Spain ends the group stage of the League of Nations with a heartbreaking victory about Swiss. Yeremi Pino and the Bryans, Gil and Zaragozascored the goals for Luis de la Fuente’s team, which took a break after an uneventful match. Heliodoro Rodríguez López applauded Pedriwho missed a penalty.
Spain faces the duel against Swissthe last of the first phase of League of Nationswith the satisfaction of a duty accomplished and a job well done. More than perfect, more than perfect. Such was the performance of the selection of Luis de la Fuente in this pilgrimage, sometimes unattractive due to the substance of certain rivals, on the way to the Alpine stages of this invented competition Ceferin and his acolytes to continue to milk the cow of European football, which gives less and less milk and more and more kicks in the form of injuries. I’m not going to ramble, I’m on fire.
Luis de la Fuentewho had also lost Baena, Zubimendi, Oyarzabal and Ayoze since the match against Denmarkhad deserved the right to turn. And he practiced it. The eleven who jumped onto the grass Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopezof sad eternal memory for a self-respecting Real Madrid supporter, was totally different from the one he had on Friday at Copenhagenfrom goalkeeper to center forward.
Piecemeal. The goalkeeper was the realist Alex Remiroescorted by a line of four composed of Mingueza, Cubarsithe debutante Walls And Grimaldo. Pass Married And Fabian They shared the double pivot. The line of three midfielders was for Yérémi PinoPedri and Nico Williams. Above it was formed Captain Morata, “defensive striker” how he presents himself with sarcasm and success. Very defensive, yes, but one goal away from equalizing Fernando Torres with 38, he is the third highest scorer in the history of the Spanish team.
Send to Spain
Opposite Swisswho came to Tenerife with boots and sunscreen because there was nothing at stake. Relegated and rebuilding, away from the competitive, rocky team that once gave us a hard time. His coach built a team full of substitutes who thought more about the future than the game.
She came out bossy Spain with its characteristics: fast and vertical football, high pressure and a wide field. A poisoned shot from Nico Williams In the 5th minute was the first announcement of the selection of Luis de la Fuente. The ball was the undisputed monopoly of The Red. Deep on the sides, incisors at the ends, Morata hardworking and omnipresent Pedri.
Again Nicholas Williams He was the protagonist of the 12th of the second Spanish ad. Individual maneuver from the left from the outside to the inside and a shot that went (a little) high. Spain took it calmly with the ball while Swiss he tried not to deconstruct himself too soon. Time was their best ally and they arrived alive in the 18th minute.
Mingueza He sucked the camera in with his dangerous offensive forays. Switzerland resisted in a well-organized manner. The game has matured Spain with patience but without the intensity of other moments. Morata It has appeared several times due to its natural habitat, which is not the zone but the offside. The pace had dropped because there was nothing at stake.
Pedri no, Yeremi yes
After half an hour the referee gave us a penalty on Morata, which to be honest let’s say it was a small matter. Heliodoro asked Pedri to throw it and Morata, a holy man if ever there was one, gave it to him. Pedri executed and the Swiss goalkeeper rejected it. Fortunately, his rebound fell to Nico and the rebound from Nico’s shot fell to Yérémi Pino that, the third time, he did not forgive and carried out the first of Spain. Suspenseful but also good.
Then there would be a scare Pedri when he reached his knee after a slip and subsequent encounter with Amdouni. Fortunately, it came to nothing and the Tenerife native was able to return to the pitch. At the end of the first half there were a few skirmishes between our team which resulted in nothing and we went to half time with them.
From which we return with some changes in Spain. New goalkeeper, Robert Sanchezand new new, Samu Omorodion. They stayed in the booth Remiro And Morata. It started with a travel scare Wallswho let himself eat the toast Monteirowho hit the goal with a good cross shot.
In the 60s Luis de la Fuente continued with the changes: Bryan Gil by an ill-advised and applauded man Nicholas Williams. These were relaxing minutes and we relaxed so much that Monteirowho had already warned a few minutes before, managed to photograph again Walls in the area, the same as Grimaldo and I crossed it under the legs of Robert Sanchez. Well nothing, 1-1 and a new match.
Spain falls asleep and wakes up
It didn’t last Swiss not even seven minutes because Bryan Gil He caught a ball at the top of the area, made all his rivals sit down and crossed it with a clean shot to beat Mvogo. Well where I said new game I’ll say it again Spain pass. The other Bryan entered, Zaragoza, by Yeremi Pino also ready to get into mischief like his namesake. The Bryans, especially Gil, had changed the face of the team and destroyed, dribble, dribble, the Swiss defense.
Heliodoro collapsed with the substitution of Pablo Barrios by Pedri, who received the ovation of the day. In the final minutes, Switzerland came closer, as a good long shot made by Robert Sánchezbut the match seemed resolved. It seemed that Fabián wanted to give him excitement by clearing a rival’s leg while only looking at the ball. The maximum sentence, unnecessary and a little obscene, was carried out Zeqiri to achieve 2-2.
And just when it looked like a tie was going to be the final result, the penalty against Bryan Zaragoza arrived. It was the 90th minute and the Osasuna winger asked for it. He breathed and ran, blew and took the maximum penalty to seal Spain’s victory with the agonizing (although no less deserved) 3-2 with which Luis de la Fuente’s team closed out the Nations League group stage.
