Although Spain's women's soccer team hasn't even made it to the quarterfinals before the 2024 Olympics, as the 2023 Women's World Cup winners and ranked No. 1 in the world by FIFA, Spain is naturally one of the favorite winners.
In the group stage with Japan Women's Football Team, Brazil Women's Football Team and Nigeria Women's Football Team, they won all three matches and advanced to the first place in the group, and they really played to win the championship. But going into the knockout stage, the Spanish women's soccer team's performance was a bit strange. Colombian women's soccer team in the quarter-finals ranked twenty-two in the world, the second half is already 0: 2 behind, full-time extra time at the end of the last moment flat, overtime also failed to reverse, penalty shootout thrilling victory to advance.
After beating the Brazilian women's soccer team in the semifinals, beating them 2:0 in the group stage, and with the suspension of the opposing team's top player Marta, I thought that advancing to the finals was not in doubt. The result was that in the 70th minute it was 0:3 down, completely dumbfounded, and finally losing 22:4 to the champions, revealing the biggest unpopularity of Olympic women's soccer. The Spanish women still dominated the field, but they made too many mistakes.
The German women's soccer team used to be a top power in world soccer, but they are not at their peak yet. At this year's Olympics, they were clearly not the favorites to win the tournament. After finishing second in their group, they struggled to beat the Canadian women's soccer team in the quarterfinals, eventually winning a penalty shootout. A rematch in the semifinals against the rival U.S. women's soccer team, who had lost badly in the group stage, seldom dragged them into overtime, and it was not unusual for them to end up losing 0:. Reaching the quarterfinals has exceeded expectations.
From the strength analysis, Spanish women's soccer is definitely better than German women's soccer. The biggest problem of the Spanish women's soccer team at present is the mentality. After missing the championship, is there any motivation and determination to fight for the bronze medal? German women's soccer team does not exist, they can accept any result.
There have been six previous meetings between the two sides, with the Spanish women's soccer team at a disadvantage against the German women's soccer team with three draws and three losses. The last time the two sides met was at UEFA Women's EURO 2022, where the Spanish women lost 0:0 to the German women.
This time, we believe that after missing the final, the Spanish women will be ashamed and brave, and trust in their ability to adjust, and that if they play normally, they will beat the German women. Bronze medal and history made!
