Jennifer Hermoso gave an emotional interview after her Spain team-mates made history, declaring: “We are f****** world champions!” as team-mate Aitana Bonmani described feeling “on the air”. Spain beat England 1-0 in Sydney to win the 2023 Women’s World Cup final. Captain Olga Carmona scored what would prove the winner in the 29th minute and though England goalkeeper Mary Earps saved a second-half penalty from Hermoso, Sarina Wiegman’s European champions failed to score an equaliser. Spain triumphed despite a turbulent build-up to the tournament, with...
The unrest meant Spain were missing Sandra Panos, Mapi Leon, Patri Guijarro and Claudia Pina.
“I’m on the air right now. I don’t have any words for this moment. It’s unbelievable. I’m so proud right now,” Bonmati told the BBC. “We did a great tournament; we suffered but we also enjoyed it and we deserved it. Everyone knew their goal at the beginning of the tournament. Everyone is competitive, everyone has a strong mentality to win. We’ve been working a lot of years for this moment.”
Vilda said: “What we did is difficult to achieve. Very proud of this team, we have shown how we know how to play, that we know how to suffer, we have believed and we are world champions. “Now let’s celebrate. I imagine how the excitement in Spain will be. We are going to celebrate here and we don’t know when it will end.”Olga Carmona was the match-winner in Sydney Advertisement