Spain had a real feast against Costa Rica in their World Cup debut. Not even the torrent of water that fell in the first minutes made the girls from Jorge Vilda reduce the intensity. The team came out wanting to show that it is one of the great teams to beat in this tournament and that is that, for the moment, it is the team with the highest scorer.
From the first minute he began to create danger and besiege the goal of Daniela Solera, looking to get ahead on the scoreboard. The Costa Ricans closed in behind and only tried to withstand the Spanish attack.
Not even ten minutes had passed when the Spanish team had already had two occasions to get ahead on the scoreboard by Aitana Bonmatí y Esther González. The team was very comfortable dominating the ball.
At 20 minutes came the long-awaited first goal. Spain took the lead on the scoreboard with a goal from Valeria del Campo own, but one was not enough, and after two minutes the second arrived. In a good move Athena who gave the ball to Aitana, the midfielder was unforgiving and scored a great goal from inside the area.
Perhaps a reaction was expected from Costa Rica, which was unable to get out of its field and create a minimum of danger. The Spanish siege was impressive. And so, based on continuing to maintain the pressure came the third goal, which confirmed the win. The ball touched the post and Esther, who was very attentive, picked up the rebound and managed to pierce the rival goal.