Sports Desk: Spain won the crown of the world’s best after defeating England 1-0 in the final of the Women’s World Cup at Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia today. Olga Carmona, captain of the winning team, scored the winning goal in the 29th minute of the match. England won the boys’ World Cup in 1966 and Spain in 2010. This is the first time in the women’s World Cup that the women of Spain and England reached the final. The Spanish girls won the title in the final for the first time. If Spain’s Jennifer Hermso had not missed a penalty in the 69th minute, Spain had the possibility of winning by two goals in this match.
In their most recent encounter, England ignored Spain at the Women’s Euro Championship last year. But this year’s final saw a different Spain. George Vilda’s men played attacking football from the start of the match. Spain took the lead in the 29th minute with that line of attack. Barcelona star Mariona Caldenti came up to attack from the left side. Passed right before the D-box to Olga, who overlapped from the left back. This footballer from Real Madrid defeated the English goalkeeper with a left-foot corner shot.
However, before that, English striker Lauren Hamp’s strong shot came back and hit the crossbar. That attack in the 16th minute of the match was England’s best chance. Spain went into the break with a one-goal lead. Jennifer Harmso missed an easy chance to score from the spot kick after the break. La Rosa gets a penalty for handball inside the D box. But the English goalkeeper, Mary Earps, saved the hope of the English by preventing the penalty. In the end, the women of Spain won the World Cup trophy for the first time with a 1-0 goal difference. Coming to the World Cup for only the third time, Spain achieved the glory of playing in the last eight for the first time. They beat last time’s runners-up, the Netherlands, in the fight to reach the last four.
The Swedish girls could not reach the final despite playing in the semi-finals five times after defeating Spain in the last round. Alexia Putilis finally beat England to win the World Cup. Earlier in 2010, Spain’s boys won the World Cup for the country.
