The Spanish women’s soccer team begins his path in his attempt to revalidate the title of world champions achieved in 2023 against the selection of Iceland in Castellón, in the first match of group A3 of the qualifying phase qualification for the 2027 Brazil World Cupwhere they will also face Ukraine and England.
After retain Nations League crown Three months ago in the Metropolitano final against Germany, Sonia Bermúdez’s team began a more serious challenge: to retain the world title they won in New Zealand after winning the final against England, the team they lost to in the final of the last Euro Cup and the strongest rival in the group.
With a mix of youth and experience, Spain debuts against Icelanda team that has not played in any World Cup nor Olympic Games, but it has been present in four Euro Cups, with its best classification in 2013 where they reached the quarterfinals.
In the last European Championship held in Switzerland, Iceland suffered three defeats in group A, against Finland (0-1), against the hosts (2-0) and against Norway (4-3), but Sonia Bermúdez warned in the preview of the physical strength and aerial game as clear aspects to neutralize in the Icelandic whole.
The team led by Thorsteinn Halldórsson from 2021 has to Glódís Perla Viggósdóttircaptain of Bayern Munich, as her main reference at the back, while Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir He emerges as the main threat in attack.
Opportunity for the youngest
For her part, Sonia Bermúdez He has rejuvenated the team, with up to eleven changes regarding the final of the Nations League against Germany last December, some due to injury, such as Aitana Bonmatí, Laia Aleixandri, Cata Coll and Mapi León, others for personal reasons, such as that of captain Irene Paredes, or for being on maternity leave, as is the case of Esther González.
The match is an opportunity for debutants Sandra Villafañe, Martina Fernández, Aiara Aguirrezabala, and Ornella Vignola, all of them Under-23. Furthermore, Clara Serradori, who already debuted with Bermúdez against Sweden, and Lucía Corrales, present in Sonia Bermúdez’s first call-up, are a young complement to the more established soccer players such as Vicky López, Salma Paralluelo and Fiamma Benítez.
Con Alexia Putellas and Mariona Caldentey at the controlsIn Castellón, Spain seeks to grease the machinery for the team’s goal of being in the World Cup in Brazil in the summer of 2027, something they would achieve if they qualified as first in the group next June.
