Spain under-17, for the world revalidation

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The penalty shootout that deprived them of the European Championship last May is still nailed to the pride of the U-17s.

Kenio Gonzalo's team returned the cruelty to Germany by winning the World Cup semifinal with a goal from

in the 90th minute, but this Sunday (3:30 p.m.) he wants the icing on the cake.

Spain defends the 2018 crown against Colombia to round off a brilliant year for the lower categories of women's football.

Because that silver in the European Under-17 was followed by the titles in the European Under-19 and the World Cup under-20.

There is present and plenty of future.

said

after the dramatic victory against Germany that this team has in their blood to fight until the end.

And it is worth showing his path through this World Cup, which began precisely against the rival that ends today: in the first game of the group stage, Spain defeated Colombia by the minimum with a goal from

in 85. In that same minute came the defeat against Mexico.

And in the quarterfinals they beat Japan with a double by

in the last five minutes.

Suffering has not been lacking.

While the absolute is still divided in the war between the Federation and a good part of its players, while the brilliance still resists on the big stage, the successes are crowded in lower categories.

López (Barcelona) and Camacho (Real Madrid) are the two stars of a generation that adds another shovelful of talent to Spanish women's football, but to them must also be added the sense of smell of Amezaga, her partner upstairs, the touch of

, the ancestor of

, and many others.

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Spain, which four years ago was already champion with the

,

and company, arrives as favorites to reissue the title, but that duel in the group stage made it clear to them the danger of this Colombia that has qualified their country for the first World Cup final of any category.

Women's soccer is beginning to take shape in the coffee country in the heat of

, one of the greatest promises in the world.

Only in this 2022, she has played three tournaments in three different categories and in all of them she has been a star.

She was runner-up in the Copa América with the absolute (and best player in the tournament at 17 years old);

she took the sub 20 to the quarterfinals of the other World Cup;

and in this one she arrives in the final as top scorer (4).

It will focus the efforts of a team that seeks to close another brilliant year in style in the lower categories of Spanish women's football.

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