As part of the activities of the second group of the first level in the European Nations League, a positive draw was settled with a 1:1 score, a summit that brought together the teams of Spain and Portugal, and the match was strong and exciting between the two teams. .
In the first half, the Spanish players largely dominated the start of the meeting, given the accumulation of Portuguese players in their defensive zones, with the sons of coach Fernando Santos betting on counterattacks, and striker Rafael Leão made a dangerous attempt after a powerful shot that passed over the crossbar, and on 25 In the 1st minute, Spanish striker Alvaro Morata managed to snatch a goal for Matador after a decisive pass from Pablo Sarabia, then goalkeeper Diogo Costa repelled a dangerous attempt by Carlos Soler to deprive him of the second goal of the match. In turn, Portugal striker Andre Silva received a dangerous attempt, but his shot went wide of the post and then Pablo Sarabia got a beautiful free kick, but his luck was against him as his shot crossed the crossbar, and this half ended with a 1-0 advantage for Spain.
The second half started with quick substitutions by coach Santo as he tried to improve the attacking qualities of the Portuguese and Danilo got a special opportunity but his shot went to the post before goalkeeper Unai Simon blocked Rafael Liao’s dangerous attempt to deprive him of the equalizer and Alvaro Morata, in turn, came close to scoring a second goal for Matador. After a powerful shot hit the bar, coach Luis Enrique made a sweeping change in his team’s ranks in an effort to further improve their offensive performance. , and the danger of the players of the two teams was largely absent, since the conflict was mainly limited to midfield and without any offensive activity mentioned in the meeting, and Pablo Sarabia was close to the second goal of the Spaniards, but his shot went off the post. In the last 15 minutes, the Portuguese pressed hard, trying to level the score. Substitute Ricardo Horta managed to equalize for Portugal in the 82nd minute after a decisive pass from Joao Cancelo to end the match. with a positive draw 1:1.
In the same group, the Czech team scored a valuable 2-1 victory over the Swiss team, with Jan Costa scoring two winning goals for the Czech team.
At the second tier and in group D, the Swedish team scored an important victory over the Slovenian team with a score of 2:0, while the Norwegian team beat Serbia with a score of 1:0.
At the third level and in the second group, Greece beat Northern Ireland 1-0.
Source: El Iktisad