{"id":15074,"date":"2025-07-06T13:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/spain-avoids-the-favorite-carmona-and-tome-focused-on-the-european-championship\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T13:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T17:54:16","slug":"spain-avoids-the-favorite-carmona-and-tome-focused-on-the-european-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/spain-avoids-the-favorite-carmona-and-tome-focused-on-the-european-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Avoids the &#8220;Favorite&#8221;: Carmona and Tom\u00e9 Focused on the European Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spain Faces Belgium: Carmona Dismisses the Favorite Role<\/h2>\n\n\nSpanish defender Olga Carmona has stated that within the national team, they don&#8217;t talk about being favorites, despite the resounding victory against Portugal. Spain is preparing for its next challenge against Belgium in the European Championship.\n\nAfter a remarkable 5-0 victory over Portugal, which positions them in a promising place in the tournament, the team seeks to secure their place in the quarterfinals. Carmona emphasizes the importance of staying calm and focusing on each match.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Internally, we don&#8217;t mention that word [favorites]. We want to keep adding victories. Football is unpredictable and we want to go step by step.<\/p><cite>Olga Carmona<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0706%2Fr1515610_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nCarmona, recently signed by Paris Saint-Germain, highlighted the importance of not underestimating any opponent. &#8220;Every team is going to make things difficult,&#8221; she stated. Spain has shown a remarkable recovery, with six consecutive victories in all competitions.\n\nThe player also highlighted the improvement in the team&#8217;s pressure, a key aspect of their current performance. &#8220;We have improved there. That pressure after losing the ball is part of our DNA and sometimes we forget it,&#8221; added Carmona, acknowledging the role of the coaching staff in this improvement.\n\nCoach Montse Tom\u00e9 joined Carmona&#8217;s stance, underlining the need to maintain humility and keep working hard. &#8220;We&#8217;ve only won one match. We have to keep our feet on the ground, be humble, and work hard,&#8221; Tom\u00e9 commented.\n\nFor the match against Belgium, Spain will have the return of captain Irene Paredes, who served a suspension. In addition, Aitana Bonmat\u00ed, after recovering from viral meningitis, is ready to be considered in the starting eleven.\n\nTom praised Bonmat\u00ed&#8217;s mindset and her commitment to the tournament. &#8220;She has an incredible mindset and is very focused on this European Championship. The good thing is that she has recovered,&#8221; concluded the coach.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain Faces Belgium: Carmona Dismisses the Favorite Role Spanish defender Olga Carmona has stated that within the national team, they don&#8217;t talk about being favorites, despite the resounding victory against Portugal. Spain is preparing for its next challenge against Belgium in the European Championship. After a remarkable 5-0 victory over Portugal, which positions them in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[5030,5228,5441,3030],"class_list":{"0":"post-15074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-euros","10":"tag-olga-carmona","11":"tag-spain"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}