The best Spain emerged tonight in Palma to beat England and leave direct qualification for the World Cup within reach. La Roja scored four goals against its great rival of recent years to win the goal averaje direct and snatch the first position of the group. Sonia Bermúdez’s team was far superior to the lionesses and it will not have to go through the play-offs to defend its status as world champion in Brazil 2027 if it knocks down Iceland in Reykjavík on Tuesday after Alexia’s double and goals from Patri and Pina sealed a brilliant match in which the group bordered on perfection. Spain thrilled and seduced in Son Moix, a stadium that celebrated the fact that up to four countrywomen from the islands—Cata, Corrales, Patri and Mariona—were in the eleven.
