Chronicle of Spain – Andorra, 5-0

The Spanish males’s soccer crew beat Andorra 5-0 this Wednesday on the Nuevo Vivero Stadium in Badajoz, with a hat-trick included by Mikel Oyarzabal, to seal the victory within the first of the 2 friendlies of the ‘Purple’ earlier than the Euro Cup. A technical downside with the stadium’s public deal with system prevented the anthems of each nations from being performed earlier than the match. However other than that, the stands inspired Luis de la Fuente’s pupils from early on, who sought to deliver hazard to the rival aim because of the aforementioned Ayoze. His affiliation with Alejandro Grimaldo on the left wing put Koldo Álvarez de Eulate’s pupils on alert, who responded with a shot from Ricard Fernández earlier than the primary quarter of an hour of the duel was over. However it was a mirage, since Spain opened the scoring within the twenty fourth minute. In a nook taken by Álex Baena along with his proper foot on the wing, Pau Cubarsí touched a header on the far submit and the ball reached Ayoze’s place; With the Andorran defender Max Llovera very a lot on high, the quantity 9 of the ‘Roja’ turned to his left and executed a swift proper hand at mid-height, which took flight till getting into the aim. When he was on the thirty fifth minute, and after a mistake by Aleix García, a low proper hand from Ricard Fernández compelled David Raya to make a very good save at grass degree. It was simply earlier than a aim by Álvaro Morata, which was disallowed for offside himself, after a stupendous cross that Pedri González had despatched to the penalty spot. Regardless of the Spanish superiority, the break was reached with a minimal earnings. Then De la Fuente determined to make a number of modifications, with a view to testing his complete squad, and Oyarzabal entered the scene. In actual fact, shortly after the beginning of the second half of the match, a header from the ‘txuri-urdin’ attacker went over the Andorra crossbar. As quickly because the 52nd minute was over, a stupendous mixture with the primary contact between Ferran Torres, Aleix García and Pedri led to a move in direction of the doorway on the left facet of Ayoze, who crossed low into the visiting space for Oyarzabal to attain 2-0 with the left-handed, level clean. Within the 66th minute, Fermín López made it 3-0 with a stupendous lengthy move for Ferran Torres to uncheck behind the Andorran protection. The culé striker handled the goalkeeper’s departure, appeared up and noticed Oyarzabal prepared for the shot, at will and into an empty aim. A couple of minutes later, a gallop by Marc Cucurella down the left wing ended with the ball on the alternative facet, the place Fermín tried the shot twice; Though the younger Blaugrana didn’t discover any luck, Oyarzabal took benefit of two rejections to attain 4-0 contained in the rival space, with a shot within the second occasion and likewise from point-blank vary. Directly, the ‘little hand’ was the work of Ferran after a filtered move from Fermín; Spain’s quantity 14 noticed his teammate get into the Andorra protection once more, who tamed the ball on the run and scored a aim with a pointy shot, in entrance of Josep Gómes who had began the sport as an alternative to Iker Álvarez de Eulate. From there till the conclusion, the ‘Purple’ generated a pair extra scoring possibilities, though Gómes and his protection skillfully resolved to stop the rout from rising. With out mishaps, De la Fuente’s crew secured this victory, reaching a very good feeling forward of the ultimate choice on the squad checklist for the EURO on German soil. DATA SHEET. –RESULT: SPAIN, 5 – ANDORRA, 0 (1-0, at halftime). –ALIGNMENTS. SPAIN: Raya; Llorente (Cucurella, min.46), Vivian, Cubarsí (Le Normand, min.46), Grimaldo (Navas, min.46); Aleix García (Zubimendi, min.67), Baena, Pedri (Fermín, min.61); Ferran Torres, Ayoze and Morata (Oyarzabal, min.46). ANDORRA: Álvarez de Eulate (J.Gómes, min.61); San Nicolás, C.García, Llovera, Ian Bryan, Cervós; Rubio (Clemente, min.79), Joel Guillén (Vieira, min.84), M.Vales (E.Vales, min.46), M.García (A.Gomés, min.79); and R.Fernández (Pujol, min.84). –GOALS: 1-0, min.24: Ayoze. 2-0, min.53: Oyarzabal. 3-0, min.66: Oyarzabal. 4-0, min.73: Oyarzabal. 5-0, min.81: Ferran Torres. –REFEREE: Gustavo Correia (POR). No reprimands. –STADIUM: Nuevo Vivero de Badajoz, 13,000 spectators.