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SEVILLE, Spain: Brilliant Spain crushed unlucky Germany 6-0 at home on Tuesday (November 17) to enter the UEFA Nations League four-four final in style as forward Ferran Torres scored the first hat-trick ‘ of his career.
Germany was unable to stop Luis Enrique’s relentless side, as the visitors suffered their worst defeat in a competitive match and the most humiliating since losing by the same score to Austria in a friendly in 1931.
Álvaro Morata, Ferran and Rodri gave Luis Enrique’s team a 3-0 lead at halftime, while Ferran scored again early in the second half and completed his hat-trick with a fine shot.
Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored the sixth goal in the 89th minute to grace an incredible display for Spain and deepen the misery of four-time world champion Germany.
“We walk on them in every way,” said Spanish midfielder Rodri. “We scored six, but it could have been much more. We are still a group with little experience, but this will give us a lot of confidence.”
Spain’s Ferran Torres scores his team’s fifth goal against Germany at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, Spain, on November 17, 2020 (Photo: Reuters / Marcelo Del Pozo).
Meanwhile, Morata was pleased to silence critics of Spain after they managed a 1-1 draw against Switzerland last Saturday.
“We had the opportunity to send a strong message to the whole world and we have,” he said.
The victory saw Spain finish as the A4 League leader with 11 points after six matches, joining France in the final four-game tournament, which will take place in October 2021.
The Germans, who only needed a draw to advance to the finals, finished second with nine points.
IMMEDIATE IMPACT
Spain suffered an early setback from injury when Sergio Canales was retired, but his replacement Fabián Ruiz had an immediate impact: he sent an excellent delivery from a corner and Morata got up unmarked at the far post to head home in the 17th minute.
Morata scored again shortly after by connecting with a cross from Ferran, but his shot was incorrectly canceled offside, with no VAR in operation in the Nations League.
However, Spain quickly shrugged off any sense of injustice when Ferran scored his second goal on the rebound in the 33rd minute, after Dani Olmo took a shot to the post, while Rodri headed a Koke five corner kick. minutes later.
Spain’s Ferran Torres celebrates his team’s fifth goal against Germany at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, Spain, on November 17, 2020 (Photo: Reuters / Marcelo Del Pozo).
Spain lost captain Sergio Ramos to a suspected muscle injury towards the end of the first half in their 178th time with his country, which extends the European record, but they became even more confident after the break as Germany continued to weaken.
Dani Olmo turned down the opportunity to increase Spain’s lead, allowing Manuel Neuer to make an unusual save in a match where his main task was to get the ball out of the net. This on a night in which he became Germany’s most capped goalkeeper with 96 games, ahead of Sepp Maier.
But Ferran had no mercy, he received a pass from former Valencia teammate José Gaya to score his second and then received a ball from Fabian and surpassed Neuer from outside the area to become the first player from Spain to score a hat-trick against Germany. . .
