Spain top England, make Women's Nations League SF

Spain's Clàudia Pina came disconnected the seat and scored doubly arsenic the reigning Nations League champions came backmost from a extremity down to bushed England 2-1 connected Tuesday and assertion triumph successful Group 3, booking their spot successful the past 4 of this year's competition.

With Germany and France having already secured triumph successful Groups 1 and 2 respectively, satellite champions Spain and European champions England met to determine their group. Sweden took connected Denmark successful a winner-takes-all clash successful Stockholm that kicked disconnected fractional an hr later.

Spain piled the unit connected from kickoff, striker Esther González forcing England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton into a superb one-handed reflex prevention aboriginal on, but Alessio Russo gave the visitors the pb with a well-taken decorativeness against the tally of play successful the 22nd minute.

The hosts enjoyed plentifulness of possession but created small successful the mode of unsafe chances. Pina entered the fray successful the 58th infinitesimal and equalised little than 2 minutes later, flashing a changeable crossed Hampton and into the nett arsenic England were punished for losing possession erstwhile trying to play retired from the back.

With Euro 2025 owed to commencement successful a month's time, the 23-year-old Pina staked her assertion for a starting spot by getting the victor 10 minutes later, curling location a superb dipping effort that near Hampton helpless. The triumph moved Spain to 15 points from six games, 5 up of England.

In the evening's different decisive game, Sweden look acceptable to articulation Spain successful the last 4 aft they raced retired to a 3-0 pb successful the archetypal 11 minutes of their location clash with Scandinavian neighbours Denmark, and they were 5-1 up by the hr mark.