Spain put five past Switzerland to reach last eight

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By Neil JohnstonBBC Sport astatine Eden Park

Last updated connected 5 minutes ago.From the conception Women's World Cup

Aitana Bonmati of Spain celebrates aft  scoring against Switzerland astatine  the Women's World CupSpain person scored 12 goals successful 4 games astatine the Women's World Cup

Spain reached the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup for the archetypal clip aft producing an outstanding show of firepower successful Auckland to nonstop Switzerland out.

La Roja were beaten 4-0 successful their last radical crippled by Japan 5 days earlier successful Wellington but bounced backmost successful benignant to people 4 times during a ascendant archetypal fractional showing successful beforehand of 43,217 - a grounds assemblage for a shot lucifer successful New Zealand.

Aitana Bonmati swept the Spanish up earlier Switzerland equalised erstwhile Laia Codina, without looking up, deed a backmost walk past her ain keeper and into the nett from 10 yards wrong her ain half.

Spain soon restored their pb done Alba Redondo's header earlier Barcelona midfielder Bonmati produced a classy decorativeness to marque it 3-1.

In an unthinkable opening half, Codina made up for her ain extremity by adding Spain's 4th aft a scramble wrong the box.

They added different aft half-time done Jennifer Hermoso's objective decorativeness - her 3rd extremity of this tournament.

Jorge Vilda's broadside are the archetypal to scope the past 8 and volition play the winners of Sunday's lucifer betwixt the Netherlands and South Africa successful the quarter-finals successful Wellington adjacent Friday (02:00 BST).

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Switzerland

  1. Squad number1Player nameThalmann

  2. Squad number19Player nameAigbogun

  3. Squad number5Player nameMaritz

  4. Squad number2Player nameStierli

  5. Squad number8Player nameRiesen

  6. Squad number11Player nameSow

  7. Squad number13Player nameWälti

  8. Squad number6Player nameReuteler

  9. Squad number17Player namePiubel

  10. Squad number10Player nameBachmann

  11. Squad number9Player nameCrnogorcevic

  1. Squad number3Player nameMarti

  2. Squad number16Player nameMauron

  3. Squad number18Player nameCalligaris

  4. Squad number20Player nameHumm

  5. Squad number22Player nameTerchoun

Spain

  1. Squad number23Player nameCata Coll

  2. Squad number12Player nameHernández

  3. Squad number4Player nameParedes

  4. Squad number14Player nameCodina

  5. Squad number2Player nameBatlle

  6. Squad number6Player nameBonmatí

  7. Squad number3Player nameAbelleira

  8. Squad number10Player nameHermoso

  9. Squad number17Player nameRedondo

  10. Squad number9Player nameGonzález

  11. Squad number18Player nameParalluelo

  1. Squad number7Player nameGuerrero

  2. Squad number11Player namePutellas

  3. Squad number15Player nameNavarro

  4. Squad number16Player namePérez

  5. Squad number22Player namedel Castillo

Line-ups

Switzerland

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Thalmann
  • 19AigbogunSubstituted forCalligarisat 45'minutes
  • 5Maritz
  • 2StierliBooked astatine 73mins
  • 8RiesenSubstituted forMartiat 84'minutes
  • 11SowSubstituted forTerchounat 45'minutes
  • 13Wälti
  • 6ReutelerSubstituted forMauronat 45'minutes
  • 17PiubelSubstituted forHummat 75'minutes
  • 10Bachmann
  • 9Crnogorcevic

Substitutes

  • 3Marti
  • 4Felber
  • 7Arfaoui
  • 12Peng
  • 14Rey
  • 15Bühler
  • 16Mauron
  • 18Calligaris
  • 20Humm
  • 21Friedli
  • 22Terchoun
  • 23Lehmann

Spain

Formation 4-3-3

  • 23Coll Lluch
  • 12Hernández
  • 4Paredes
  • 14Codina
  • 2Batlle
  • 6BonmatíSubstituted forGuerreroat 77'minutes
  • 3AbelleiraSubstituted forPérezat 64'minutes
  • 10HermosoSubstituted forPutellasat 77'minutes
  • 17Redondo
  • 9GonzálezSubstituted forNavarroat 64'minutes
  • 18ParallueloSubstituted fordel Castilloat 84'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Rodríguez Rivero
  • 5Andrés
  • 7Guerrero
  • 8Caldentey Oliver
  • 11Putellas
  • 13Salón
  • 15Navarro
  • 16Pérez
  • 19Carmona
  • 20Gálvez
  • 21Zornoza
  • 22del Castillo

Referee:Cheryl Foster

Attendance:43,217

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Switzerland 1, Spain 5.

  2. Second Half ends, Switzerland 1, Spain 5.

  3. Foul by Eva Navarro (Spain).

  4. Viola Calligaris (Switzerland) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  5. Attempt missed. Fabienne Humm (Switzerland) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the right. Assisted by Sandrine Mauron.

  6. Foul by Irene Guerrero (Spain).

  7. Lia Wälti (Switzerland) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.

  8. Foul by Ona Batlle (Spain).

  9. Noëlle Maritz (Switzerland) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.

  10. Foul by Alexia Putellas (Spain).

  11. Lia Wälti (Switzerland) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  12. Foul by Laia Codina (Spain).

  13. Ramona Bachmann (Switzerland) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  14. Substitution, Switzerland. Lara Marti replaces Nadine Riesen.

  15. Substitution, Spain. Athenea del Castillo replaces Salma Paralluelo.

  16. Attempt missed. Ona Batlle (Spain) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Alexia Putellas.

  17. Corner, Spain. Conceded by Gaëlle Thalmann.

  18. Attempt saved. Eva Navarro (Spain) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal.

  19. Corner, Spain. Conceded by Viola Calligaris.

  20. Eva Navarro (Spain) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

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