Spanish ladies reach semi-finals as leader of the pool

23. August, GANT EHC 2011, Mönchengladbach: Azerbaijan – Spain 1:2 (0:0)

23.08.2011 - Spanish ladies have completed the came preliminary round of pool A. Mainly due to better use of corners they through with a narrow 2-1 victory over Azerbaijan, and thus, will play in the semi finals. At the beginning, the fans watched a very balanced game, but there were no real opportunities, apart from penalty corners. Until the break were still no score.

The second half the game was a little bit faster. Pilar Sanchez was the one who put the Spaniards with a short corner. But the ladies of Azerbaijan did not give up and generated good opportunities which paid off with a goal from Mi Seon Aliyeva. It stayed exciting with Anabel Flores scoring a short corner four minutes from time. Spain made sure of this narrow lead to the finish and come with a lot of confidence now into the semi-final against the German team.

Goals:

0:1 Pilar Sanchez (PC, 39.)

1:1 Mi Seon Aliyeva (42.)

1:2 Anabel Flores (PC, 66.)

penalty corners:

AZE 3 (-) / ESP 5 (2 goals)

Umpires:

Ashton-Julie / Tomasi

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