Women’s European Championship
Spain reaches semi -finals – Switzerland missed sensation
Updated on July 18, 2025 – 11:02 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The tournament favorites have a hard time with the hosts for a long time. An early fright does its rest. In the final phase it becomes bitter for Switzerland.
Spain is in the semi-finals of women’s football European Football in Switzerland. The team traded as a co-title favorite won 2-0 (0-0) against the hosts on Friday evening and thus threw the “Nati” out of the tournament.
Athenea del Castillo (66th) and Clàudia Pina (71st) met in the Bernese Wankdorf Stadium for the victory of the Iberians, who had big problems with courageous and offensive, dangerous Swiss women over long distances. Mariona Caldentey (9th) and Alèxia Putellas (88th) also awarded two penalty. In injury time, the Swiss Noëlle Maritz saw the red card because of an emergency brake (90.+2).
Spain would meet the German team next Wednesday in the semifinals if the DFB team previously prevailed against France on Saturday (from 9 p.m. in the live ticker at T-Online).
Spain struggled for a long time in the Bernese cauldron. 25,000 fans had moved from the old town to the stadium before the game, the march was broadcast live on the Internet. Right in the middle: Association President Dominique Blanc, the families of many players and countless disguised fans. “Raclette is better than Paella,” was on a poster.
In the game, the stadium shook for the first time when Spain’s striker Mariona Caldentey set a penalty that was caused by her herself (9th). “I would never have believed that something like this happens in Switzerland,” said national coach Pia Sundhage before kick -off about the euphoria. The Swiss women fought for every ball in this way, the favorite looked helpless, Irene Paredes headed at least on the post (43.).
After the break, Spain increased the pressure. Patricia Guijarro and Esther Sullastres first met the aluminum (61.) in a double chance, but then it was time: First, Athenea pushed in with the right, a little later Pina added to the upper corner with a dream goal.
The air was out with the double pack. Spain, which had previously only reached the semi -finals in an EM in 1997 and had recently failed three times in a row in the quarter -finals, was also able to cope with Alexia Putellas (88th )’s penalty, goalkeeper Livia Peng parried brilliantly. Shortly before the end, the Swiss Noelle Maritz saw the red card.