Athletic Club, with penalty shot by Ibarra, win the COTIF Tourney

ATHLETIC CLUB 1 – VALENCIA CF 0

Athletic Club: Ainhoa; A. Vicente (min. 44, Maite Oroz), Irene, Nekane (min. 44, Alazne), J. Flaviano, Iraia, Eunate, G. Murua, Ibarra (min. 70, Marta Perea), Erika and V. Gimbert.

Valencia CF: Sullastres; Cintia (min. 41, Salo), Ivana, P. Nicart, Leila (min. 41, Nuria), Beristain (min. 41, Claudia Florentino), Gio, Willy (min. 58, Angy), Carol, Joyce and Mari Paz.
Referee: Alberto Salazar; assisted on the sidelines by Rubén Campo and Héctor Rodríguez. He sent off Erika due to double warning.

Goal:
1-0, min. 29, Ibarra, penalty shot

Quite even first few minutes, although it was Valencia that had two consecutive corners. The first approach by Athletic arrived in the minute 5 from the left wing with Nekane taking the shot, but the ball went wide. Joseba Agirre’s team once again tried down the wing of Ibarra and Eunate, but without luck in the closing. Irene was attentive and cut off a cross from Joyce. Nekane also tried with a shot from mid distance missed the objective as well. Past the quarter hour, the final became a give and take with approaches to both goals. In the equator of the first half, Joyce centred and Mari Paz was barely unable to reach the ball. Two minutes later, Beristain tried. Athletic was seeking Sullastres’ goal from a counterattack, but with little success in the last pass. A good play between Iraia, Nekane and Flaviano ended in a dangerous free-kick that Ibarra deflected without consequences. In the 28th, the referee indicated penalty after a Valencia player touched the ball with her hand within the area. Ibarra was in charge of taking the shot that gave the lead to the rojiblancas.

In the second half, the game was less intense and the rojiblancas’ control avoided the creation of goal occasions. A header by Paula Nicart, with 10 minutes left to play was the most outstanding of Valencia. With six minutes to the conclusion, Athletic remained in numerical inferiority due to Erika’s send off for double reprimand. Carol was dodging two rojiblanca players, but Ainhoa blocked her shot.