The Spanish women’s football team will face Italy this Friday, December 1st in the match corresponding to the fifth matchday of the group stage of the UEFA Women’s Nations League.
The Montse Tomé footballers will be hoping for a win to mathematically qualify for the semi-finals of the continental competition and move a step closer to a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Thanks to the numerous triumphs in the first four dates, Spain is the undisputed leader of Group 4 of the Nations League. Collect 12 points in the classification and will secure their participation in the Final Four of this Nations League if they beat the Italians. Otherwise he would have one last chance in the December 5th duel against Sweden, which will be played in La Romareda in Zaragoza.
Alexia Putellas is out for this double signing, with which Montse Tomé’s team will complete the qualifying phase of the Nations League. The Barça midfielder is suffering from knee problems, which prevented her from playing in the defeat against Real Madrid (5-0) in Liga F and the away win against Eintracht (1-3) in the Champions League.
Unless there is a monumental debacle, Spain will be in the Final Four of the first edition of the Nations League, which will be held from February 21 to 28, 2024, and Spain is aiming to organize it. The Netherlands, France and Denmark will lead the other three groups and at that moment they would be the finalists along with Spain.
The two finalist teams will receive the ticket for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, as France, as the organizer of the Games, secured third place, equivalent to Europe. If France were one of the finalists of this Nations League, third place would go to the winning team of third and fourth place.
SPAIN – ITALY WOMEN’S LINEUPS
Spain: Cata Coll; Ona Batlle, Irene Paredes, Laia Codina, Olga Carmona; Aitana, Tere Abelleira, Jenni Hermoso; Athenea, Salma and Mariona.
Italy: Giuliani; Di Guglielmo, Bartoli, Lezini, Linari, Boattin; Bonansea, Galli, Girelli, Caruso; and Bonfantini.
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece).
SCHEDULE AND WHERE TO WATCH WOMEN’S NATIONS SPAIN – ITALY
The Spain-Italy of the fifth day of the Women’s Nations League group stage will take place here Friday December 1st, from 9:30 p.m. (CET) at the Pasarón Stadium in Pontevedra and can be seen live and open on RTVE’s La1.
The team led by Montse Tomé defeated the Italians away in this qualifying phase (0-1) thanks to a single goal from Jenni Hermoso.
The Spanish women’s team had not played a game on Galician soil since 2018, in a qualifying match for the 2022 European Championships in England, which was decided with a resounding victory against Azerbaijan (13-0).