Diana Gomes celebra con sus compañeras el pase a la Eurocopa

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DIANA GOMES AND PADILLA BIDAS, KEY PARTICIPANTS IN THE QUALIFICATION FOR THE EURO CUP IN PORTUGAL AND POLAND

03/12/2024

The defender and the forward were included in the starting eleven for both matches, with the Portuguese player completing the entire game while Padilla Bidas was substituted five minutes before the end

Diana Gomes and Padilla Bidas were key participants in the qualification for the Euro Cup for the national teams of Portugal and Poland, respectively. The Portuguese team was defending a 1-1 draw from the first leg in Czech lands. Before the first quarter of an hour, Diana Silva scored the first goal for the visitors. After Svitkova's equalizer from the penalty spot, Diana Silva sealed the final result in the second half of a match that was completed by the Sevillian defender Diana Gomes.

Padilla Bidas and her teammates made the most of the narrow victory achieved in the first leg of the final phase played in Poland five days earlier. Thus, at the Generali Arena in Vienna, the Polish women's team secured their spot in the next Euro Cup with another narrow win after Pajor sealed the tie in the 94th minute. In the match, the Sevillian forward left the field five minutes before the end.

In the case of goalkeeper and captain Esther Sullastres, she did not play any minutes in the Spanish national team's away victory against France (4-2).