Spain win thrilling semi to reach maiden final 1-0 to host France

 

20 Aug 2018

Spain got a second-half winner from Patri Guijarro to defeat hosts France 1-0 and advance to the final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2018. This despite La Rojita playing the final quarter of Monday’s semi-final with ten players.
In front of a passionate crowd at the Stade de la Rabine in Vannes, both sides contributed to a hard-fought encounter, with chances traded at both ends in the first half. Guijarro and captain Maite Oroz missed the target with opportunities for Spain, while at the other end, Emelyne Laurent and Helene Fercocq forced saves from Spain goalkeeper Catalina Coll.
Five minutes before the break, Spain midfielder Damaris Egurrola forced a goalline clearance from France left-back Selma Bacha to keep the scoreline goalless at half-time.
The match came to life in the second half, with the European U-19 champions taking the lead following a throw-in deep in the France half on 51 minutes. Lucia Rodriguez’s cross from the right found the head of Guijarro, who nodded home for her tournament-leading sixth goal of France 2018.
The goal raised the tempo of this semi-final contest even further, with the first red card of the competition coming just past the midway point of the second half. Spain’s Aitana Bonmati was shown a second yellow card for her challenge on Bacha at the halfway line.
France then had a glorious chance to level matters when they were awarded a penalty with 15 minutes remaining after Spain centre-back Laia Aleixandri was adjudged to have handled the ball in her own box. Marie-Antoinette Katoto took the spot-kick for Les Bleuettes, but Coll did brilliantly to deny her.
Seeking an equaliser, France used the extra player to press Spain hard in the final stages, but La Rojita withstood all that the hosts could throw at them, as Pedro Lopez’s side reached their maiden U-20 Women’s World Cup final, where they will face Japan in Vannes on Friday evening.
France, meanwhile, face England in the match for third place in Vannes on Friday afternoon.

“Dare To Shine” Player of the Match: Catalina Coll (ESP)

Groups

• Group A
• Group B
• Group C
• Group D

Group A

	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
France FRA	3	2	1	0	8	1	7	7
Netherlands NED	3	2	0	1	6	5	1	6
Ghana GHA	3	1	0	2	2	8	-6	3
New Zealand NZL	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1
Group Matches
Kick-offs are shown in your time zone Sunday 5 August 05 Aug 2018 - 16:30 Local time 05 Aug 2018 Group A Stade de la Rabine Vannes Match 2 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' New ZealandNZL 05 August 1-2 NetherlandsNED Live Blog Highlights 05 Aug 2018 - 19:30 Local time 05 Aug 2018 Group A Stade de la Rabine Vannes Match 1 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' FranceFRA 05 August 4-1 GhanaGHA Live Blog Highlights Wednesday 8 August 08 Aug 2018 - 16:30 Local time 08 Aug 2018 Group A Stade de la Rabine Vannes Match 10 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' NetherlandsNED 08 August 4-0 GhanaGHA Live Blog Highlights 08 Aug 2018 - 19:30 Local time 08 Aug 2018 Group A Stade de la Rabine Vannes Match 9 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' FranceFRA 08 August 0-0 New ZealandNZL {WinTeamName} win on aggregate after regular time ({ScoreAggH} - {ScoreAggA}) {WinTeamCountry} Win on agg. {WinTeamName} win on aggregate after extra time ({ScoreAggH} - {ScoreAggA}) {WinTeamCountryCode} win on agg AET {WinTeamName} win on away goal after regular time {WinTeamCountry} win on away goals {WinTeamName} win on away goal after extra time {WinTeamCountry} win on away goals AET {WinTeamName} win after extra time {WinTeamCountryCode} win AET Win on Golden Goal Win by Golden Goal {WinTeamName} win on penalties ({ScorePenH} - {ScorePenA}) {WinTeamCountryCode} win after PSO Win by Silver Goal Win by Silver Goal Live Blog Highlights Sunday 12 August 12 Aug 2018 - 16:30 Local time 12 Aug 2018 Group A Stade de Marville Saint-Malo Match 17 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' NetherlandsNED 12 August 0-4 FranceFRA Live Blog Highlights 12 Aug 2018 - 16:30 Local time 12 Aug 2018 Group A Stade Guy-Piriou Concarneau Match 18 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' GhanaGHA 12 August 1-0 New ZealandNZL Live Blog Highlights CAN

