Spain reaffirmed their standing as the best team in the world as they outclassed Germany and retained the Women’s Nations League title in spite of the absence of their injured superstar Aitana Bonmatí.
The world champions were playing their first game since their Ballon d’Or-winning midfielder Bonmatí was ruled out for around five months after undergoing surgery on a broken leg but they demonstrated the extensive depth of talent across their classy team as they eventually played some ruthless football to dispatch with their rivals at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid.
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All of the goals came inside the final 30 minutes of the second half of the second leg, but Spain could have been comfortably in control before half-time on home soil. The game was won when Clàudia Pina scored twice, either side of Vicky López’s delightful finish, to deliver a 3-0 second-leg victory, after Germany had previously created – but failed to convert – several good chances in the goalless first leg in Kaiserslautern.
