Categories: Football

1×1 of Spain: Dani Olmo led and Adama Taoré was thunder

This was the performance of the National Team players in the friendly against Portugal.

Kepa: He did not have to make any stops in the first half and only participated in the start of the game short with the centrals. In the second half, the crossbar joined with him in the shots of Cristiano Ronaldo and Renato Sanches and well saved a shot from Joao Félix.

Sergio Roberto: He gave amplitude and always joined with criteria and depth on the right wing, coordinating well with Ceballos and Rodrigo Moreno in the offensive phase. In the second half he kept hitting and had some loss that caused dangerous counterattacks from Portugal.

Diego Llorente: Participated in getting superiority from the initiation zone and was attentive to the constant danger that Cristiano Ronaldo generates, except in the shot with the left foot that the crack of Madeira crashed in the crossbar.

Eric Garcia: Start the game of Spain from behind and embedded in the center of the field in the positional attacks, moving the ball in search of overcoming Portugal lines. He left his place to Ramos in the 80th minute.

Reguilón: Huge physical display, he always joined the attack with criteria, he associated well with Dani Olmo and Sergio Canales, creating triangles and giving depth and breadth to the National Team. He was limping after a blow that was carried in an own entrance.

Sergio Busquets: He fixed the position and moved dragging his means so that Éric García took command of the creation in the positional attacks. Somewhat imprecise in delivery, the guy endured in defensive transitions. He left his place and the bracelet to Rodri in the 61st minute.

Ceballos: Everything he did he did with discretion and with sense. He appeared as the third man in the offensive phase and participated in the pressure, succeeding in recovering the ball. Luis Enrique gave him rest in the second half thinking about his start against Switzerland on Saturday in the Nations League.

Channels: Versatile and tenacious. He defended and attacked and gave a lesson in the first half of how an interior should play in a 1-4-3-3 with a combinatorial and positional model. In the second half, Luis Enrique placed him on the right wing until he was replaced by Adama Taoré.

Dani Olmo: A dagger in the Spanish attack. He broke between the lines and offered inside play to his teammates, the first half hour being key in the superiorities that Spain generated throughout the attack front. He was present in almost all dangerous actions, initiating or ending them. He had the winning goal in a good shot that Rui Patricio stopped in the 71st minute.

Gerard Moreno: Movements and unchecks of enormous category. He always stepped on the area with danger and generated dangerous occasions. He fixed the centrals with discretion and played well with his back.

Rodrigo Moreno: I wait patiently for his turn and he held his position to make sense of the National Team game. He got inside, leaving the band to Sergi Roberto, made diagonals and looked for the goal with shots from outside the area. He was replaced at halftime by Campaign.

Substitutions

Gayà: He left after the break for Reguilón and continued the good work of his teammate developing the functions that the coach asks of the full-backs: giving breadth and depth to the team and creating superiorities on the wing.

Bell: Premiere of the Sevillian with the Spanish National Team. Entered by Rodrigo Moreno after the break. He was in charge of launching the actions from set pieces, taking advantage of his good foot. He left details of his enormous quality. He is a midfielder who moves an entire team.

Mikel merino: He took the place of Ceballos after the break. It was difficult for him to take over the site, but he ended up coming into play and worked well the defensive transitions against the rapid attacks of the Portuguese

Adama Taoré: Debut with La Roja from the extreme Wolverhampton Wanderers. He came out in the 61st minute replacing Sergio Canales and gave a formidable sensation. A lifelong winger endowed with enormous power that is sensational to the National Team. He was always from his pair and threw good centers.

Rodri: He took the place of Sergio Busquets in the 61st minute. He tried to organize the team and control Portugal's defense-attack transitions. He could not impose his tempo because the match broke the last quarter of an hour. Your ownership is coming.

Sergio Ramos: Party number 173 of the great captain. Entered in minute 80 by Éric García. He endured Portugal's final attack and almost scored in a perfect corner thrown by Campaña for a header.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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