Spain and France meet this Wednesday at the La Cartuja stadium, in Seville, in the final of the Women’s National League, a tournament that concludes its first edition and in which the two teams seek to enter their history as the first champion Once the times of Rubiales and Vilda have been surpassed, Tomé’s Spain will compete under a calm and lively climate, a good connection between the players and the coaching staff and with very good football sensations, especially after ensuring their participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after beat the Netherlands 3-0.
“Being in the Olympic Games is something that we were excited about. It was something unique. But that’s it. We have been thinking about competing in this final since Saturday to win. We are surrounded by a group of footballers with a lot of ambition. We have worked hard to be there. here. We are in a very good moment with a professional climate that accompanies us,” said coach Montse Tomé, who, for the moment, is not thinking about renewing herself. Only in the present. “I am focused on the work done. Mine and that of the people who accompany me,” she declared.
Tomé’s next job is to lead the Spanish team in the final against France, one of the few teams that resists the Spanish team. His paths have not crossed for a long time. Their last confrontation five years ago, in a friendly prior to the World Cup in France, ended with a 2-0 for the galas. In an official match, his last precedent is in the group stage of the 2013 Swedish Euro Cup, with a defeat, thanks to a goal from Wendie Renard. “France is the team that has conceded the least but has scored the least. We can hurt them with the ball with whatever structure and we have to be focused and organized to avoid transitions. It is a final, a very high-level match with two teams very different. But the team is prepared.”
The 25 players called up have trained on the stage of the final. Also Alexia Putellas. “The work that Alexia has done with the medical team has had a very positive evolution. What the physical retrainers tell me is that the 25 players are available to play, and we are going to choose the 23 who are part of the list and the 11 that best help us carry out the plan we want to make,” said the coach, who tomorrow will give the final list with two discards.
And Barça and its reaction? “It is a part that I do not have to evaluate. The coaching staff has assessed that he could be there and that our intention is for him to come in. Since he has been here, the process has been carried out with detail and care. Alexia is well and focused like the rest of the team,” he said.
The coach was accompanied by soccer player and captain Jenni Hermoso, who had not appeared at a press conference since the World Cup. “I have gone through a long and hard process. Of knowing many things. I knew that when I sat here, there would be few football questions. Tomorrow is an important match. I hope you understand that I continue playing football and that I want to continue achieving things,” the Madrid native pointed out.
Jenni acknowledged that, after the outbreak of the Rubiales case, it has been “six very long months. It has changed my life in many ways. Soccer-wise and personally. But it has made me a stronger girl. There are things that are not going to come back to me.” to happen in the future,” he said. “If tomorrow we win, we will have made history again and we will be an example to follow. Being here, we have already made history,” he said.
