 23' Goal! Spain 2, Costa Rica 0. Aitana Bonmatí (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ona Batlle.
  3. 27' Goal! Spain 3, Costa Rica 0. Esther González (Spain) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  4. 34' Penalty saved. Jenni Hermoso (Spain) left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Daniela Solera (Costa Rica).
  5. 58' Substitution, Costa Rica. Cristín Granados replaces María Elizondo.
  6. 63' Substitution, Spain. Alba Redondo replaces Esther González.
  7. 63' Substitution, Spain. Mariona Caldentey replaces Athenea del Castillo.
  8. 73' Substitution, Costa Rica. Sheika Scott replaces María Salas.
  9. 73' Substitution, Costa Rica. Alexandra Pinell replaces Gloriana Villalobos.
  10. 77' Substitution, Spain. Alexia Putellas replaces Salma Paralluelo.
  11. 77' Substitution, Spain. Claudia Zornoza replaces Teresa Abelleira.
  12. 88' Substitution, Spain. Oihane Hernández replaces Ona Batlle.

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