Suffering victory for Spain to continue in the fight

Three gold points for the Spanish selectionwho won his first match of this Nations League by the minimum (0-1) before Swiss. those of Luis Enrique They dominated the rival again, especially in the first half, but they were unable to sentence after Sarabia’s initial goal and ended up suffering. Victoria worked to continue depending on themselves.

The last games against the Swiss had been games with few goals. A spain, who already has a hard time seeing the goal, used to choke the Swiss box. In fact, the balance of goals in the last four precedents was 4-3 with only one Spanish victory by the minimum.

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In Geneva, in the third match of this Nations League and with the obligation to win in order to continue depending on herself, La Roja experienced a ‘deja vu’. The game script was similar to the previous ones. A rocky rival, even more so with a lineup planting five defenders, who left very few spaces. Swisswho came from losing the first two games, did not generate much, but did not let Spain intimidate Sommer too much, who yesterday regained the Swiss goal.

spain always dominated, from start to finish, and bit up, as requested by his coach. Front, Sarabia, Morata y Ferran, were the first defender and in a good pressure from the Barça striker came the first goal of the Spanish team. Recovery of Marcos Llorente, who raised his head and put it to Sarabia who entered with everything to push the ball to the bottom of the net.

spain continued to dominate but the Swiss defensive network became a knot. A forest of legs that always just spit the ball out. Sarabia had the second option after half an hour, but his shot, when he had the option of the wall with Jordi Albawent off course.

Swiss, meanwhile, sought to do damage from set pieces. Murat Yakin’s men played strategy and had a couple of options. The first was a shot from Piston after a good center Shaquiri. The Borussia Monchengladbach striker won the position at the far post, but headed into the side of the net. And before the break, another header, this time from trade. The central wanted to cross the ball too much, which went out, without further consequences.

On reboot, Swiss came out braver, unapologetic and Spain felt more uncomfortable, even the locals managed to lock up Luis Enrique’s men on their own during the beginning of the second half. Shaqiri He tested Unai with a shot from the edge of the box, a centered left-footed shot that blocked the well-placed goalkeeper. He also dared Zuberarriving from the second line, but his shot was bad and wide.

spain I needed to react and at least warn Swiss, increasingly grown. After a good recovery from Gavi and an aerobatic control of Dani Olmowhich was the first change of Luis Enrique, Marcos Llorente he charged his leg from the front but his shot missed the goal. Also ended in nothing a great action of Morata, who rode only after some good chest-oriented control and a good dribble between two defenders. The center of him ended up taking out the Swiss defense that at least already put itself on alert again before the two Spanish arrivals.

A spain He continued to lack clarity in the last meters. More dynamism, more precision. Luis Enrique’s men’s legs already weigh too much at this point in the season. And that the coach is distributing minutes. Yesterday the carousel of changes returned in the second part.

With the match open, the Swiss had the final rush. A mistake of Unai Simonwho rushed into an exit, ended with a shot at an empty goal by Piston, who by far did not direct his shot on goal by Spanish fortune. Shortly after, before reaching 90, Seferovic he had his, but Azpilicueta providentially blocked his shot.

spainunable to sentence, ended up suffering, but added three gold points before traveling to Malaga, the last stop in this concentration, to face the Czech Republic, who fell to Portugal, sole leader of group A2 with 7 points, two more than the Spanish.