The pandemic stopped them in 2020, but it has not been able to prevent

the Lionesses from

winning the European Championship again even if it is a year late.

Overwhelming up front and with great continuity in the game, the women's rugby team crushed the Netherlands this Saturday in Guadalajara (87-0), a victory that adds to that of the previous Saturday against Russia (56-7) and with the one who closes the tournament and any discussion about his domain.

The Spanish fifteen is claimed as the undisputed champion of

a competition in which he has not found a rival for a long time.

The Six Nations teams do not participate in it, but the Spanish players do not detract from the level of some teams in the prestigious private tournament and will have the opportunity to prove it in two weeks.

If Spain suffered in the first minutes against Russia, the Lionesses have started against the Netherlands on the run.

Before the second minute they stole a ball, two melés dominated with authority and scored the first mark,

by María Losada.

Minutes later the second arrived, in an opening to the wing.

And the third, breaking the line.

And the fourth, in the 15th minute, in a field-to-field deployment of precision and support.

22-0 in the first quarter of the game.

46-0 and eight trials of varied invoices at halftime.

The Dutch team, undergoing renovation, has been sentenced to eighty minutes of draining water in the winter sun.

The Spanish women pushed them in scrum and on the platforms, pushed them back on contact, moved the balls at a higher speed.

They played with one more gear.

Like

a well-oiled fifteen who aspires to play the World Cup in New Zealand 2023

.

The Netherlands has started the second part trying to secure possession to minimize damage.

It has hardly managed, however, to gain territory.

The Lionesses have then focused on adjusting their defensive line to try to steal balls and deploy, unbridled, towards the rival line.

Despite some errors in the handling of the ball, the Spanish fifteen has planted another seven more trials to set a record marker, 87-0, and consolidate his confidence before the next challenge.

It is the eighth time that the women's rugby team has won this title, which it has won uninterruptedly since 2017. This time the trophy has an additional award: it

gives way to a home run with a safe place and another in an affordable play-off for him. World Cup 2023

.

The Lionesses

will play a single match against Ireland on March 13

.

If they win, they will face the winner of the Scotland - Italy tie.

Three rivals, therefore, of the Six Nations.

Other level.

But the team led by José Antonio Barrio, Yunque, already feels that they are within reach.

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