UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 : SPAIN WOMEN VS PORTUGAL WOMEN – 03/07/2025 (PHOTO – ESTHER GONZALEZ SCORES A BRACE FOR SPAIN)

AFTER THE TERRIBLE NEWS OF DIOGO JOTA’S DEATH, IT WAS TOUCH-AND-GO AS TO WHETHER THE MATCH WOULD GO AHEAD AT ALL LAST NIGHT BETWEEN SPAIN VS PORTUGAL! (DIOGA JOTA WAS A HIGHLY REVERED INTERNATIONAL IN THE PORTUGAL MEN’S TEAM, PLAYING 49 TIMES AND SCORING 14 GOALS, AND ALSO A NATIONS LEAGUE WINNER) BUT GO-AHEAD IT DID, WITH THE PORTUGUESE LADIES SHOWING UP AND TRYING THEIR VERY BEST SEEMINGLY TO HONOUR THE WONDERFUL LEGACY OF DIOGO JOTA, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH HEAVY HEARTS, AMIDST GREAVING AND SHOCKED FANS. SPAIN, OBVIOUSLY REALISING THAT THEY HAD A JOB-TO-DO, NO MATTER WHAT PERFORMED TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY (JUST AS THEIR FANS WOULD HAVE EXPECTED), WITH GOALS COMING QUICK-AND-FAST, WITH A BRACE FROM ESTHER GONZALEZ AT 2 MINS., AND 43 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, VICKY LOPEZ AT 7 MINS., ALEXIA PUTELLAS AT 41 MINS., AND A LATE FINISHER FROM CRISTINA MARTIN-PRIETO AT 90 +3 MINS, MEANING THAT SPAIN WON THE MATCH 5 – 0! THE SCORELINE MAY NOT ULTIMATELY HAVE BEEN AS IMPORTANT TO THE PORTUGUESE LADIES AS SPENDING TIME ON THE PITCH WITH THE PORTUGUESE FANS BEHIND A COMMEMORATION BANNER OF DIOGO JOTA, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID WHEN THE MATCH HAD ENDED!  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.

UEFA WOMEN’S EUROS 2025 – SPAIN VS PORTUGAL – 03/07/2025