Undeterred… the changed Spain, did the 3×3 and threw Albania out!

Nor the complete rotation, through the 10 changesbut neither the great motivation her Albania they prevented her Spain from winning with 1-0 in Dusseldorf, as part of the 3rd matchday of the 2nd group of Euro 2024.

A result that marked the third victory of “Roja” – who showed the difference in quality against the opponent in another match – in the tournament, thanks to the goal of Torres from 13′but also her qualification in the knockouts I was first and without conceding a single goal!

While Albania finished prematurely its obligations in the organization, staying at one point, since only after its entry Broia had some… flares.

The match:

Albania came in strong, with intent to press high and spoil the build up and the passing game of her opponent and succeeded in the first minutes.

With Spain showing “numb” and disconnectedten of the ten changes it had in its composition, for find her footing after 10′moving the ball better.

In fact, in the 12th minute, she was the one who managed to create the first chance of the match, with Merino forcing Strakosa into an impressive intervention, taking out his header, while the next one, from Joselou, went wide.

However, in the very next minute, “roha” verified its quality and took the lead, as from awesome slash by Olmos The Torres press area, square from position inside right and, with the help of the beamhe did it 0-1!

Subsequently, dominated the pitchraised possession rates to… heights and at the same time annihilated any possible danger to Raya’s frames, betting and to the anxiety that had overwhelmed Silvinho’s players.

In fact, Spain had the next great chance to score, in the 36th minute, with Navas filling in from the right for the unmarked Olmos, but Tsimsiti managing to counter him, making a save in the corner…

Five minutes later, it was Torres’ turn to waste the opportunity for 0-2, with his header off target. It is characteristic, then, that Albania she recorded her first final just before the… breakwith Aslani unleashing a ‘lightning bolt’, but Raya blocking with a double attempt!

The second half started with De la Fuente’s team keeping their foot on the gas, having the first very good phase only in the 47th minute, with Joselos’ impressive “airplane” going just wide and Olmos having a still final, in the 50th minute.

Then, of course, as was natural, Spain conserved forces, retreating a little, but at the same time gave Albania the opportunity to believe again, which pressed again after 60′.

With Broya coming on as a substitute at that point and making his presence felt four minutes later, forcing Raya into an instinctive save on a shot on the move to keep it 0-1!

They followed both sides changes from the two coaches, with the pace dropping as time went onto close the match with another missed opportunity Broiain the second minute of extra time, as Raya saved the rebound of his…

MVP: Of course, Mr Ferran Torres, who not only scored Spain’s winning goal but was also in many of their good phases, until he was substituted. At the same time, the Barcelona ace reached five goals in major competitions and two assists under the instructions of De la Fuente with the national team.

7 – No player from Spain has participated directly in more official goals than Ferran Torres with Luis de la Fuente as coach (5 goals and 2 assists, equal to Joselu Mato). Soldier. pic.twitter.com/u2OeOd5RZ9

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The compositions of the two teams:

Albania (Silvinio): Strakosa, Baliou, Jismiti, Ageti, Mitai, Aslani, Ramadani, Asani (81′ Mouchi), Lachi (70′ Berisha), Bayrami (70′ Hoxha), Manai (59′ Broya).

Spain (De la Fuente): Raya, Navas, Laporte (46′ Lenormand), Vivian, Grimaldo, Merino, Thubimendi, Olmo, Ferran Torres (72′ Yamal), Oyarthambal (62′ Lopez), Joselu (72′ Morata).

See here the description of the match from the Match Centre