They hadn’t whistled the end yet and Anabel was already crying. Five minutes from 113, this 17-year-old girl couldn’t hold back her tears as her friend Patricia held her hand tight. Shortly after, at 2:03 p.m., these two girls from Alcorcón were experiencing the same euphoria as the other 6,000 people who, like them, had decided to watch the women’s World Cup final at the WiZink Center in Madrid.
Several giant screens were installed there to enjoy a match that went down in history. An initiative that was repeated in other Spanish cities, such as Barcelona, Cádiz, Marbella, Palma de Mallorca, Zaragoza, Burgos, Albacete, Gijón, Toledo, Segovia or La Coruñaamong other.
The old Palacio de Deportes in Madrid exploded when the end was whistled. The shouts of joy and applause from the public had a soundtrack that made more than one smile. And it is that the speaker put the pasodoble at full volume Paquito the chocolatier and the famous songs of Raphael and Manolo Escobar My big night y Long live Spain.
Among the attendees were groups of friends, couples and entire families, including babies. Six-month-old Inés didn’t miss a thing while her mother, Ana, recalled the games she played against one of the national team champions. “I have played several against Jenni Beautiful when I was in Pozuelo and she was in Atlético”, he pointed out.
She hasn’t played for a long time, but Iris, Inés, Lucía and Olga do, four young people aged 19 and 21 who came to the WiZink Center from Alicante to support the national team. The bus left at 1:30 p.m. in the morning and has arrived at six. We just came to watch the game. We’re leaving this afternoon. It was worth it. She has been very exciting and we have had a lot of emotion », they said.