Day IX and X Spain 2021 Denmark and Spain easing past

Last night I watched Arsenal ladies losing heavily to Barcelona. It was pouring down and yet I was also watching the France Poland match !

As it was my last day in the office I could not watch the Argentina -Brazil match. I only managed to watch Japan-Austria whilst on the commute back to Balham. 

Japan edge it past Austria having been behind most of the match.

Lets turn our attention to Spain vs Croatia and Czech Republic vs Denmark

Espinola thunderous shot to draw it level 1-1 3’20

Denmark trailing by 4-1 after 5 minutes

Haugsted gets Denmark back on track 5-3 6’45

Croatia now level 4-4 after 9 mins

Czech Republic now getting cold 5-5 after 10 mins

Campos makes the most of the numerical advantage 5-4 10’30

Seven minutes without scoring for the Czech team

Mala stopped the malus 6-6 13’

Kudlackova made an impressive save but Friis swept her aside with a nice angle

Croatia are getting a lot of suspensions

Spain having a bit of breathing space 8-5 16’

Good goalkeeping rotation

Shot efficiency escaping the Czech

Danish wall is strong: Toft getting her own influence going.

Petersen gives Denmark a 3-goal lead 10-7 22’

Double suspension for Denmark and yet the Czech Republic not making the most of it

Holanova finds an unusual spot but Friis responded immediately 12-9 27’40

Croatia not using the wing play strategy

Very similar scorelines 12-9 on 29 minutes for Spain whilst 12-9 for Denmark at the break

Castellanos was aware and saved when they did try !

Both teams increasing their lead by 2 units at the restart

Finally lofted goal using the wing players by Croatia

Croatia reducing the arrears due to Spain being one player short 15-12 34’

7 minutes in and the Czech team finally scores 15-10 37’

Heindahl scores two consecutive lovely goals 18-11 40’

Toft makes a small mistake and has a laugh about it 20-13 45’

Bohme received the perfect ball securing a 9-goal advantage 22-13 47’

Contrasting coaching between the calmness and the upset emotional coaching !

Blazevic finds the post and Croatia still trailing by three 18-15 42’

Debelic powerful in her stride 19-16 44’

Jorgensen is not messing around. She wants to score for her own sake after a couple of assists 25-14 51’

Iversen puts even more pressure with fine line play 26-14 54’

Without their goalkeeper, it could have been an even greater onslaught in the second half

Alexandrina uses deftly the front post as a target ensuring Spain keeps a 5-goal lead 24-19 52’

Denmark have twice as many goals as the Czech now 28-14 57’57

Cheeky Alexandrina was close to be in the area when she released the ball for Spain’s number 26

It finished 29-14 to Denmark

A 8-4 to Spain swung the game. 4 mins left on the clock.

Spain must be careful not to let the mind slip as its now 27-22 58’40

It should be a turnover for Croatia!

It ended 27-23 to Spain