Spain, second finalist of the League of Nations after eliminating Italy
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The Spanish team has become the second finalist of the League of Nations 2023 after beating Italy 2-1 in the semifinal played this Thursday at the Twente Stadion in Enschede (Netherlands). a bit of Joselu Mato in the 88th minute, taking advantage of a rebound by Rodri Hernández, he gave the Spanish team victory and access to the final against Croatia on Sunday.
The second semifinal has been intense from the beginning. As soon as the match began, the Villarreal player Yeremy Pino He has scored the first goal after having managed to take the ball away from the opposing team thanks to the pressure from above, both from him and from Gavi.
The second goal of the match was scored by Cyrus Immobile in the 11th minute, after the referee awarded a penalty in favor of Italy due to the hand of Robin Le Normand, Real Sociedad player, on the day of his debut, which has put the score tied at 1.
For a moment Italy took the lead thanks to a goal from Frattesi in the 21st minute, but the VAR has annulled it for offside.
In the second half, there have been several occasions by both teams, but only one has reached the goal: the one that has led Spain to victory. Manchester City midfielder Rodri Hernandez, shot from outside the area and landed at Joselu’s feet after rebounding off two opponents. The Espanyol striker deftly finished off the ball in the 88th minute and signed the second goal to give Spain victory.
In this way, Spain will meet next Sunday, June 18, at 8:45 p.m. in the 2022-2023 League of Nations final with Croatia, in Rotterdam.
Data sheet:
2 – Spain: Unai Simón; Navas, Le Normand, Laporte, Jordi Alba; Rodri Hernández, Merino (Fabián, min. 74), Gavi (Canales, min. 69); Yeremy (Ansu Fati, min. 74), Rodrigo Moreno (Asensio, rest) and Morata (Joselu, min. 84).
1 – Italy: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Tolói, Bonucci (Darmian, rest), Acerbi; Frattesi (Verratti, min.76), Jorginho (Cristante, min.61), Barella; Spinazzola (Dimarco, rest), Zaniolo and Immobile (Chiesa, min.60).
Goals: 1-0, min.3: Yeremy. 1-1, min.11: Immobile from a penalty. 2-1, min.88: Joselu.
Referee: Slavko Vincic (SLO). He admonished Alba (min.45 + 1), Gavi (min.57) and Morata (min.83); and Immobile (min.38) and Zaniolo (min.93).
Source: Eitb
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