The foul comes outside the area against Rayo Vallecano. The match is level, hard and intense, and Nacha Mestre's coach has clear instructions: grab the ball and go for goal.
The distance seems too far for most players. Nacha has enough confidence to take it anyway.
She steps up, strikes the free-kick, and watches it curl toward goal. The placement is perfect. As the ball travels, something shifts in Nacha's expression.
"When I saw the ball going perfectly to the goal, a smile appeared on my face," she says.
Goal. The smile says everything about what just happened.
The team nobody expected
The match itself was unusual. Nacha's team was a Women's Goal team organized just days before facing Rayo Vallecano, who compete in the second division REFEEF in Spain. Most newly assembled teams would be happy just to compete. This one won 2-1, and Nacha's free-kick was the difference.
Her coach recognized the opportunity before she took the ball. The instruction was direct: take the shot.
Nacha already had the confidence when the foul was called.
The free-kick found the goal exactly where she aimed it. No deflection, no help from the goalkeeper's positioning. Just technique and belief combined in one strike from distance.
Goals that disappear
Most of Nacha's goals exist only in memory, unavailable for analysis or sharing. Having this one captured on Veo changes what's possible.
"Most of the goals that I score aren't recorded, and having this one is something that really helps me in order to show me and improve for the future," Nacha says.
She's watched it many times since the match.
"I saw the goal like a million times and it's really amazing to watch it in a really good quality," Nacha says.
Quality matters when you're trying to show what you can do. Teams want to see both the good aspects and the areas that need work. Having footage that captures everything makes that evaluation possible.
"As a player this really helps me for the future, because teams want these types of videos with good quality so they can see every good aspect as the bad ones too," Nacha says.
Submitted for recognition
Nacha's goal has been submitted for this year's People's Puskas, which spotlights the best goals scored away from the biggest arenas.
The news surprised her. Nacha hadn't imagined this one would be considered for recognition beyond her immediate circle.
"I have never imagined that the goal could be that important for an award, but of course I'm really proud and anxious to see the Puskas," Nacha says.
Nacha's team was assembled days before facing a second-division opponent. They won. Her free-kick was part of that victory.
What the goal represents
Confidence shows up in specific moments. A coach telling you to take the free-kick from distance. Stepping up when the instruction comes. Watching the ball curve toward goal and feeling, before it arrives, that you've struck it perfectly.
That smile appearing on Nacha's face as the ball traveled tells you everything about her relationship with these moments. She knew what she'd done before the goal was confirmed.
Now she has footage she can watch, analyze, and share. The goal she's seen a million times, captured in quality that actually shows what happened.
Can you beat that?
