Spain’s Carmona Dedicates Winning Goal to Friend’s Late Mother  

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

The message that was written on Olga Carmona’s shirt, which she showed as she celebrated her goal against England in the World Cup final, has been revealed. 

The Spanish full-back gave her side the lead in the 29th minute of the match after driving forward and placing a shot in the bottom corner of the goal. 

As she wheeled away in celebration, the 23-year-old lifted up her shirt to reveal ‘Merchi’ written on her compression top.  

It’s now been cleared, via a post on Twitter, that Carmona dedicated her goal to the mother of a friend who had recently passed away.  

A report claimed that Carmona explained the reasoning after the game, which Spain clinched 1-0 thanks to her winning goal.  

There had been suspicions that the goal was dedicated to her former school – Colegio Mercedes. 

In the days leading up to the final, the school posted a message on their Instagram page which wished Carmona good luck for the match. 

The Real Madrid star posted a reply in the comments, which read: ‘Thank you FAM. Come on Spain’.  

Carmona scored the opening goal of the World Cup final in fantastic fashion as she tucked the ball past England’s Mary Earps.  

England opted to leave Lauren James on the bench upon her return to the squad, after her red card incident against Nigeria in the last-16.  

There had been much debate as to whether James would earn a starting spot in England’s line-up upon her return to the squad but Wiegman has thought otherwise.