The Spanish national football team defeated Slovakia 5-0 (2: 0) in the final round of the 2021 European Championship final tournament in Seville on Wednesday. Aimeriks Laports, Pavlo Sarabija and Ferrans Torress stood out in the Spanish ranks, but twice the ball came to the Slovak goal from their own players Martina Dūbravka and Juraja Kuckas.
In subgroup E, Sweden won the first place with seven points, five points for Spain, three points for Slovakia and one for Poland. Sweden had already secured a place in the eighth final before Wednesday’s games, which also included Spain. The Spanish team had a clear advantage at the beginning of the match and quickly earned the opportunity to take an 11-meter penalty. “Pendeli” was performed by Alvaro Morata in the 11th minute, but Dūbravka repelled the Spanish hit ball, keeping the result 0: 0 on the board.
However, Dūbravka made a spectacular save. Sarabija hit that from around 35 yards out and Sarabija and couldn’t do anything about, dipping and swerving, it did him all ends up. Dūbravka tried to get a goal back for his Spain but he managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 1 – 0. Spain also scored their second goal after the Slovak footballers lost the ball close to their goal. In this episode, Laports scored 2 – 0 in the third minute after the first half of the compensation time after the pass of the ball by Herarda Moreno.
In the second half, in the 56th minute after George Alba’s pass from the left, Sarabia was flawless from about nine meters and strengthened the leadership of the Spanish national team. In the 67th minute after Sarabija’s play, Ferrans Torress with the heel threw the ball into the net with the heel, but four minutes later after Pau Torres’s kick with the foot, Kucka directed it into his goal – already 5: 0.
In the first round, Slovakia unexpectedly defeated Poland 2: 1, but Spain and Sweden fought a goalless draw 0-0. In the second round, Sweden won 1-0 over Slovakia, but Spain did not draw, this time with Poland (1: 1). Meanwhile, the German-Hungarian match will start in Subgroup F at 10 pm in Munich, while the Portuguese and French strengths will take place in Budapest.
Italy, Wales, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, England, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Sweden and France had already taken part in the quarterfinals before Wednesday. The final tournament of the 2021 European Championship will take place in 11 European cities until July 11. The continent’s strongest team will be determined at Wembley Stadium in London. The revamped Wembley Stadium will host the national team title match for the first time in history, but its predecessor once played in the 1966 World Cup final and the 1996 European Championship final.
Five years ago, Portugal was crowned European Champion, beating France in the final match in Paris with a score of 1: 0. In the final tournament of the European Championship, 24 teams are divided into six subgroups of four each. The two best teams will automatically qualify for the first round or the eighth final of the elimination tournament, as well as the four best third place winners. A total of 51 games will be played in this European Championship. When there were 16 more teams in the tournament, 31 matches had to be played.
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