Nantes. With a aim and an help, star Aitana Bonmatí led the omnipotent Spain to a 2-1 comeback towards Japan on Thursday within the opening match of the ladies’s soccer match on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games.
The 2023 Ballon d’Or winner signed her title in La Roja’s historic debut at an Olympic occasion towards a Japanese staff that began with full throttle on the primary day of Group C, performed on the La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes.
Though midfielder Aoba Fujino opened the scoring early (13) with a stupendous free kick, grazed by goalkeeper Cata Coll, the FC Barcelona midfielder silenced the rebel in a short time (22) by beating Japanese goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita in a one-on-one, benefiting from a cross from Athenea del Castillo to the guts of the realm.
The draw lulled the Asians, led by former defender Futoshi Ikeda, however they continued to successfully guard Yamashita’s aim.
Japan’s defensive efforts, silver medallists at London 2012, collapsed with fifteen minutes to go (74) after a triangle between Bonmatí and Mariona Caldentey, who sealed the victory with a right-handed shot.
The ladies’s soccer opener, held concurrently with the Group A conflict between Canada (gold in Tokyo 2020) and New Zealand in Saint-Étienne, with america successful 2-1, calmed the waters after the turbulent begin of the lads’s competitors on Wednesday.
The Iberian staff, led by Montse Tomé, will probably be again in motion on Sunday, once they face Nigeria in Nantes. On the identical day, the Japanese will face Brazil in Paris.
Nigerians and Brazilians make their debut in Bordeaux on Thursday.
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– 2024-07-28 05:00:31
