Spain’s women were defeated 1-0 by Brazil in their second World Cup group match on Saturday.
La Roja – in their first-ever World Cup campaign – drew their opener 1-1 with Costa Rica but were ultimately thwarted by Andressa Alves’ lone strike on 44 minutes, which sent the Samba nation to the knockout stages as pool winners.
Spain’s best chance, meanwhile, came in the dying embers of the match as Irena Paredes struck the post.
Despite their performance coming in for praise from the country’s media, Ignacio Quereda’s side now need to beat South Korea on Wednesday to have any chance of reaching the last
