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In the home game of the League of Nations, which took place in Kiev, the Ukrainian team beat the Spanish team with a score of 1: 0. The Spanish media have harshly criticized their team’s play, especially complaining about the lack of goals scored.
“Spain shot up into the air”, – read the title of the famous edition HOW.
“Tsygankov’s goal froze the team, who couldn’t score even with the start of Adama Traore and Ansu Fati. But Fury Roha continues to lead the group due to the slippage of Germany.
Spain never managed to score. This has always been our sore point. We just have to figure out how to win those matches where the opponent closes. Against Ukraine, it happened again. Even the combination of Adama Traore and Ansu Fati in the starting eleven did not help to score a goal. And it could have been worse if Germany beat Switzerland in a parallel match.
On the eve of the fight with Switzerland, Luis Enrique was asked if Ansu Fati and Adam Traore could enter the field together. “Of course they can play together, like everyone else on this team, the problem is that there are only eleven players at the start. There are no incompatible players, they can play together ”, explained the coach. It was only a matter of time before both players played on the attack.
Spain was the only team to touch the ball in the first two minutes of the match. The Ukrainian team pressed against their goal with the sole intention of closing the space in defense. This tactic was followed by Shevchenko’s team, which was seriously weakened by losses from the coronavirus. Spain had a hard time breaking through this defense. The first moment came only in the 11th minute, when Buschan gave in to a corner kick after Rodrigo struck. The fans celebrated this event in a big way, fearing for the game of the goalkeeper, who conceded nine goals in the last games against France (1: 7) and Germany (1: 2).
Buschan replaced Pyatov, a Shakhtar Donetsk veteran, and another serious loss for the Ukrainians was Malinovsky, who passed through scorecards. De Gea was just a spectator, while Merino, who seems to have gained the trust of Luis Enrique, acted as Rodri’s partner. In attack, Traore and Fati tried to notice their speed down the flanks.
Sergio Ramos asked his team to play more calmly, realizing the closed nature of the Ukrainian game. He came out again in the starting eleven, and for him this match was 175th in the Spanish team. Ramos has only one fight left to catch up with Italian Gianluigi Buffon, who holds the record among Europeans for the number of appearances for his national team: 176 games. Sergio Ramos and Jesús Navas had a very special night on the pitch, where they were very happy in 2012 when they beat Italy 4-0 in the final of the European Championship. Busquets, another hero of that championship, had to watch today’s game from the bench.
Ukraine did not create a dangerous moment with the exception of a long pitch, which Yaremchuk wanted to catch, but De Gea got out of the gate on time and neutralized the danger. Spain had a good chance when Rodrigo lost the ball to Canales, but missed the goal. Zubkov immediately found himself on the grass in the Spanish penalty area after the fight with Navas. The most scandalous moment of the match. No, there is no VAR in the League of Nations. It was then when it felt most that the game was being played with the fans. About 15 thousand people gathered at the “Olympic” in Kiev. Even the whistle from the stands seemed like glory to us. This is the closest moment to real football in all recent years.
Shevchenko was happy after the first half: the tactics worked, the score on the scoreboard did not change. But Luis Enrique reacted immediately. Ceballos replaced Merino. But it had no effect, in the first ten minutes of the second half we saw the best version of Ukraine. In the 57th minute, a double substitution followed: Ferran Torres in place of Fati and Oyarzabal in place of Rodrigo.
But when the Spanish team began to press, a hook from the left hit the chin. Karavaev gave the ball to Yarmolenko, who found Tsygankov with a pass, and passed De Gea, who stopped in middle position. Rejoicing in the stands, those stands where football returned, and a scare for the players of our team who could not score a goal. Even Ramos didn’t help as a center forward. All efforts were in vain. This is our cross “, – he writes disappointed HOW.
“Spain was left with zero”, – talk about the obvious Brand, taking into account both the points and the number of goals scored by the Spanish.
“Spain could not win in Kiev, a point on the map associated with happiness (that is, the victory of the Spanish team at Euro 2012 – ed.).
Luis Enrique decided to experiment, letting Fati and Traore go at first. But it did not work to benefit from this. There will still be disputes over goals, because the goal caught De Gea out of place.
Traore is the clear world champion in the five meter race. There is no one who can resist its beginning. Sobol, his rival, did the only thing possible: he constantly grabbed the player by the shirt, checking the resistance of the fabric.
The moments of Rodrigo, Sergio Ramos and Ansu Fati contributed to the popularity of the Ukrainian goalkeeper. Without Pyatov and Lunin, the third, Dynamo Kiev’s Bushchan, was impressed, who soon proved he was not a football dummy.
Heavy with losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, Shevchenko’s students put up an unexpected resistance. Pass Yarmolenko found Tsygankov’s legs, and knocked on De Gea’s door.
It is a very bad sign that Spain has scored only one goal in the last three games (0: 0 with Portugal and 1: 0 with Switzerland) “, – says about the match Brand.
“1: 0. Spain pays for the unbeaten goals with the defeat of Ukraine”, – read the title Sports world.
“Spain lost to Ukraine in Kiev, having paid too much for the absence of goals. The lack of goals scored by this team is beginning to worry us.
Goal is the most important word in football. It is synonymous with joy, happiness, and generally victory. Without goals, there is no chance of winning. It doesn’t matter how well the team plays, if it doesn’t score, then everything is useless. That is what happens with Spain. And not only against Ukraine in Kiev. The 4-0, with which the Spanish team defeated the Ukrainians at home, was a mirage. This team lacks scored goals. In big tournaments, like the European Championship, teams that don’t score go home on the first train.
The Spanish team controlled the game and created scoring chances, but they were moments, not goals. But Ukraine realized their chance thanks to Tsygankov, who took advantage of De Gea’s failed decision in the 76th minute and scored a goal.
After that, Spain had no choice but to do everything possible to achieve a draw. He continued to create chances, as he did throughout the game, but failed to score even with Sergio Ramos as center forward. Spain left Kiev, having suffered an unexpected and alarming defeat “, – considers Sports world.
The Spanish media are very disappointed with the defeat of their team. And not so much because of the defeat itself, but because of the fact that it was not possible to score, despite all the experiments of Luis Enrique. Fury Roja goalkeeper David De Gea also received some harsh criticism. The compliments on the Ukrainian team went to Bushan, Tsygankov and Shevchenko.
Photographs of the Brand and Spanish Soccer Team used in the material
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