Victory of Spain in front of a solid Denmark in a impressive second half thanks to a solitary goal of Zubimendi. The selection of Luis de la Fuente He overcame the injury epidemic and the coaching changes gave La Roja a definitive boost. Such Mikel Merinos as Baena They gave air and talent to a team in which Pedri and Oyarzabal shipwrecked. Morata and Lamine Yamal lost clear chances against Schmeichel who was the best of the Danes.
The European champion is back. I was coming back Spain. Weighted, yes. Plagued by losses, yes. Strange, yes. Maybe an invertebrate. But Spain. Luis de la Fuente He had to put together a squad in which there were only four starters from the Euro Cup final: Laporte, Fabián, Lamine Yamal and Morata. The epidemic of injuries, serious, minors and semi-retired, has reduced Luis de la Fuente’s possibilities to compose a guaranteed eleven. It was an eleven full of new players and talented players.
They played David Raya; Pedro Porro, Vivian, Laporte, Grimaldo; Zubimendi, Fabian; Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Oyarzabal; Morata. It was a new but recognizable team that jumped onto the field, ready to snatch Denmark the leadership of the group in this competition that UEFA invented to fill the insipid gaps between European Cups And World Cups.
Afraid Dolberg from the first minute in a somewhat close-quarters face-to-face with David Raya what the Spanish goalkeeper, a model of reflexes and agility, solved. replied Spain with a play on the wing which ended with a lateral foul which took Grimaldo and no one managed to finish. The game and the ball, in its early days, were counterfeit money, it passed from hand to hand (or from foot to foot) without anyone guarding it. Denmark, well placed and intenseresisted our team’s disorderly attacks.
Gradually Spain directed the play towards the zone Denmarkwhich was equipped around its area. It took until the 20th minute for Spain to have a second chance. The protagonist was Moratawhich he defined with too much of a cross shot inside the small area a clear chance in the small area.
Denmark resists
resisted Denmark with an intensity typical of heavy equipment. Very heavy. HAS Spain It was difficult for him to find a loophole in the tangle of angry Vikings. They gave us a big scare half an hour after the start of the match. a counter accelerated by Eriksen, whose poisonous assistance towards Dolberg was aborted by David Raya very agile, fast and attentive.
Denmark was trying to tickle us and, what’s worse, he found them for us. Grimaldo’s back was a hole like that of the PSOE with the affair Koldo. Oyarzabal did not help and Zubimendi, alone and lost in midfield, could not refill the ball. 0-0 was starting to feel like a good result. We neither controlled the game nor were even able to experience the duel calmly.
The best news for Spain This could be the arrival of rest, which came after the umpteenth scare and Denmark supported by the talent of the imposing Eriksen. And another opportunity from Morata, who decided to shoot a thousand kilometers into the clouds. To make matters worse, at the last minute, Lamine Yamal found himself alone facing the son of Schmeichel but he sent him to the paradise of Murcia. Conclusions from the first 45 minutes: We didn’t play anything, both sides were invisible, Zubimendi He was the Rodri of Hacendado, Lamine Yamal I missed Nicholas Williams and Morata was Morata.
The break was the reflection period I needed Spain improve against a notable Denmark. Luis de la Fuente chose to give a vote of confidence to those present. We had the ball, yes, but the Vikings were preparing in their zone. It was not easy to find corridors between the orderly Danish defense. Lamine Yamal asked for it but Denmark was clear on its plan: arrest him civilly or criminally.
Spain tightens with new faces
He squeezed Spain and he released his thrust Denmark. We looked into the area of Schmeichel junior, who aborted a clear face-to-face with Morata with a good start. Luis de la Fuente removed Pedri and Oyarzabal, both transparent, to add Merino and Álex Baena. It was just game time and our team was already comfortable in the game. We saw the goal coming.
Morata had it in the 67th minute but Schmeichel made a monumental save pulling out an impossible hand when he was already beaten. Spain were starting to deserve their goal, even if it was because of their insistence. The Danes did not leave their region before an intense, focused and motivated Spain. The wonderful Viking goalkeeper supported his team against the attacks of the team of Luis de la Fuente, owner and lord of the game.
The opportunities were already happening Denmark The Viking gods appeared to him. Time is running out for Spain even if there was still a quarter of an hour left in overtime to solve the hieroglyph that the Nordic team had asked us. Luis de la Fuente couldn’t take it anymore: Joselu for Morata in 77. A minute later, bang, goal Spain. It was a play that rained into the area and turned into a rebound that Zubimendi impaled with a volley, he was poisoned after touching an opponent and was eaten by Schmeichel, who did not could stop them all.
had dissolved Denmark and appeared Spain thanks to the merit of Merino and Baena, who changed the face of the team. Luis de la Fuente’s team marched to the rhythm of a midfield made up of Fabián, Baena and Merino. The party was already clearly red. De la Fuente had already recruited Sergio Gómez for Lamine Yamal in 1990. The match was resolved for Spain thanks to their impressive second half against a Danish team that dissolved like sugar in the second half. We had to suffer, yes, but in the end Spain had its parade and its special national celebration against Denmark.
