Spain starts the World Cup "on the right foot" and defeats a weak Costa Rica (3-0)

Spain premièred in the World-wide of New Zealand with a conclusive victory 3-0 in front of a 'missing' Costa Rica, where until six footballers of the FC Barcelona were taken in account by the trainer Jorge Vilda. A big first-half marked the guideline and 'The Red' advances with firm step in a Group C that will contest, a priori, with the combined of Japan.

The women's team began with 'good foot' and concretised his second victory mundialista in the history, being the gélido and rainy Sky Stadium the one who housed such feat. The spherical ran to three degrees of thermal feeling but did not prevent that the Spanish players burst into with the decision to achieve the first three points of the tournament.

The protagonists of the Barça

With the absence stood out of Alexia Putellas inside the eleven headline, so much Irene Walls like Ona Batlle, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo were protagonists of the Barça in front of the picture 'tico'. Spain started with a constant bullying and several clear situations of the forwards madridistas Esther González and Athenea of the Castle, but without the tarpaulin to open the marker.

It did not go until the minute 21' that a triangulation ended in a pass of Esther that, when crossing all the small area, finished going in in own door to put to 'The Red' by in front in the meeting. But the 'advanced' of the ones of Vilda would not finish here and, so alone three minutes afterwards, an assistance of Batlle to Aitana would put the 2-0 partial to the 23' of commitment.

The big handle of balloon and the opportunities did not cease and to the 27' Esther found the third so much of Spain after hunting a rebound in the area product of a shot to the crossbar of Jenni Beautiful. The exculé also was protagonist inside the initial alignment and to the 34' had a very clear occasion from the point penalti, although it desaprovechó to the errar the shot.

Alexia went back to dress the elastic of 'The Red'

The rain every time fell with more strength in Wellington and the combined Spanish relaxed after the 3-0 in the rest. There were several punctual changes that gave him minutes to other footballers of the Barcelona, as Mariona Caldentey that went in to the 63' by Athenea and more forward would be Salma the one who would go out so that Alexia went back to dress the elastic from his injury of ligaments crossed.

The applauses did not do expect to the 77' minutes of the complement and took advantage of the first opportunity that had to finish to the arch, although this time the guardameta Valeria would contain the shot. The ones of Vilda kept the control of the party and to the 88' would be Batlle the one who would abandon the terrain of game to close like this the debut of Spain in the Glass of the World. Hopeful start but with the knowledge that more advance topará with true aspiring to the title.