League of Nations: Spain achieves the perfect heist in Germany, the young nugget Fati marks the spirits

Timo Werner had concretized (51st) the superiority of Germany, more in legs and more aggressive in the duels. The Mannschaft created many more chances, but could not kill the match.

Pressed on her goal in stoppage time, she broke in the 90th + 6 minute when Valencia player Jose Gaya deflected the ball from close up into the unfortunate Kevin Trapp’s goal.

This sharing of points allows Ukraine, 2-1 winner over Switzerland, to take sole control of group 4 of the League A of Nations.

“We believed in ourselves, we were hungry, we fought to the end and we rewarded ourselves,” Roja captain Sergio Ramos told German television ZDF after the match.

On the German side, coach Joachim Löw had left players from Bayern and Leipzig who had played in the Champions League in Lisbon in August. Captain Manuel Neuer and stars Serge Gnabry and Joshua Kimmich were notably absent.

Fati’s record

But attacking duo Timo Werner and Leroy Sané got the job done. Werner, transferred from Leipzig to Chelsea in the offseason, scored a superb goal (51st) after wiping out the two central defenders Pau Torres and Sergio Ramos in the box.

Sané, who left Manchester City for Bayern Munich, made an excellent comeback, although his breakaways behind the Spanish defense were unsuccessful. He did, however, request to leave on the hour mark, apparently touched.

But history will remember especially from this part the first selection of the FC Barcelona nugget Ansu Fati. At 17 years and 308 days, the native of Guinea-Bissau became the second youngest player in history to come into play with the Spanish selection behind a certain Angel Zubieta, in … 1936.

Arriving on Spanish soil at the age of seven, Ansu Fati obtained Spanish nationality in September 2019, then made three appearances with the Spanish Under-21 team.

He owes his international debut to coach Luis Enrique, who was back on the bench for the first time after his long break, to care for his nine-year-old daughter Xana, who died of bone cancer at the end of August. 2019.

Is it the absence of the public? Or rather the lack of competition and the very different levels of preparation between players? The first period sometimes lacked rhythm, even if Germany immediately showed a higher desire.

Thilo Kehrer headed the first goal on target in the 11th minute, but David de Gea made his first parade of the evening. The Manchester goalkeeper was again highlighted in the 18th minute, leaving a superb cuff in extension a shot wrapped by Leroy Sané.

He did it again several times after the break, allowing his team to stay in the match until the end and go and snatch the point of the draw at the end of a final rush in added time.

THE OTHER RESULTS OF THE EVENING

In the other match of Group 4, Ukraine took the measure of Switzerland (2-1). At the Arena in Lviv, Andriy Yarmolenko (14th, 1-0) and Oleksandr Zinchenko on an assist from Anderlechtois Bogdan Mykhaylichenko (68th, 2-1) gave the victory to Andryi Shevchenko’s players. Haris Seferovic took the Swiss goal on his own (41st, 1-1) Preferred to Eduard Sobol (Club Bruges), Mykhaylichenko played the entire match. Roman Yaremchuk came into play in the 54th while his team-mate in Ghent, Igor Plastun, remained on the bench.

In Group 3 of League B, Russia took the measure of Serbia 3-1 with a brace from its captain Artem Dzyuba (48th, pen, 81st) and Vyacheslav Karavaev (69th, 2-0). The former Anderlecht player Aleksandar Mitrovic reduced the gap for the visitors (79th, 2-1). As for Turkey, they lost at home to Hungary (0-1).

While Bulgaria and Ireland have neutralized each other (1-1), Wales, who won in Finland (0-1), is the first leader of group 4.

In League C, Group 3 started with two splits between Moldova and Kosovo with ex-Standardman Mergim Vojvoda during the first 60 minutes (1-1) and between Slovenia and Greece (0-0).

In League D, the Faroes took the lead of Group 1, beating Malta 3-2. The goals were scored by three different Olsen: Klaemint (25th, 1-0), Andreas (87th, 2-2) and Brandur (90th, 3-2). The Maltese had temporarily taken the lead by Jurgen Degabriele (37th, 1-1) and Andrei Agius (73rd, 1-2). At the same time, Latvia, reduced to 10 following the exclusion of Gutkovskis (71st), drew with Andorra (0-0).

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