Spain Vs USA: Rapinoe Penalty Gives USA Soccer Late Lead And Victory
In Fifa Women’s World Cup 2019, the United States women’s national team went a long way.The match between Spain and USA team was much closer than anyone expected or predicted.Here, US required two penalty kicks to defeat Spain,2-1.Outstanding Megan Rapinoe striked both of them,one in each half.
They(USA)have a powerful squad but didn’t able to make golden chances as they had in earlier games.But they survived this day and secured to fight for another day in the quarterfinals against the host France.
USWNT(United States Women National Team)striked just 7 minutes into the match but allowed minutes later on a misplay by goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and Becky Sauerbrunn(defender) at the back.Later, a Spanish star named Jenni Hermoso took the opportunity and found the back of the net for the leveling of goal.
After that in the 2nd half, Rose Lavelle(Spain) was gotten hold of down the box.Later, VAR established the penalty and Rapinoe made it 2-1 with 14 minutes left in the game.
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Match Statistics:
| Spain | Team Stats | United States |
| Jenni-9’ | Goals | M. Rapinoe-7’(P),76’(P) |
| 4 | Shots | 10 |
| 1 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 44% | Possession | 56% |
| 330 | Passes | 424 |
| 69% | Pass accuracy | 76% |
| 18 | Fouls | 4 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
