Spain retains its U-17 women’s world title

New success for Spanish women’s football in lower categories after that achieved by the U-20 team in Costa Rica last summer when they beat Japan in the decisive match. The U-17 team managed this Sunday to revalidate their world title in the category by beating Colombia in the final played in India. The U-17 women’s team was proclaimed champion for the first time in 2018, when it defeated Mexico in the final in Uruguay.

With this victory, the Spanish team becomes the first to manage to repeat the title in the U-17 World Cup, the first edition of which was held in 2008. A new wound for its record with which it equals North Korea with two universal crowns, which Until now, she was the only one who had been champion twice.

The Spanish team appeared in the decisive match after achieving a hard-fought pass to the final by beating Germany by a minimum thanks to a goal from Lucía Corrales in the last minute of the semi-final. For their part, the coffee makers did the same, defeating Nigeria in a penalty shootout.

The soccer players led by Kenio González took the lead against Colombia on the scoreboard a few minutes after the return from the changing rooms, the goal being finally annulled after the intervention of the VAR, by giving the ball in the hand to Librán on the rebound. It was not until the 82nd minute, moments in which the extra time already seemed to begin to be glimpsed, when an own goal by the Colombian Ana María Guzmán gave the victory and the title to the Spanish team.