WATCH: Spain sink Czechia in final Cup of Nations clash
Spain closed out their Cup of Nations campaign with a 3-0 win over Czechia on a wet Wednesday afternoon in Newcastle.
A first-half double from Esther Gonz谩lez and late Athenea Del Castillo penalty saw La Roja come out on top in the all-European clash.
Spain created the first opportunity of the game five minutes in, as Irene Guerrero's shot was saved well by Olivie Lukasova.
The half-hour mark brought the match's opening goal, as Gonz谩lez tapped home from close range after a lovely team move.
Ten minutes later, Gonz谩lez scored her third goal of the tournament with a well-taken header. The goal took the Spanish striker top of the golden boot rankings ahead of Australia's final match against Jamaica.
Czechia looked to start the second half brightly, and had the ball in the back of the net after 49 minutes as Petra Bertholdov谩 curled one into the top corner - only to be denied by the offside flag.
Inside the final ten minutes, substitute Athenea Del Castillo was brought down in the area, and converted the spot-kick to cap off a strong Spanish performance.
The result sent Spain temporarily to the top of the standings, above Australia, before the CommBank Matildas played their final match against Jamaica.
MATCH DETAILS
Czechia: 0
Spain: 3 (Esther Gonz谩lez 29', 40', Athenea Del Castillo 84')
Date: Wednesday, 22 February
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Kick-off: 2:30pm AEDT
Broadcast: Live and Exclusive on Paramount+
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (AUS)
Assistant Referees: Sarah Ho (AUS), Lauren Hargrave (AUS)
Fourth Official: Lara Lee (AUS)
Czechia Line up: 1. Olivie Luka虂s虒ova虂 (GK), 3. Aneta De虒dinova虂, 4. Petra Bertholdova虂 (C), 5. Gabriela S虒lajsova虂, 6. Michaela Khy虂rova虂 (2. Anna Dlaskova虂 73'), 8. Aneta Pochmanova虂, 9. Andrea Stas虒kova虂 (7. Lucie Marti虂nkova虂 56'), 12. Kla虂ra Cahynova虂 (15. Antonie Sta虂rova虂 45'), 18. Alena Pe虒c虒kova虂, 19. Simona Necidova虂, 22. Franny C虒erna虂 (20. Denisa Vesela虂 73')
Substitutes: 16. Barbora Ru虋z虒ic虒kova虂 (GK), 23. Tereza Fuchsova虂 (GK), 10. Kristy虂na Ru虋z虒ic虒kova虂, 11. Barbora Polcarova虂, 13. Jitka Chlasta虂kova虂, 14. Kla虂ra Cvrc虒kova虂, 17. Ade虂la Radova虂, 21. Miroslava Mra虂zova虂
Yellow Card: Cahynova虂 45'
Red Card: De虒dinova虂 (yellow card 58', 90')
Spain Line up: 23. Lete Para (GK), 3. Abelleira Due帽as Teresa, 4. Ga虂lvez Luna Roci虂o, 6. Codina Panedas (12. Pujadas Boix 45'), 7. Guerrero SanmartI虂n (Irene) (21. Zornoza Sanchez), 9. Gonzalez Rodriguez (Esther) (11. Redondo Ferrer 45'), 10. Jennifer Hermoso (16. Benitez Iannuzzi (Fiamma) 59'), 17. Paralluelo Ayingono (22. Del Castillo Beivide (Athenea) 59') 18. Cardona de Miguel (Marta), 19. Carmona GarcI虂a (Olga), 24. Garcia Gomez (Sheila) (20. Toma虂s Serer 67')
Subs not used: 1. Rodri虂guez Rivero Mari虂a Isabel (GK), 13. Salon Marcuello (Enith) (GK), 2. Herna虂ndez Zurbano Oihane, 5. Andr茅s Sanz (Ivana), 8. Oroz Areta, 14. M茅ndez Fern谩ndez, 15. Navarro Garcia (Eva), 25. Carro Nolasco
Yellow Card: Fiamma 67'
Red Card: N/A
