2013 Uefa European Women's Championship Match Press Kit
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2013 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT Russia Spain Group C - Matchday 3 Norrköpings Idrottsparken, Norrkoping Thursday 18 July 2013 20.30CET (20.30 local time) Contents Match background.............................................................................................................2 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Match-by-match lineups....................................................................................................8 Tournament schedule........................................................................................................9 Head coach.....................................................................................................................11 Match officials..................................................................................................................12 Competition facts.............................................................................................................13 Tournament information...................................................................................................15 Legend............................................................................................................................16 Russia v Spain Thursday 18 July 2013 - 20.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Norrköpings Idrottsparken, Norrkoping Match background Spain won a crucial game against Russia to reach the semis in their last finals appearance 16 years ago and are hoping for a repeat as both they and their rivals target progress from Group C in Norrkoping. • Spain missed the chance to win the section when they lost 1-0 to France last time out, Wendie Renard's early header taking Les Bleues through as group winners instead. Before that, Ignacio Quereda's troops beat England 3-2 after a thrilling finale. • Two points behind Spain in third, Russia were denied a victory against England when Toni Duggan secured Hope Powell's side a 1-1 draw in added time. That brought Sergei Lavrentyev's charges their first point after they kicked off with a 3-1 loss to France. • Spain will clinch second place with a draw or win. They can only finish bottom and not have a chance of going through as a best third-place team if they lose and England win. • Russia will finish second if they win and England do not beat France by enough to match them on goals difference and goals scored (if both finish level, England will be second due to their coefficient as per Article 8.05 of the official competition regulations). • If both Russia and England lose, neither could go through as the best third-placed team. If one or both draw, two points would only be enough to get them into the third-placed drawing of lots if either or both of the Denmark-Finland and Netherlands-Iceland games finish level. Head-to-head record • This is the seventh meeting of these nations. Spain have won four with one loss and one draw, scoring nine goals to Russia's six. • Long-serving Spain coach Ignacio Quereda first took on Russia in two friendlies in Varna in April 1995, drawing 0-0 and winning 4-2. • Two years later came the sides' most important match, at the 1997 finals in Sweden. Meeting like now in their last group game, Russia were out after two losses but Spain were within three points of France. Les Bleues lost 3-0 to Sweden, meaning Spain's 1-0 victory in Karlskoga – with Ángeles Parejo scoring the goal – took them into the semi-finals on goal difference. • Russia and Spain met again in 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying. On 28 October 2001, Russia won 2-0 in Selyatino but lost the return 2-1 in Molina De Segura the following April, Elisabeth Ibarra coming off the bench. • Russia nevertheless topped the group to qualify while Spain lost 3-0 in Italy and were eliminated. Selected previous meeting 16 January 2013: Spain 2-1 Russia (Boquete 13, Jennifer 90+2; Morozova 34) – Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Friendly Spain: Ainhoa (María José 49), Melisa, Ruth García (Leire 65), Sonia (Priscilla 13), Boquete, Adriana (Erika 65), Sandra (Vicky 65), Meseguer (Nagore 65), Jennifer, Ibarra, Marta Torrejón. Russia: Todua, Petrova, Tsybutovich, Kostyukova (Makarenko 66), Medved, Kozhnikova (Mashina 45), Morozova (Skotnikova 66), Savchenkova (Kurochkina 74), Danilova (Sochneva 74), Terekhova, Shlyapina. • While on a training camp in Spain these sides met for a friendly and Spain triumphed with a late goal despite Sonia's early injury. Form guide • On 24 November 2011, Spain came back from two down with goals from Verónica Boquete and Willy to hold Germany 2-2 in Motril. That ended Germany's run of 38 straight Women's