MARCA rewards the best in women's football

The newspaper MARCA delivered, in collaboration with Iberdrola, its Women's Football Awards, during an event that could be followed in streaming, through MARCA.com and the channel that the header has on YouTube.

The director of the Unidad Editorial sports newspaper,

, has been in charge of starting the event, which has been directed by the journalist Natalia Torrente to recognize the protagonists of the Primera Iberdrola in the 2019/2020 season.

In his speech, Gallardo congratulated all the winners and highlighted that "for four seasons MARCA has wanted to give women's football its own space".

The objective of these awards is to promote equality, visibility, professionalization and recognition of this competition and therefore, "despite the circumstances, every effort has been made so that this edition is also a major success", has indicated.

The space, which began with a video in memory of the Argentine soccer player

, also featured the analysis of

, director of women's football at the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF);

, Sports Sponsorship manager at Iberdrola, and

, editor of MARCA.

For María Tato, "there is a lot of talent and at the federal level we are very clear that we must provide resources and promote everything that has to do with women's football, both in the Primera Iberdrola and in the absolute".

"We have a magical moment," he concluded.

Iberdrola has given its name and support to women's competition for five years and its board of directors,

, explained that "the objective is to promote equality through sport."

"From the beginning we were clear that football was going to be the spearhead and we are working to promote an ecosystem in which the visibility of the female competition, of the female footballers and of their successes is maximized," he said.

The winners

In the fourth edition of these awards,

has received the Pichichi award for the top scorer.

Last season she scored 23 goals in 19 games and is close to becoming Barcelona's top scorer in history with 120 goals.

However, she prefers not to set goals at the level of results and has assured that, for her, "these awards are more collective than individual."

Alexia Putellas

has been selected as the Best Player in the League (MVP).

The Barcelona star tries to be as complete as possible in all facets: "I keep learning every day and I hope my ceiling is still far away."

The Barcelona goalkeeper

has won the Zamora award for the goalkeeper with the least thrashing.

In his case, only five goals conceded in a total of 19 games played.

With these results, Paños wins the title for the fourth time and has indicated: "Every year it is easier because I have the help of my teammates in defense, who simplify the work in goal."

On behalf of Barcelona,

has also been awarded

, chosen as the Best Coach.

For the coach, the recognition "is the result of the work of many people and the key is to use common sense and consistency to manage a bench with great players who are hungry for titles."

Midfielder

has won the Revelation trophy for her work at Deportivo.

Her talent has led her to play for Real Madrid this season and she assures that "it is a pride to be in a team like this, which is growing and in which we get to know each other and play better every day".

The best goal was

with Sevilla FC The player, who now competes for Espanyol, is suffering a serious injury, but has assured that her goal is "to work hard to come back very soon and score more goals".

Virginia Torrecilla

, who currently plays for Atlético de Madrid, has won the Award for the Best Player of the National Team.

"I am proud to represent my country and my dream is to reach the Olympic Games with the national team and a Champions League final with my team," he said.

The award for Best Ibero-American Player went to

, who scored 13 goals for Rayo Vallecano and placed fourth in the ranking of top gunners in the Primera Iberdrola.

The Venezuelan, who now plays for Betis, has ensured that her challenge is "to score more goals so that the team is as high as possible."

Finally,

, from the Basque School, has been recognized by MARCA as the Best Referee of the course.

His goal right now is to be at the level of players who prepare from childhood: "I would like to continue training and feel at the end of each season that I am a little better."

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