Technical sheet:
1. Spain: David Raya; Pedro Porro, Vivian, Laporte, Grimaldo; Zubimendi, Pedri (Mikel Merino, m.62), Fabián Ruiz; Lamine Yamal (Sergio Gómez, m.92), Oyarzabal (Álex Baena, m.62) and Álvaro Morata (Joselu, m.78).
0. Denmark: Kasper Schmeichel; Rasmus Kristensen, Vestergaard, Nelsson; Hojbjerg, Hjulmand, Bah, Victor Kristiansen; Gronbaek (Hojlund, m.78), Eriksen (Isaksen, m.73) and Dolberg (Poulsen, m.73).
Gol: 1-0, M.79: Zubimendi.
Arbitrator: Ivan Kruzliak, from Slovakia. He showed the yellow card to the Spanish David Raya (m.93) and to the Danes Hjulmand (m.23), Victor Kristiansen (m.85), Bah (m.88) and Nelsson (m.93).
Incidences: match of the third day of the football Nations League in group A4 that was played at the Enrique Roca stadium in Murcia before 31,000 spectators who practically filled its stands. The venue’s new lighting was released and before the start of the match, Álvaro Morata, as captain of the Spanish team, showed the fans the Euro Cup title won last summer and from the stands they responded to the cry of “champions, champions!”
A goal of Martín Zubimendi In the second part he gave the victory for the Spanish soccer team against Denmark (1-0)and the leadership of Group A4 of the group stage of the UEFA Nations League with 7 points with two wins and a draw, to 6 for the Danes after two wins and one loss.
There were many expectations about how the substitute for the injured Rodri was going to respond, and the substitute chosen by Luis de la Fuente was not able to resolve the doubts more forcefully by playing a very complete tactical match and crowning it with the winning goal that ended the unbeatenness of the Danish team.
The Donostiarra’s volley in the final stretch of the match hit a defender and surprised goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who failed to block the ball, and meant the first goal for the Real Sociedad midfielder in 13 gamess with the senior team, doing justice to the highest number of scoring chances generated by the European champions.
Curiously, Kasper Schmeichel He had been the best player on his team, previously avoiding two clear chances for Spain, blocking a shot by the Milan striker shortly before the goal was conceded, and stopping a long-range shot by Lamine Yamal shortly after.
Denmark is diluted
One of the keys to the clash was knowing contain the Danish teamwho was well armed at the back, quickly changed the defensive chip to bring danger to the goal of David Raya, a key man in the Spanish team, saving an early shot from Kasper Dolberg right at the start the game, and grabbing the ball from the Anderlecht striker when he was trying to get to a good pass from Christian Eriksen.
After a first half in which the Danes put a lot of pressure on the Spanish area, the passage through the locker room suited Luis de la Fuente’s team well, and thanks to the greater intensity, they began to worry the Scandinavian goal without rest, being able to increase the score with a spectacular shot by Fabián Ruiz that came out grazing the rival goal.
Even at the end of an entertaining and highly contested first half, Lamine Yamal was able to put his team ahead with a shot that went high in a hand to hand with Schmeichel after surpassing Víctor Kristiansen for speed after a spectacular delivery from Pedro Porro from the side.
The changes in the second part of Mikel Merino for Pedri, Baena for Oyarzábal, Joselu for Morata and Sergio Gómez for Lamine Yamalgave the team the necessary energy to shore up its dominance in the game and the opportunities to certify Spain’s second victory in the group stage of the UEFA Nations League and defend the leadership of Group A4 next Tuesday in Córdoba against Serbia, third with 4 points after beating Switzerland 2-0.
