Olga Carmona scored Spain’s historic winning goal at the Women’s World Cup — and then found out her father had died

What ought to have been a day of celebration shortly was one in every of mourning on Sunday on the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Olga Carmona, who scored Spain’s successful objective towards England to take house the nation’s first World Cup title, realized after the match that her father had died.  

The Royal Spanish Football Federation introduced the information of her father’s loss of life on Sunday after the sport, saying that she “realized the unhappy information after the World Cup closing.”

“We ship our most honest hugs to Olga and her household in a second of deep ache,” the federation mentioned. “We love you, Olga, you’re the historical past of Spanish soccer.” 

Carmona, a 23-year-old left-back for Actual Madrid, scored the workforce’s solely and successful objective of the World Cup closing within the first half on Sunday. It was a history-making objective, incomes the ladies nationwide workforce’s first World Cup title. 

“And with out understanding it, I had my Star earlier than the sport began,” Carmona wrote Sunday on social media, together with a photograph of her kissing the World Cup gold medal. The comment was in reference to the star that may now be positioned alongside the workforce’s brand, indicating their worldwide win. 

“I do know that you’ve got given me the power to realize one thing distinctive,” she mentioned of her father. “I do know that you’ve got been watching me tonight and that you’re pleased with me. Relaxation in peace dad.” 

The main points surrounding her father’s loss of life haven’t been revealed, nevertheless it occurred as Carmona’s mom and different relations had been in Australia to observe her closing match, the federation mentioned. 

Carmona’s victory-winning objective wasn’t the one a part of the sport that made historical past in Spain. The federation mentioned that Sunday’s closing match set an all-time audience record for ladies’s soccer within the nation, with practically 8.9 million distinctive viewers. 

“The match between Spain and England turned the most-watched ladies’s soccer recreation within the historical past of our nation,” the federation mentioned. “One other success for our workforce and for Spanish ladies’s sports activities.”

Li Cohen

Li Cohen is a social media producer and trending content material author for CBS Information.