As part of the second group of the first level of the competition of the European Nations League, the Spanish national team beat their Swiss colleague with a score of 1:0 and secured second place in the group after the Portuguese national team.
In the first half, the Matador players took full control of the meeting against the backdrop of excellent Swiss defensive play, pressure from the sons of coach Luis Enrique in an attempt to steal the leader’s goal and the efforts of the Spanish team managed to steal an early goal in the 13th minute through Pablo Sarabia after a decisive pass Marcos Llorente, The Spanish players continued to apply strong pressure, but their attacking effectiveness was absent in front of the opponent’s goal, and, in turn, the Swiss failed to give any significant attacking reaction, so Yaquin’s coaching sons could not threaten the opponent’s goal, and the Spaniards, in in turn, could not threaten the gates of the Swiss.
In the second half, the game of the Swiss improved significantly, as they repeatedly managed to fight with the Spaniards. The Swiss mentor Yakin, in an attempt to equalize the score, made an attacking reshuffle in the ranks of his team. the Spaniards tried to get the second goal in the meeting, but their attempts were limited, and the conflict escalated in some way between the players of the two teams with a slight advantage of the Matador players, but the lack of performance in the attack, and in the last 15 minutes the Spaniard managed to sharply reduce the pace of the match, despite many offensive substitutions made by the Swiss coach, and the match ended in a 1–0 victory for the Spaniards.
In the same group, the Portuguese team scored a well-deserved 2–0 victory over their Czech counterpart, pushing the Portuguese team to the top of the group, with João Cancelo and Gonzalo Guedes scoring two winning goals for Portugal.
At the second tier and in Group D, Norway secured their group lead despite a negative draw against Slovenia, while the Serbian team scored a valuable 1-0 victory over their Swedish counterpart to secure second place. place in the group.
At the third level and in the second group, the Greek team took first place in the group with a big victory over Cyprus with a score of 3:0, while Kosovo won against Northern Ireland with a score of 3:2.
In Group D, Georgia secured their lead by defeating North Macedonia 3-0, while the match between Bulgaria and Gibraltar ended 1-1.
At the fourth level and in group B, Estonia won against Malta and snatched first place in the group.
Source: El Iktisad