With 100% success and guaranteed first place in Group B, Spain closes the group stage of the European Championship against Albania. The game takes place this Monday, at 4pm (Brasília time), at Arena Düsseldorf, in Germany, with exclusive broadcast on CazéTVthrough Youtube, Twitchor Prime Video.
With six points, Spain is already qualified for the round of 16 of the Euro. In fact, in first place – it has an advantage over Italy in the event of a possible equality in points, since the first tiebreaker criterion is the direct confrontation.
The Spanish team doesn’t need to do the math. After starting with a 3-0 victory over Croatia, the Spanish beat Italy 1-0 and qualified. So, they just comply with the schedule and prepare for the knockout stage.
🛬📍 Düsseldorf.#VamosEspaña | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/j6I4qLIznd
— Spanish Men’s Soccer Team (@SEFutbol) June 23, 2024
Albania, in turn, has one point and is in third place. Thus, the team led by Brazilian coach Sylvinho needs to win to have a chance of going to the knockout stages. At Euro, in addition to the top two in each group, the four best third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.
Therefore, with a victory, Albania would put itself in the fight, either beating Italy, which has three points and faces Croatia at the same time, or the possibility of winning one of the third-placed places.
In their debut, Sylvinho’s team lost to Italy 2-1. They then drew 2-2 with Croatia.
📹 Moments from the next training session in Kaiserau, our boys 🔴⚫ getting ready for the match against Spain#pokukasitioshqiperiaime #nation #euro2024 #ALBSPA pic.twitter.com/hEH0dBkxXH
— FSHF (@FSHForg) June 22, 2024
PROBABLE SCALATIONS
Albania: Strakosha; Hisaj, Arlind Ajeti, Djimsiti, Mitaj; Ramadani, Asllani, Qazim Laci; Yasir Asani, Bajrami and Rey Manaj.
Coach: Sylvinho.
Spain: David Raya; Jesús Navas, Vivian, Nacho Fernández, Grimaldo; Mikel Merino, Zubimendi, Fermin López; Dani Olmo, Oyarzabal and Ferran Torres.
Technician: Luis De La Fuente.
ARBITRATION
Swedish Glenn Nyberg will lead the game’s refereeing, with Mahbod Beigi and Andreas Soderqvist as his assistants. VAR is in charge of the German Christian Dingert.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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