Olga Carmona scored the World Cup-winning objective for Spain in what become an extremely bittersweet Sunday — as she was advised after the match that her father had died, officers mentioned.
The Royal Spanish Soccer Federation said in a statement that it regretted “to report the demise of Olga Carmona’s father” and that she “realized the unhappy information after the World Cup ultimate.”
“We ship our most honest hugs to Olga and her household in a second of deep ache,” the federation mentioned. “We love you, Olga, you’re the historical past of Spanish soccer.”
Carmona herself spoke out later Sunday.
“I do know that you’ve got given me the power to attain one thing distinctive,” she wrote on the social media platform X, previously often known as Twitter. “I do know you may have been watching me tonight and that you’re happy with me. Relaxation in peace, dad.”
A spokesperson for the federation advised Reuters that Carmona’s father had died on Friday after preventing an extended sickness.
Carmona’s strike within the twenty ninth minute gave Spain a 1-0 lead over England, and La Roja held on for the its first Ladies’s World Cup championship.
She celebrated the objective by lifting her jersey to point out an undershirt with the handwritten phrase “MERCHI.” She mentioned the match that it was a tribute to the mom of a detailed good friend who had just lately died.
“Initially, I need to say that this victory, this achievement, goes to the mom one in every of my greatest mates who has just lately handed away,” she mentioned, according to Fox Sports. “I celebrated the objective along with her shirt and from right here, I dedicate this to the entire household with all my love.”
Carmona, 23, who plays for Real Madrid, additionally scored within the semifinals.
Edwin Flores , Ali Gostanian and Reuters contributed.
