Spain women 5 – 0 Portugal women

The world champions in Spain began their campaign in Europe 2025 elegantly, where they cleaned Portugal aside with the dominant 5-0 victory.

There was a special bleak atmosphere on the field, less than 24 hours later The death of Dugo Gotta International Men Portugal – And his brother Andre Silva – in Zamora, northwest of Spain.

But any hope for falsifying the Portuguese, it ended in the first half in Bern in the first half, after two goals from Esther Gonzalez and one of Vicky Lopez and Alexia Potillas made it 4-0 at the end of the first half.

Kristina Martin Perito added with one of the final procedures for the match to help her nation record the record for her largest victory ever in the European Women’s Championship, and improving 4-1 victory over Finland in July 2022.

With less than seven minutes around the clock, Spain put the tone – and showed why it was the favorite of the championship.

The improvised end of Gonzales gave them the beginning of the dream after 88 seconds, before Lopez, who is 18 years old, took advantage of a low ball from Mario Calineti from Arsenal, with the defense of Portugal easily exceeded.

The opportunities continued to flow to Spain, but the third escaped them even before the break. When he came, he was glorious. The Caldeni ball was made by Deep Found Putellas, which was controlled by experience, turned its weight and ended with APLomb.

There was a time for the fourth before the break, when Gonzalez took advantage of the second place on the line after the Claudia Benna cross was kindly declined.

The expectations for the second half were high, given the extent of the first events, but for Portugal’s credit, they celebrated their opponents for long periods. The most prominent Ballon d’or Dounner Aitana Bonmati, who returned to warm applause after treatment for viral meningitis.

But there was a time for Spain to add the fifth to which they were eager in the 93rd minute, when Martin Preto got at the end of the perfect Salma Paralyau cross on his head.

What the players said …

Alexia Potters Spanish:

“The most prominent of our mindset, how we went out to play. We were really keen to start but only the first game.

“Bonmati) is a very important player for us. We are happy that she has returned and overcame her illness. It’s joy.”

Portugal Diana Silva:

“We have approved the early goals and the team became worried and unstable. We were unable to get the ball and then it is difficult to chase the result.

“We were much better in the second half, more United. We did not allow Spain a lot of space to enter.

“We believe to the end, our goal is to win points to the end and everything is still ready to seize them.”