EURO, and 36 consecutive qualifying, wins dating back to November 1999. • Then on 5 April 2012, María Paz scored seven times in a 13-0 defeat of Kazakhstan in Madrid, the most goals scored by an individual in a Women's EURO game. • However that came a few days after a 5-0 loss in Germany and a subsequent 4-3 defeat in Switzerland meant Spain had to settle for a play-off. • They drew the first leg with Scotland 1-1 at Hampden Park, Adriana equalising but missing a penalty, and had to come from behind in the Madrid return to force extra time. There, they fell behind on 98 minutes and although Silvia Meseguer levelled on 113 minutes, Spain remained behind on away goals. When Boquete had a 119th-minute penalty saved it seemed all over, but deep in added time she found the target for a dramatic victory. Last updated 17/07/13 00:30:19CET 2 Match background Russia v Spain Thursday 18 July 2013 - 20.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Norrköpings Idrottsparken, Norrkoping • Spain's only previous qualification was in 1997, when they reached the semi-finals. However, their Women's U17s (2010 and 2011) and U19s (2004) teams have both won European titles and this is the only UEFA national-team competition (including men, women, youth and futsal) that Spain have never won. • Russia were forced into a play-off in UEFA Women's EURO qualifying for the third time running after two group losses to Italy. As in 2009 they came through, beating Austria 2-0 away and drawing 1-1 at home. • While Russia have gone out in the EURO group stage at all three attempts (1997, 2001 and 2009), in their two World Cup appearances (1999 and 2003) they made it to the quarter-finals. Team ties • Verónica Boquete played alongside Elena Terekhova and Anastasia Kostyukova at FC Energiya Voronezh in 2011. • Boquete played in Energiya's UEFA Women's Champions League round of 16 loss to Russian rivals FC Rossiyanka, who featured Olga Petrova, Natalia Pertseva, Elena Morozova and Natalia Shlyapina. • In 2009/10, Rossiyanka won the only encounter between Russian and Spanish clubs in UEFA women's competition, beating Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 3-1 away and 2-1 at home. Petrova and Adriana both scored in the first leg. • Rossiyanka included Petrova, Pertseva, Morozova, Tatania Skotnikova and Terekhova. Vallecano fielded Melisa, Sonia, Adriana, and Sandra. Last updated 17/07/13 00:30:19CET 3 Match background Russia v Spain Thursday 18 July 2013 - 20.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Norrköpings Idrottsparken, Norrkoping Team facts RUSSIA Russia have proved consistent performers since their team was formed, reaching the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-finals and usually qualifying for UEFA Women's EURO. The one they missed was 2005 when they lost to Finland in the play-offs but that year they won the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship and members of that generation, including Elvira Todua, Elena Morozova and Elena Terekhova, have now become the core of the senior squad. They returned to the finals in 2009, beating Scotland on away goals but exiting in the group stage, and again needed a play-off this time, seeing off surprise package Austria. That two-legged tie were the first games in charge for Sergei Lavrentyev after he replaced Farid Benstiti following his return to France in the summer. Tournament record 2009: group stage 2005: qualifying play-off 2001: group stage 1997: group stage 1995: quarter-finals 1993: quarter-finals (as Soviet Union/CIS) Other honours 2005 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship 2013 qualifying Group 1 runners-up, P10 W7 D1 L2 F31 A6 Pts22 Top scorer: Natalia Shlyapina 7 Most appearances: Elvira Todua, Olesya Mashina, Elena Morozova, Olga Petrova, Ekaterina Sochneva 12 Friendly results since qualifying 16 January: L1-2 v Spain (a, Murcia) 14 February: L0-5 v Finland (a, Eerikkila) 7 March: W1-0 v Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatia Cup group, Rovinj) 9 March: W1-0 v Slovakia (Croatia Cup group, Rovinj) 11 March: D0-0 (W4-2p) v Czech Republic (Croatia Cup final, Rovinj) 8 April: L1-5 v Denmark (a, Horsens) 22 June: W1-0 v Ukraine (h, Moscow) 5 July: W3-2 v Norway (a, Moss) Competition record win 8-0 v Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (h), 31/03/2012, 2013 qualifying Competition record defeat 0-5 v Germany (Germany), 27/06/01, 2001 final tournament group stage SPAIN Spain reached the 1997 semi-finals but had not qualified since until their dramatic play-off defeat of Scotland 15 years later. For UEFA Women's EURO 2009, they were fancied to beat the Netherlands to clinch a finals berth but lost both legs 2-0, having only just been pipped to an automatic place by England when they came back from two down to draw 2-2, the