In Spain, a country unites again for fútbol supremacy, some unaware of the context – Equalizer Soccer

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By the time Olga Carmona landed on the grass and found herself almost unable to breathe because of a pile of teammates jumping on her, Spanish women’s soccer had been transformed.

This was her third long-range effort at trying to get past Sweden goalkeeper Zećira Mušović from distance, but Carmona kept believing and shot once more anyway. She could have missed, Sweden could have won in extra time, or more probably could have crushed Spain’s dreams in yet another penalty shootout. It didn’t really matter at that point. A couple of hours afterwards, with the stadium stands empty, Real Madrid’s left-back still could not believe she had scored from that spot the winning goal that took her national team to the World Cup final.

Spain, arriving in Australia and New Zealand after months of turmoil, won its first ever knockout game in a World Cup or European Championship, against Switzerland on August 5. Six days later, la Selección quickly raised their own bar when the Netherlands were sent home in…

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