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Spain make statement with strong win over Finland
Spain's Mariona Caldentey celebrates scoring their side's fourth goal of the game from the penalty spot

Spain 4-1 Finland
by Adam Millington
at Stadium MK

A TRIO of headed goals helped to get Spain’s Euro 2022 conquest underway as they reigned triumphant over Finland in Milton Keynes.

It got off to as bad a start as they could have imagined when Linda Sällström became only the second player to score a goal in the opening minute of a Euros match (the other being England’s Karen Farley in 1995) to put Finland ahead on the stroke of 50 seconds.

Her low, cross-goal effort beat Sandra Panos and sent the Finnish travelling support delirious, ecstatic to see their side leading against one of the favourites to go the difference.

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