Mariona Caldentey’s Spain proved too good for hosts Switzerland as La Roja advanced to the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2025.
Our Spanish midfielder started for the world champions, going head-to-head with Swiss captain Lia Walti, who was leading her nation out in a quarter-final for the first time.
Spain took control of the game from the outset and after fantastic work from Mariona on the right, she was felled by Nadine Riesen inside the box as referee Maria Caputi pointed to the spot.
But Mariona couldn’t take full advantage as her spot kick went wide of the left post to keep the score at 0-0.
Read more
Six Gunners involved in Euro quarter-final chaos
Athenea del Castillo was introduced for Caldentey on 62 minutes and made an instant impact as she calmly slotted her effort into the bottom corner to break the deadlock.
Spain doubled their lead five minutes later when Claudia Pina curled her sensational effort into the top corner to send Montse Tome’s side through to a first Euro semi-final since 1997.
Alexia Putellas had the chance to extend Spain’s lead but missed her spot kick when goalkeeper Livia Peng superbly thwarted the Barcelona midfielder.
La Roja will play the winner of France v Germany, which takes place tonight at St. Jakob-Park, Basel, at 8pm GMT.
Read more
Mariona wins 2024/25 Women’s Player of the Season!
Copyright 2025 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.