Spain Women break Belgian hearts with stoppage-time goals

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Cristina Martín-Prieto of Spain celebrates scoring her team’s third goal with teammates. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Spain came from 2-0 down to beat Belgium 3-2 with two goals in stoppage-time at the UEFA Women’s Nations League tie in Valencia. 

Group A1: Austria 1-0 Scotland, Netherlands 2-2 Germany

Lineth Beerensteyn got both goals for the Dutch, Lea Schüller and Sjoeke Nüsken having turned the match in Germany’s favour in-between.

Lilli Purtscheller punished a poor clearance to ultimately give Austria the points against Scotland.

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Jackie Groenen #14 of Netherlands and Elisa Senß #20 of Germany contest the ball. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)

Group A2: Switzerland 0-0 Iceland, France 1-0 Norway

Marie-Antoinette Katoto gave France victory over Norway with a goal 17 minutes from time, after Switzerland and Iceland had drawn a blank.

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A duel between Viola Calligaris (18 Switzerland) and Sveindís Jane Jonsdottir (23 Iceland). (Philipp Kresnik / SPP)

Group A3: Spain 3-2 Belgium, Portugal 1-1 England 

Mariam Toloba gave Belgium the lead in Spain and Tessa Wullaert doubled the advantage with 18 minutes to go. However, Clàudia Pina pulled one back and in added time both Lucía García and Cristina Martín-Prieto struck to give the hosts a dramatic late turnaround.

Alessia Russo scored 15 minutes in for England but a similar time from the end, Kika Nazareth rifled in a deserved equaliser for Portugal.

Group A4: Italy 1-0 Wales, Denmark 1-2 Sweden 

Linda Sembrant gave Sweden a very early lead, Pernille Harder equalised with a 17th-minute penalty but Fridolina Rolfö restored the Swedes lead before the hour mark.

Barbara Bonansea’s early header was enough for Italy to beat Wales, despite a good response from the away team.

Group B1: Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-0 Romania, Poland 2-0 Northern Ireland 

Ewelina Kamczyk and Adriana Achcinska scored in a three-minute spell as Poland sent Northern Ireland to defeat.

Bosnia and Herzegovina added three second-half goals to their opener for a clear victory over Romania

Group B2: Greece 1-2 Slovenia, Republic of Ireland 1-0 Türkiye

New Republic of Ireland head coach Carla Ward made a winning start thanks to Kyra Carusa’s goal in first-half injury time against Türkiye.

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Kyra Carusa of Republic of Ireland celebrates scoring the only goal. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Slovenia came from behind to win in Greece, Veatriki Sarri’s opener soon cancelled out by Maja Sternad with Zara Kramžar getting the winner midway through the second period.

Group B3: Serbia 1-0 Finland, Belarus 0-2 Hungary

Serbia sent Finland to defeat as Jovana Damnjanović’s penalty close to the break proving decisive, Hungary netted two second-half goals for victory in Belarus.

Group B4: Albania 1-2 Ukraine, Croatia 0-4 Czechia

Ukraine scored before and soon after the interval to win in Albania, the hosts’ reply not coming until the 95th minute.

Czechia hit Croatia with three goals inside the half-hour, Kateřina Svitková later completing the scoring.

Group C1: Moldova 1-0 Gibraltar, Slovakia 3-0 Faroe Islands

Moldova needed a stoppage-time goal by Carolina Țabur to take all three points against Gibraltar, two goals close to the half-hour mark set Slovakia on a path to three points against Faroe islands.

Group C2: Georgia 2-1 Andorra, Cyprus 2-1 Malta

Georgia went behind to Laia Solé’s goal for Andorra but turned it around with two goals in the last six minutes of the 90, Maiko Bebia’s penalty added to by Teona Bakradze.

Cyprus struck twice in the space of four minutes soon after the half-hour mark and finished winners despite conceding an own-goal.

Group C3: Armenia 6-1 Liechtenstein, Luxembourg 2-2 Kazakhstan 

Lara Kazandjian hit a hat-trick for six-goal Armenia, Luxembourg fought back from 2-0 down to force a draw with Kazakhstan.

Group C4: Azerbaijan 0-0 Montenegro 

Group C5: Bulgaria 1-3 Israel

Israel scored twice in two minutes in quick response to going behind in Bulgaria, then sealing the points after the hour mark.

Group C6: North Macedonia 0-4 Kosovo 

Kaltrina Biqkaj scored in the first six minutes of either half, setting Kosovo off to a winning start in the competition.

The UEFA Women’s Nations League continues with matchday 2 over next Tuesday and Wednesday.

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