After five years of absence, the Catalan women’s soccer team returned to play a friendly match against Paraguay yesterday. The last time the Catalan team had played a match was on January 21, 2019 in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat against Chile and the duel ended in favor of the locals on penalties (4-2) after the match ended goalless. . This time Catalunya scored a rout (5-1) against the Paraguayans in a Palamós stadium filled with 3,351 spectators.
The Catalans overwhelmed the South Americans, who have played in the Copa América seven times and have been semi-finalists twice. The first Catalan goal came after a quarter of an hour of play in a cross from Emma Ramírez that Arola Aparicio finished off with pleasure. After half an hour, Cristina Baudet increased the lead and before the break Maria Llompart took advantage of the space behind the defense to score with Vaseline.
In the second half, Rebeca Fernández closed the gap in the 50th minute, but Fatou Kanteh finished off the Paraguayans seconds later with the fourth goal.
Captain Vicky Losada closed the victory for the team led by Xavi Llorens, who was making his debut in office.