Spain beats Hungary and calms down

There's nothing like a win to calm things down.

And if it is for several goals better.

The open wounds this week in the women's team, with the players asking for the head of the coach, Jorge Vilda, need time to heal, but this Friday a new step towards reconciliation has been taken.

The day after the coach and the captains offered their versions of the riot that took place within the national team, Spain has returned to the road with a victory of no more importance than that of verifying that so much noise has not disturbed too much the team game.

Hungary was the sack against which the team let off steam in a match without competitive importance.

In the seventh match of the qualifying phase for the 2023 World Cup, for which Spain has had a mathematically guaranteed presence since April, Jorge Vilda's men prevailed with sufficiency, without going beyond second gear.

The inoffensive Magyar team offered little resistance, and the win (3-0) could have been greater if they had had a little more aim.

The priority for the coach, as he commented on the microphones of RTVE before the match began, was to keep the door clean.

Goal accomplished and unblemished streak: seven games, seven wins, 48 ​​goals scored and none against.

Hungary hardly passed the center of the field and was draining water almost the entire game,

The team dominated in the center of the field, but they also failed to create chances beyond Mariona Caldentey's runs by the wing.

The Barcelona winger found when she wanted the back of the defenses but there was a bit of a break in the crosses to finish the play against a team hanging from the crossbar.

Until Patri Guijarro tore through the Hungarian defense with a pass from his field that left Esther González alone in front of the goalkeeper.

The Real Madrid striker, one of the seven merengue players who made the jump in the starting eleven, crossed the ball to open the scoring in the 24th minute. Just two minutes later, Irene Paredes widened the lead with a corner.

Hungary felt the blow and took another step back, but without the necessary defensive security to equip themselves in their area.

In the first leg held last year,

Spain triangulated comfortably in diamonds in the center of the field.

Misa Rodríguez was one more spectator of the match and she left unprecedentedly without stopping.

The third goal could come at any time to close the rout and Vilda decided to bring in Jenni Hermoso, the top scorer in the history of the team who missed the European Championship due to injury.

Pachuca's forward looked for her goal in every way but she could not overcome the Magyar wall, focused only on minimizing damage.

The gap was found by Patri Guijarro, who with a precise shot from the edge of the box, sent the ball into the top corner to make it 3-0 with 15 minutes to go.

The victory was as irrelevant as the win, but it served to calm things down in the most turbulent week for the women's team in recent years.

Spain will be in the 2023 World Cup. Jorge Vilda too.

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