Day XVII Spain 2021 Our dream lasted 30 minutes. Norway easy win in the end

 

 

Norway - Spain

Navarro saves from Oftedal

1-1   after 5 mins

Cabral breaks through 2-1 5’38

But Kristiansen responded immediately 2-2

Mork 7-meter brings Norway ahead 2-3 7’30

Great steal and Cabral gets the better of Lunde 3-3 9’22

Carved out shot by Carmen

Brattse Dale fed through Espinola legs 3-5 12’

Huge noise from the Norway supporters

Oftedal gets a generous 7-meter 3-6 14’52

Difficult period for Spain

Mork missed the 7-meter throw

Reistad bullet proof shot is a devastating blow 3-7 18’

Silvia Arderius gives a bit of hope

Clock is not stopped

Perfect top corner 7-meter throw by Jenny

Solberg flicked the ball to Brattse and back to 3 5-8 20’

Too many steps turnovers on both sides

Reistad missed her 7-meter as well.

Lovely Cabral goal but Aardahl immediately responded 6-9 23’50

It should have been a 7-meter throw and Mr Prades gets a yellow card

Finally a 2-minute and a 7-meter throw.

Lunde saves from Jenny. Spain missed a big chance.

Jenny hangs out superbly on the wing making amendments for her earlier miss 8-9 26’33

Solberg scores a nice goal but the German refs could have waved passive play earlier

Cesareo nice line play 9-10 28’

Brattset forgotten and delivers 9-11 28’25

Clever play to change wings and Echeverria converts 10-11 29’

Jenny levels it on the break with 3 seconds left 11-11 30’

Arcos missed her shot and still level

Nora Mork buries this one and Norway ahead again 11-12 31’40

Cabral gets to the bottom corner drawing at 12 32’30

Brattse is offered a beautiful opportunity and she scores number 13 12-13 33’

Solberg missed an easy chance!

Second time she does not miss 12-14 35’

Wasteful attacks

Mork punishes 12-15 36’

Spain are tiring

Tough on Silvia

Team time out 12-15 37’37

Arcos gets her first goal 13-15 38’

Cabral managed on the counter 14-15

Silvia saves from Oftedal

Missed Kempa and Norway up by two suddenly 14-16 39’40

Reistad punishes 14-17 40’

Carmen drops her wrist back to give us a bit of hope 15-17 41’20

Brattset picks up the loose ball to our distraught thoughts 15-18 42’

Pass by Silvia a bit too long and Nora Mork punishes instead 15-19 44’

Bizarre decision and Nora puts the lead by 4 back on 16-20 45’

Jacobsen scores running like a TGV 16-21 46’

Costly miss by Alexandrina

Nora scores her number 8 and Spain trailing by 6 16-22 49’

5-1 defence in the frame

6 against 4 and Lunde sadly saves

Campos gets finally her first goal 17-22

Kristiansen scores and Carmen on the post. Nightmare. 17-23 51’40

Hernandez lofted ball caught by Lunde

Solberg gets number 24                                               

Just over 5 mins left and 7-goal lead.

Echevarria missed her shot on the counter

Alicia Fernandez gets 18-25 56’

19-26 with just over 3 mins left. Impossible.

Internet down so cannot see the last two mins

It finished 21-27 and Norway will meet France!

Disappointing. We had dreams after the interval.

MUCHAS GRACIAS JOSE IGNACIO. HEMOS HECHO TODO LO POSIBLE. UN ABRAZO.

It will be Norway - France in the final. Like a year ago !