The Spanish women's field hockey team won the European Championship bronze medal on Sunday, which is being played in Antwerp (Belgium), after beating England in the 3-2 shoot-outs, after having tied (1-1) in the regular time.
In this way, the disciples of Adrian Lock closed the tournament with great sensations and hanging around that neck, the same metal they already savored last year beating Australia (1-3) in the World Cup held in London (United Kingdom ).
But repeating such success was difficult for the Spanish team, in white this time against the English, who went ahead on the scoreboard when there were only five minutes left to finish the opening quarter. The goal was the work of Hannah Martin , with an unorthodox but effective auction, culminating a timely robbery of her partner Sarah Evans.
Despite said setback, Lock's handled the ball from side to side of the field with relative ease. Of course, they needed to create more chances of danger in the first half, which was buckled without excessive scares for either of the two goals.
On the resumption, the 'Red Sticks' squeezed and enjoyed four chances to beat the English goalkeeper, an Amy Tennant whose relaxation in a 36-minute set exemplified a chain error. The English defense did not do well the markings on a side throw-in and María Tost 'punctured' a shot by Begoña García to make the 1-1.
From there until the final honk, both teams decided mainly to take shelter, with the batch of shoot-outs already in mind. Every time they reached that juncture, Clara Ycart's goals, Begoña García's own and Bea Pérez's last one gave the victory to Spain, sustained by the providential stops of María Ángeles Ruíz .
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