Technical sheet:
3 – Spain: David Raya; Pedro Porro, Laporte, Vivian (Pau Cubarsí, m.82), Cucurella; Zubimendi, Mikel Merino (Pedri, m.64), Fabián (Aleix García, m.82); Álex Baena (Bryan Zaragoza, m.78), Oyarzabal y Morata (Joselu, m.79).
0 – Serbia: Rajković; Nedelkovic, Erakovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic, Birmancevic; Nemanja Maksimovic (Zdjelar, m.64), Zdjelar, Samardzic (Grujic, m.46); Dejan Joveljic (Luka Jovic, m.46) and Mitrovic (Simic, m.79).
Goals: 1-0, m.5: Laporte. 2-0, m.65: Morata. 3-0, m.77: Baena.
Arbitrator: Daniel Stefanski (POL). He showed a yellow card to Oyarzabal (7) for Spain; and Erakovic (38), Mitrovic (53), Milenkovic (54) and Jovic (91) for Serbia. Pavlovic was sent off for a straight red card in the 76th minute.
incidents: A game corresponding to the fourth day of the League of Nations, which was in El Arcángel before 20,345 spectators.
Spain is in the quarter finals of the UEFA Nations League. The victory over Serbia (3-0) This Tuesday at the Nuevo Arcángel in Córdoba they give a mathematical pass to the next round, with two days left to close the group stage. The Spanish team has shown that they are much better despite the many casualties and got the win with goals from Aymeric Laporte, Álvaro Morata and Alex Baena.
He went on Spain a few minutes later – four and a half in particular – with a goal from Aymeric Laportethe second as an international with the red elastic. The Spanish-French central defender headed in a cross from the right Pedro Porro to the second job. The Spanish team went out to the Nuevo Arcángel in Córdoba to defend the terror and predict a closed defense. Serbiabut the goal turned things upside down. Luis de la Fuente He fielded an eleven that, for the first time in a long time, did not include a single player from the top three in LaLiga: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid y Atlético de Madrid.
The Balkans tried to react by increasing the pressure a bit more and were about to take advantage of a poor assignment, but David Raya showed cold blood to clean the present ball Joveljic. Arsenal’s goalkeeper has been very confident in these four games absent through injury Unai Simon. The Spanish team were more in danger, and after a quarter of an hour they had another great chance in the head Mikel Merino. Spain tried to exploit the former Real Arsenal midfielder’s power in high balls.
It took half an hour for the Serbians to try to goal, into the hands of the Raya no rush though, Spain He was ahead with pleasure despite the conditions of the grass, which became heavy and slippery due to the rain that fell in the first quarter. It could be said that La Roja moved ‘like a fish in water’, with a holding around 70% and pass accuracy of 90%. The only thing that could be blamed on the Spanish team was the lack of strength when it came to closing the game, because they also had a lot of danger with the pressure after losing, which which generated many dangerous chances, but no luck: 29 shots throughout the game, and ten between the three sticks for three goals; 48 attacks in total.
Morata claims himself
That sentence came in the second half, not without some doubt. The Serbian coach, Dragan Stojkovicadd more attack to the resume with two changes, one of which Luke Jovicalthough local authority was not affected. Center back Glan Birmancevic shot Porro inside the area with his elbow and the Polish referee Daniel Stefanski He didn’t think about it. went to throw it out Alvaro Moratawho received the public’s affection in the first half on some unwritten occasion. That affection increased when the Milan striker sent the maximum penalty very high. The goal was contested and, to make matters worse, Jovic and Mitrovica They warned with a clear chance, the best Serbia in an hour of play.
Spain 2-0 Serbia: Álvaro Morata takes the lead with an authentic goal
But two minutes after that chance that the Serbians lost came the Morata’s revengewho finished close to the post after combining with Fabián Ruiz in front (min 65). The captain celebrated with rage and brought the support back to the Nuevo Arcángel stands, which were packed despite the rain in the second match in Spain in its entire history, the first of an official kind. It was the Madrid native’s 37th goal in the shirt of the national team, who would still have the chance to extend the party.
Spain 3-0 Serbia: Álex Baena scored the third from a free kick
Serbia were left with one less due to a straight red card Pavlovic in demolition on Oyarzabal. Red which was reviewed by the VAR as Stefanski first showed the yellow. As if the penalty was not enough for the Balkans, Álex Baena put it into the net with a masterful shot from the direct free kick (77th minute). De la Fuente took advantage of giving the scorers a break and they came out Isolation y Bryan Zaragoza. Before the goal they had left Paddy for Spain, praised in his interventions, and the young people Andriya Maksimovic by the visitors, the youngest in the history of his team at 17 years of age.
The Serbian team has the comfort of knowing they are in the fight for second place, which gets interesting after Denmark’s draw against Switzerland. Spain, for its part, is in charge and is in the running for the ultimate leadership of the group. For now, he has peace of mind that he has a mathematical pass to the quarterfinals.