Linda Sallstrom uncovered a huge hole within the Spanish defence to hearth the Finns right into a surprise lead in the first minute. Spain had been pre-match favourites until the cruciate ligament damage to reigning girl Ballon d'Or winner Putellas in training on Tuesday.
La Roja continue to be unbeaten since March 2020 and bounced returned to ensure they were given a far-wanted three points with more difficult exams to return towards Germany and Denmark way to dreams from Irene Paredes, Aitana Bonmati, Lucia Garcia and Mariona Caldentey.
Walking with crutches and decked out in a Spain shirt, Putellas turned into in attendance to provide encouragement to her teammates. But the shock of losing their famous person girl rolled over into the sluggish begin from Jorge Vilda's facet. Anna Westerlund's long ball ahead played Sallstrom clean thru and the Paris FC striker produced a cool end in off the a long way put up.
Spain settled into their passing rhythm as they loved 70 percent of the possession. But with all-time pinnacle goalscorer Jennifer Hermoso also out of the tournament thru injury, they needed to depend upon the uncommon route of crosses into the container to turn the game round. Captain Paredes began the comeback while she bulleted home a header from Caldentey's corner. The diminutive Aitana Bonmati then produced a stunning header into the pinnacle corner to settle Spanish nerves earlier than 1/2-time.
Garcia made sure of the points 15 mins from time while she nodded Maria Leon's free-kick into the bottom corner earlier than Caldentey slotted domestic a penalty with the remaining kick of the game.
