Spain is into its first-ever Olympics, after winning its Women’s Nations League semifinal game on Friday against the Netherlands.
The reigning World Champions won the game 3-0 off goals from Jenni Hermoso, Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí and Ona Batlle.
They’ll now play France in the final after France beat Germany 2-1 in the day’s other semifinal.
It continues what has been a dominant start to 2024. In a rematch of the World Cup quarterfinal, Spain outshot the Netherlands 22 to seven. They previously beat 2023 World Cup semifinalist Sweden in the Nations League group stage to advance to the knockout rounds.
Manager Montse Tomé, who took over after former manager Jorge Vilda was ousted in the aftermath of former federation president Luis Rubiales’ non-consensual kiss on Hermoso, said that the team “deserves” this berth.
“[I and my staff] took charge in a difficult moment that nobody wanted and we took a step forward,” Tomé said. “We are proud of the work we have done. This team deserves to play an Olympic Games after all the prior generations who fought for it and came up short.”