Spain star Laia Codina scored a ‘shocker’ of an personal objective earlier than redeeming herself on the Women’s World Cup.
Spain sealed their place within the quarter-finals with a 5-1 win over Switzerland – however they didn’t assist themselves.
Aitana Bonmati had put them in entrance after simply 5 minutes earlier than the Swiss got an enormous serving to hand by Codina.
The defender picked up the ball close to the midway line and turned to play the ball to goalkeeper Cata Coll.
Codina overcooked her lengthy vary again move with the stopper properly out of her field.
Coll scrambled again however the ball flew previous her and rolled into the again of the online to degree the rating.
The howler was described by one commentator as an “absolute shocker” and “disastrous”.
Another reacted: “Oh my goodness me, that is an absolute catastrophe.”
Codina finally made amends for her error as she scored to make it 4-1 to Spain.
The Barcelona star poked house from a nook after 44 minutes.
She grew to become the fourth participant ever to attain at each ends throughout a Women’s World Cup match, following within the footsteps of American Brandi Chastain, Argentina’s Eva Gonzalez and Angie Ponce of Ecaudor.
Spain will now play the winner of the conflict between the Netherlands and South Africa.
This story initially appeared on the Sun UK and has been republished with permission.
Originally revealed as FIFA Women’s World Cup: Live scores, outcomes, Spain defeat Switzerland after personal objective howler
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
