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Spanish hero has revealed what she told her teammate before their Olympic clash with the Super Falcons.
Spain defeated Nigeria 1-0 in a fierce match to become the first team to advance to the 2024 Olympic quarterfinals.
The Super Falcons were a thorn in the flesh of the Spanish side, depriving them of creating chances in the game.
However, Alexia Putellas, who had a great performance against the Super Falcons, scored the winning goal with a sublime free-kick.
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What Putellas told her teammates
Alexia Putellas, the two-time winner of the Ballon d'Or, has shared the conversation she had with her teammates right before she scored the game-winning goal against the Super Falcons.
Putellas told AS in her post-match, "I thought and told my teammates that I was going to make her tense.
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"These balls, when they are closed, if someone touches them they usually end up in. I hit it with tension, in the end it went down and went in.
"When the ball went in, I thought: finally. I don't know what minute it was (85), because we had been practically in their area for a while with Salma's header, the goal disallowed,
"I had a shot that was taken off the line, in the first half we also had several chances. It was hard, but we managed it."
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The Super Falcons gave the Spanish side a tough challenge until late in the game when Putellas's freekick gave the World Cup winners the winning goal
Rasheedat Ajibade had the best chance for Nigeria, but the captain of the Super Falcons blasted her shot over the crossbar.
The Super Falcons' next game is a crucial Wednesday afternoon match against Japan as they look for their first win.
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