#alexia-putellas

#alexia-putellas

She is just impossible to defend against. She is so good in possession, she's got so much awareness, and she looks like she's playing in slow motion.

Putellas blasted Spain into the lead, picking up the ball after some deft one-touch passing and lashing it into the net in the 22nd minute.

"I am a better Alexia now," she told reporters from Spain's headquarters in Madrid before the team relocates to its base in Lausanne next week.

I always see international tournaments as being like the Champions League: it takes more to win it, Putellas tells FourFourTwo. Everybody is on point, at the maximum and focusing on the details. It'll be a very competitive tournament.

You have to forget what the team has achieved and what you have done as a player to keep future objectives on track. It can be difficult to find that balance.