Alexia Putellas scored twice as England\u2019s perfect FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027 qualifying record was ended by a 4-0 defeat to Spain.<\/p>\n
Putellas scored either side of the break in Mallorca, after Patri Guijarro had opened the scoring with a powerful drive inside 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
Cl\u00e0udia Pina wrapped up all three points for Spain late on as the Estadio Mallorca Son Moix, as the hosts took control of UEFA League A Group 3.<\/p>\n
The two nations are joint on 12 points, with Spain boasting a superior goal difference ahead of England\u2019s final qualifier against Ukraine at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Spain started the brightest, with Putellas the first to have a real sight of goal but her header was wide of the target from Luc\u00eda Corrales\u2019 cross.<\/p>\n
Mariona Caldentey also saw an effort off target after good work from Salma Paralluelo before England earned their first chance of the night, with Keira Walsh firing a shot just over the bar from the edge of the area.<\/p>\n
Spain then made the breakthrough a minute later, as Guijarro pounced on a loose ball in the England half, surged towards goal and fired a deflected strike past Hannah Hampton.<\/p>\n
Spain immediately looked for a second, with Paralluelo again involved. This time her cross found Edna Imade, whose header was easily held by Hampton.<\/p>\n
The England goalkeeper was called into action again shortly after, as Spain won the ball high up the pitch and found Putellas but her shot was straight at Hampton.<\/p>\n
The hosts were well on top as the game approached the half hour but were unable to take full advantage, as Paralluelo fired a tame effort towards Hampton after dispossessing Lauren James inside the England half.<\/p>\n
Spanish pressure continued but the Lionesses remained a threat on the break, with James breezing past three defenders before clipping a dangerous cross that could not be met by a teammate.<\/p>\n
The game began to open up in Mallorca, with Vicky Lopez inches away from doubling Spain\u2019s lead after dribbling through the England defence before Hampton smothered the loose ball.<\/p>\n
But Hampton could ultimately not deny the home side from making it 2-0 before the break, as Putellas was played in behind the Lionesses defence and finished powerfully.<\/p>\n
Paralluelo had a chance to make it three before half time as she raced away from an England corner, but the winger was excellently stopped by Esme Morgan.<\/p>\n
The Lionesses looked to force their way back into the match and came close to doing so ten minutes after the restart, as Georgia Stanway flashed a drive just wide of the post after picking up a bouncing ball on the edge of the Spanish area.<\/p>\n
But the hosts made it 3-0 just a minute later, as Putellas netted her second of the evening.<\/p>\n
The midfielder forced it home at the second attempt after her initial effort was blocked on the line by Lucy Bronze, following excellent work down the wing by Ona Battle.<\/p>\n
Guijarro then came close to doubling her tally, but her header was acrobatically tipped onto the crossbar by Hampton.<\/p>\n
Spain were full of confidence and Lopez came close to getting on the scoresheet, but her shot found the side-netting after intricate play with Guijarro.<\/p>\n
The Lionesses continued to fight for a foothold and came close to doing to as they found their way in behind down the left before Bronze\u2019s effort was smothered by the Spanish defence.<\/p>\n
The game was put beyond doubt with just under 15 minutes to play, as Aitana Bonmat\u00ed found fellow substitute Pina in the box and the latter cut inside and converted a fourth for Spain.<\/p>\n
England: 1 Hannah Hampton (Chelsea); 2 Lucy Bronze (Chelsea), 3 Alex Greenwood (Manchester City), 5 Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal), 6 Esme Morgan (Washington Spirit); 4 Keira Walsh (Chelsea), 8 Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich), 11 Ella Toone (Manchester United); 7 Lauren James (Chelsea), 9 Alessia Russo (Arsenal), 11 Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: 17 Chloe Kelly (Arsenal) for James 60\u2019, 19 Beth Mead (Arsenal) for Toone 60\u2019, 15 Jess Carter (Gotham FC) for Wubben-Moy 85\u2019 16 Niamh Charles (Chelsea) for Bronze 85\u2019<\/p>\n
Subs not used: 12 Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United), 13 Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pride), 14 Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City), 18 Lucia Kendall (Aston Villa), 20 Jess Park (Manchester United), 21 Sophie Baggaley (Brighton & Hove Albion), 22 Freya Godfrey (London City Lionesses), 23 Grace Fisk (Liverpool)<\/p>\n
Head coach: Sarina Wiegman<\/p>\n
Spain: 13 Cata Coll; 2 Ona Battle, 4 Irene Paredes,16 Mapi Le\u00f3n, 17 Luc\u00eda Corrales; 12 Patri Guijarro, 8 Mariona Caldentey, 11 Alexia Putellas; 14 Vicky L\u00f3pez, 18 Salma Paralluelo, 22 Edna Imade<\/p>\n
Substitutes: 20 Cl\u00e0udia Pina for Lopez 68\u2019, 9 Esther Gonzalez for Imade 77\u2019, 6 Aitana Bonmat\u00ed for Putellas 77\u2019, 3 Clara Serrajordi for Caldentey 85\u2019, 7 Olga Carmona for Corrales 85\u2019<\/p>\n
Subs not used: 21 Fiamma Ben\u00edtez, 15 Laia Codina, 5 Mar\u00eda M\u00e9ndez, 23 Adriana Nanclares, 19 Eva Navarro, 1 Misa, 10 Athenea del Castillo<\/p>\n
Head coach: Sonia Berm\u00fadez<\/p>\n
Goals: Patri Guijarro 19\u2019, Alexia Putellas 37\u2019, 60\u2019, Cl\u00e0udia Pina 78\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexia Putellas scored twice as England\u2019s perfect FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2027 qualifying record was ended by a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3754,17102,2973,3508,17108,17106,3740,17103,2438,17109,17110,17104,17,17112,17105,4547,17111,17107],"class_list":["post-35624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-2027-world-cup","tag-england-women-v-spain","tag-european-champions","tag-fifa-womens-world-cup","tag-friday-5-june-2026","tag-kick-off","tag-live-coverage","tag-match-centre","tag-match-preview","tag-post-match","tag-reaction","tag-report","tag-spain","tag-spain-4-0-england","tag-the-lionessses","tag-tickets","tag-wembley-stadium","tag-womens-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}