World Cup final hero scores amid tragic news of father's death in hometown

In two consecutive important matches, coach Jorge Vilda trusted her with the captain's armband for "La Royal". 23-year-old defender Olga Carmona fulfilled her assigned duties well and, moreover, was recognized as one of the most outstanding faces of the final thanks to her comprehensive offensive and defensive style of play.

Olga Carmona argues with the referee in the final match

In the 29th minute of the final at the Australia Stadium in Sydney, Mariona Caldentey had an overlapping combination on the left flank with Olga Carmona when striker Salma Paraluella had moved into the middle. Instead of crossing the ball in, with 4-5 players in red shirts approaching the England goal, Olga Carmona decided to unleash a powerful shot, the ball cutting across the face of the goal and straight into the far corner, beyond the reach of goalkeeper Mary Earps.

Olga scored the only goal in the final

This spectacular strike was the only goal for the Spanish team in the final, helping the Spanish women's team win the World Cup for the first time. Olga Carmona herself was also awarded the "Best Player" award for the final match. Previously, the left-back, who plays for Real Madrid, was also the author of the goal that sealed the 2-1 semi-final between Spain and Sweden.

Olga is the first Spanish female player to touch the World Cup trophy

Excited to join the celebration of the great achievement of the Spanish team by dancing and cheering with her teammates in Sydney Stadium, it was not until returning to the dressing room with the championship trophy in hand that Olga Carmona received the sad news via Twitter of the Spanish Football Federation. The short tweet: "The Spanish Football Federation is deeply saddened to announce the death of Olga Carmona's father. We love you, Olga, you are part of the history of Spanish football" made the young girl stunned and burst into tears.

She expressed her condolences to teammate Irene Paredes whose mother recently passed away.

Watching the final, everyone noticed that after scoring, Olga Carmona pulled back her shirt to reveal an undershirt with a message for a teammate, Irene Paredes, whose mother had passed away a few days before the World Cup started. However, she was not told about the death of her biological father to express her feelings.

...but can only talk about the bad news of his biological father after the final match

Carmona's father reportedly died two days before the World Cup final, but the Spanish Football Federation agreed with the team to keep the news under wraps to avoid any psychological impact on Olga and the team. Real Madrid also released a statement on Sunday evening after the final about the death of Olga's father and sent their condolences to the player and her family.

Seemingly sharing a spiritual connection, Olga said that there seemed to be some kind of force that urged her to do something memorable, a goal and the only goal that brought the first World Cup title to Spain's women's football team. "A strange source of strength, it seems that my father gave me to achieve something unique. You must have been watching me tonight and you must be proud of me. Rest in peace, father," Carmona wrote on her personal page after becoming a world champion.

Olga Carmona and the Spanish team lifted the championship trophy

The Spanish Football Federation plans to hold a ceremony to receive the World Cup title in their home country on the evening of August 22, after the team returns to Madrid. However the ceremony takes place, it is certain that captain Olga Carmona will not be present. The Spanish team celebrated their victory right at Sydney Stadium with Queen Letizia as a witness. She raised the championship trophy, only politely refusing the team's request to wear the number 12 jersey dedicated to her on the field.

Queen Letizia shares her joy with Salma Paraluella

Spain became the second nation, after Germany, to win both the men's and women's World Cups. "We dedicate this title to our families and all the Spanish people. We played the way we wanted to play football and we won the World Cup," said Jennifer Hermoso, who missed a penalty in the match.

"We got revenge on England in the most important match," wrote Diario AS, recalling how England eliminated Spain in the quarter-finals of the Women's Euro a year ago.

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