Ivana Andrés, a captain making her debut – Spain’s News

The 15 o’clock rebellion It was an earthquake for the Spanish team that upset all hierarchies of the team. and the bracelet captain ended up in the hands of Ivana Andresthe center back and captain of Real Madrid.

For her, the one who is contesting in New Zealand is his third World Cup, but he had not managed to debut until the premiere in this championship against Costa Rica. had lived seven World Cup matches and the seven from the bench. Nor was it released at the Euro Cup last year. Ahead of him he had one of the most consistent center-back pairs in the world, the one made up of Irene Paredes and Mapi Leon. Now has inherited the position of Mapione of those who has refused to return to the team, and Irene’s bracelet.

Paredes was the one who had to give the first and only public explanations for the rebellion of the soccer players. A matter that was not easy for her. She now continues to be fundamental, after her return in April in a match against Norway.

Now the captain is Ivana, who finally he was able to debut in a World Cup and with the bracelet. It was up to her to give the talk to encourage her companions. The first of all. «I told them that we finally had to fulfill a dream, the one we all have since we were little, which was to play and win a World Cup. It was the first game, the first step. Since we were little we had been training, striving for this. We had a lot of people with us in the stands, on TV, our family and our friends. I told them that we should enjoy from that moment on and that for our dream, which is to win the World Cup», He explained a few days ago.

The hierarchies were altered and the return of one of the classics has not made the coach, Jorge Vilda, back down. After the fifteen o’clock earthquake he chose Ivana, Irene Guerrero and Esther as captains. And so they continue. «Three captains come who have been exercising all season and There are captains who have leadership whether or not they wear the bracelet, like Irene, Alexia or Jenni Hermoso. They can exercise that leadership by wearing the bracelet or not, “said Vilda at the press conference after the announcement of the list of summoned for the World Cup.

Ivana seeks with the national team the title that escaped her with Real Madrid in the final of the Queen’s Cup. She had the opportunity to be the first captain in the history of her club to lift a trophy. And she was close to her after she herself scored the goal that put Real Madrid two goals ahead of Atlético. The tie at the last moment of regulated time and the penalty shots deprived him of that privilege. It was not the first time that she missed a Cup final, she had already lost one with Valencia against Sporting de Huelva. This year she was left with the consolation of being chosen the best player of the final, but she seeks collective trophies. Like the European championships that she won with the sub’17 team.

The team has improved its performance despite the absence of some outstanding players in recent months and Ivana has contributed, above all, to improving defensive stability. «From the previous World Cup to now the whole team has emphasized the physical and defensive level. Matches are won from a clean sheet, we all defend and we all attack,” she says. “We have spent a lot of time, a lot of work, a lot of effort, so that the team can be built from defense. The goals will come, but there is a lot of work and a lot of effort behind it », he adds.

But not everything is going to be work and Ivana, like her colleagues, tries to pass the time as best you can in concentration from Palmerston, where time does not help leisure because of the southern winter. “I expected it to be worse, we went out for a walk, there is a river that is quite good for a walk, to disconnect, there are many cafeterias, in the hotel we have a games room, we have ping pong, billiards, darts table football, we have everything,” he says. «He plays ping pong very well. She is one of the best », says her partner Athenea. A competitive leader also off the pitch.