Sergio Ramos doubles sank Ukraine and places Spain at the top of the Nations League group | Football



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Sergio Ramos scored twice as Spain rose to the top of Group 4 of the A Nations League with a 4-0 victory over Ukraine in Madrid. Ramos gave his team the lead with a penalty in the third minute and then doubled it just before half an hour.

Ansu Fati quickly stretched the home team’s lead and Manchester City’s new signing Ferran Torres added a fourth later.

Spain had started their campaign with a draw in Germany, who had to settle for a portion of the points again, this time in Switzerland. Another City player, Ilkay Gündogan, gave the Germans a lead in the first half, but Silvan Widmer tied for the Swiss.

Russia have maximum points from their first two games in Group 3 of League B after resisting Hungaryresurgence of Budapest. Anton Miranchuk, Magomed Ozdoyev and Mário Fernandes put Russia 3-0 up early in the second half before Roland Sallai and Nemanja Nikolic cut the deficit, but Hungary couldn’t force a draw. Serbia and Turkey played a goalless draw in the other group game.

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In Group 3 of League C, Greece and Slovenia are leveled at the top after winning Kosovo and Macedonia respectively, while the Faroe Islands leads Group 1 of League D after a 1-0 win in Andorra. In another part of the group malt and Latvia drew 1-1.

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