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Good night! Sport Arena welcomes you to the online match of matchday 2 of the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League. In Madrid “Alfredo di Stefano” Spain takes Ukraine! The broadcast is hosted by Alexander Tsvirk.
The confrontation Spain – Ukraine that the world will see for the sixth time. A new attempt to defeat the maximum rival fails five years later, all the previous ones failed. In the first match (March 2003), a draw for our team was brought by a missed shot from Gorshkov, everything else ended in favor of La Roja. Including – the memorable defeat at the 2006 World Cup, the ashes of which probably still hit Andriy Shevchenko’s heart. And Andriy Pyatov, who was then the substitute goalkeeper, remembers it well.
See also: Spain – Ukraine. Goal video and match review
What is the Spanish team now? This is still a formidable team with a dispersion of star players, but with a number of important reserves. The technical leap and the scandals of recent years (Lopetegui – Enrique – Moreno – Enrique) do not allow us to speak of the slightest stability; After the unsuccessful World Cup in Russia, so many players went through the grinds of Furies Rohi that any statistics dropped the calculations. Needless to say, Luis Enrique called up 15 soccer players who played no more than 7 matches for the national team for the September Nations League matches. After forced school dropout Oyarsabala of Traore there were 13 of them, more than half of the current application. Overall, only seven on this list have played more than 11 fights for the national team (in England, the number of international matches would be counted). There are also absolute beginners. Ferran torres, Oscar Rodriguez, Mikel merino and Ansu Fati He made his debut with La Roja against Germany. Unai simon, Eric Garcia and Regilon it can do it against Ukraine.
Spain – Ukraine: staff situation
The game with Germany, where “Red Fury” happily escaped in the last minutes, revealed many problems in the game of this fresh but unbalanced team. These problems (goalkeeper, center of defense, scorer) were closely examined. Sergey Kuvanzhi – we recommend that you familiarize yourself.
Due to a new injury in training camp, he was sent home. Marco Asensio… Two more players in the attack group: Oyarsabal and Adama Traore – soon passed positive tests for the coronavirus and also lost the opportunity to help his national team. Specifically, the Wolverhampton winger is finally making his debut for her. Nothing, will wait until October.
Luis Enrique on the national team: a disinterested and frantic fan of the rotation. Therefore, predicting the composition of Spaniards in Ukraine is a totally unsuccessful task. Is that a place Bouquets the center of defense cannot be questioned. Also, someone will definitely get out of the couple. Carvajal–Navas (most likely the most experienced Jesus). But everything else … The coach himself was very reserved on the eve of the game; they say, he did not want to give advice to his opponent. But he admitted that he would not do so without changes in defense. And we had no doubts!
ShevchenkoBy the way, he also talked about releasing someone who didn’t play in the last round. Unfortunately, as it soon became clear, there would be a forced reason for this: a sudden injury. Stepanenko… This is the second major loss after Mikolenkoand certainly irreplaceable. In Ukraine, there is simply no equivalent replacement for this position. Taras place in the app took Makarenko, but we will venture to predict the exit of not his, and not Charatinaand Sidorchuk… Also, it is unlikely that it will hold its place at the exit. Linnetthat the game with Switzerland failed.
Judge meeting Spain – Ukraine Benoit Bastien… The young Frenchman (37, barely a year older than Pyatov) has made five appearances in the Nations League and the European Championship in the last two years. He gave 13 yellows, he did not send, he put a penalty. One of these matches took place with the participation of the Spanish team, then the world vice champion with a hangover fell under the hot hand of Furia (victory over Croatia 6: 0!) …
Spain – Ukraine: starting lineups
The Ukraine team had the experience of defeating their biggest rival recently. Remember the epoch-making success of the game with Portugal!
The League of Nations. 2nd round
September 6, 2020, 9:45 PM. Stadium: Alfredo di Stefano
Head judge: Benoit Bastien (France)
Spain – Ukraine
See online text broadcast of the match Spain – Ukraine
