This was the performance of the national team players against Greece:
Unai Simon: Without much work in the first half for the control of the team, he participated in the start of the team’s game giving rhythm to the game. Very attentive to the Greek cons as a libero in several sets.
Carvajal: He performed at his best level and it was not noticed that he has been absent from the National Team for months due to injuries. It gave amplitude and it was gotten up to the attack always with criterion.
Laporte: Very concentrated and with increasing weight in the team. He was quick to cut and performed well at the start of the game as usual.
Iñigo Martínez: Expeditious and without complicating defensive actions, throwing out of the band if necessary. They gave him the penalty that gave the victory. He was injured giving everything in decisive defensive action in a providential court.
Gaya: He always more than meets the National Team. He associated well with Gavi on the left wing in his additions to the attack.
Rodri: Great game. He began to take the step forward that is demanded of him with the National Team and played the spectacular that he does with Manchester City. He sped up the game, recovered balls and barely missed a pass.
Boil: He demonstrated his hierarchy and his category giving tempo to the game, he filtered balls into the area and reached the end zone with shot options. A great captain for Spain.
Gavi: He outlines and turns very well to face the opposing goal. His performance was very good in his third game with the senior team. He was traded for a blow to the face in the 65th minute.
Sarabia: He had a lot of mobility, giving space as a right winger, going indoors to leave the corridor for incorporation. He threw the penalty masterfully and with his flawless left foot to make it 0-1. He was traded in the 56th minute.
RDT: Great debut for Raúl de Tomás in the Spanish National Team. He showed his great class and that he is a world-class forward. In addition, he sacrificed himself in defense by applying pressure as Luis Enrique demands of all his forwards. He started from the left and also moved through the center reaching the auction.
Must: Good game of the nine from Spain who did everything the coach asks of him and also partnered with RDT showing that the two nines formed in the Madrid quarry mix very well. He was substituted in the 65th minute by Fornals.
Substitutions
Dani Olmo: Entered in the 56th minute by Pablo Sarabia. After the injury that left him out of the League of Nations, Olmo is recovering sensations and he was seen at a good level in a team in which he is fixed for Luis Enrique.
Rodrigo Moreno: It came out in minute 56 by RDT. He moved very well and was seen very fast. A positive return for Spain.
Busquets: He replaced Gavi in the 65th minute. He gave solidity to the center of the field always associating with Koke and Rodri.
Fornals: He jumped onto the field in the 65th minute for Morata. Entered well. Dynamic in attack and involved in defense.
Azpilicueta: Entered in the 88th minute by Iñigo Martínez. He played as a center-back in a line of four and packed the defense in the last minutes avoiding Greek counters.
Selector
Luis Enrique: He had reason to be optimistic in the previous one. The Spanish coach, along with his coaching staff, was outstanding in the match plan. Spain dominated all phases and moments of the game and only suffered in some Greek counterattack. It was a victory by the minimum, but the Selection deserved to win by more goals because it was far superior to Greece. The goal of being directly at the World Cup in Qatar is ninety minutes away and a victory or a draw against Sweden thanks to the good work of the coach, his assistants and his players.