Group B

	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
England ENG	3	2	1	0	10	3	7	7
Korea DPR PRK	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Mexico MEX	3	1	0	2	5	10	-5	3
Brazil BRA	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2	1
Group Matches
Kick-offs are shown in your time zone Sunday 5 August 05 Aug 2018 - 13:30 Local time 05 Aug 2018 Group B Clos Gastel Stadium in Léhon Dinan-Léhon Match 4 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' MexicoMEX 05 August 3-2 BrazilBRA Live Blog Highlights 05 Aug 2018 - 16:30 Local time 05 Aug 2018 Group B Clos Gastel Stadium in Léhon Dinan-Léhon Match 3 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' Korea DPRPRK 05 August 1-3 EnglandENG Live Blog Highlights Wednesday 8 August 08 Aug 2018 - 13:30 Local time 08 Aug 2018 Group B Clos Gastel Stadium in Léhon Dinan-Léhon Match 12 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' BrazilBRA 08 August 1-1 EnglandENG {WinTeamName} win on aggregate after regular time ({ScoreAggH} - {ScoreAggA}) {WinTeamCountry} Win on agg. {WinTeamName} win on aggregate after extra time ({ScoreAggH} - {ScoreAggA}) {WinTeamCountryCode} win on agg AET {WinTeamName} win on away goal after regular time {WinTeamCountry} win on away goals {WinTeamName} win on away goal after extra time {WinTeamCountry} win on away goals AET {WinTeamName} win after extra time {WinTeamCountryCode} win AET Win on Golden Goal Win by Golden Goal {WinTeamName} win on penalties ({ScorePenH} - {ScorePenA}) {WinTeamCountryCode} win after PSO Win by Silver Goal Win by Silver Goal Live Blog Highlights 08 Aug 2018 - 16:30 Local time 08 Aug 2018 Group B Clos Gastel Stadium in Léhon Dinan-Léhon Match 11 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' Korea DPRPRK 08 August 2-1 MexicoMEX Live Blog Highlights Sunday 12 August 12 Aug 2018 - 13:30 Local time 12 Aug 2018 Group B Stade de Marville Saint-Malo Match 20 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' EnglandENG 12 August 6-1 MexicoMEX Live Blog Highlights 12 Aug 2018 - 13:30 Local time 12 Aug 2018 Group B Stade Guy-Piriou Concarneau Match 19 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' BrazilBRA 12 August 1-2 Korea DPRPRK Live Blog Highlights CAN

Group C

	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Spain ESP	3	2	1	0	7	3	4	7
Japan JPN	3	2	0	1	7	1	6	6
USA USA	3	1	1	1	8	3	5	4
Paraguay PAR	3	0	0	3	1	16	-15	0
Group Matches
Kick-offs are shown in your time zone Monday 6 August 06 Aug 2018 - 16:30 Local time 06 Aug 2018 Group C Stade Guy-Piriou Concarneau Match 6 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' ParaguayPAR 06 August 1-4 SpainESP Live Blog Highlights 06 Aug 2018 - 19:30 Local time 06 Aug 2018 Group C Stade Guy-Piriou Concarneau Match 5 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' USAUSA 06 August 0-1 JapanJPN Live Blog Highlights Thursday 9 August 09 Aug 2018 - 16:30 Local time 09 Aug 2018 Group C Stade Guy-Piriou Concarneau Match 14 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' SpainESP 09 August 1-0 JapanJPN Live Blog Highlights 09 Aug 2018 - 19:30 Local time 09 Aug 2018 Group C Stade Guy-Piriou Concarneau Match 13 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' USAUSA 09 August 6-0 ParaguayPAR Live Blog Highlights Monday 13 August 13 Aug 2018 - 13:30 Local time 13 Aug 2018 Group C Stade de la Rabine Vannes Match 22 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' JapanJPN 13 August 6-0 ParaguayPAR Live Blog Highlights 13 Aug 2018 - 13:30 Local time 13 Aug 2018 Group C Clos Gastel Stadium in Léhon Dinan-Léhon Match 21 Abandoned Suspended Postponed Cancelled Line-ups Half-time End of Second Half End of First Half Extra Time Penalties Full-time Full-time 0' ABD SPD PPD Cancelled Lineups HT End 2H End 1H ET PEN FT FT 0' SpainESP 13 August 2-2 USAUSA {WinTeamName} win on aggregate after regular time ({ScoreAggH} - {ScoreAggA}) {WinTeamCountry} Win on agg. {WinTeamName} win on aggregate after extra time ({ScoreAggH} - {ScoreAggA}) {WinTeamCountryCode} win on agg AET {WinTeamName} win on away goal after regular time {WinTeamCountry} win on away goals {WinTeamName} win on away goal after extra time {WinTeamCountry} win on away goals AET {WinTeamName} win after extra time {WinTeamCountryCode} win AET Win on Golden Goal Win by Golden Goal {WinTeamName} win on penalties ({ScorePenH} - {ScorePenA}) {WinTeamCountryCode} win after PSO Win by Silver Goal Win by Silver Goal Live Blog Highlights CAN

Group D

	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Germany GER	3	3	0	0	6	2	4	9
Nigeria NGA	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
China PR CHN	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
Haiti HAI	3	0	0	3	3	6	-3	0
Group Matches
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