This Saturday will be a year of the last defeat of Spain, in a friendly against Colombia, although one of the worst versions of the Red in years was about to frustrate the anniversary. The Kuip stadium, the scene of the Spanish coronation in the Nuns two years ago, remained silent when a deserved comeback was already celebrating. A goal from Mikel Merino in 90+3 balanced the score against Netherlands and leaves the swords high for the return in Mestalla on Sunday, where a passport will be distributed for the Final Four.
There was no space for the traditional minutes of scoring between two rivals that fought with desire from the beginning. In the minute and a half, Pedri had already given a scare to Verbruggen and seconds later it was Gakpo who tried to struggle to the other side of the field. The doubt of the goal in Spain in favor of Unai Simon is resolved, we will have to see if it is something definitive or stripe can still win a position that has not deserved to lose, the source raised an ambitious staging that went well … halfway.
The Spanish pressure led to the first goal of the most pleasant night in Rotterdam soon. A pressure from Lamine Yamal almost in the corner, a Pedri driving towards the area and a gift from the canary to which Nico Williams only had to remove the loop with a control and open with a shot that caught the Dutch goalkeeper against the Dutch goalkeeper. An ideal scenario to build a match that opened the gateway to the final phase that the European champion missed incomprehensibly.
Spain scored soon and lowered its arms, but found an undeserved prize with Merino’s goal in 90+3
The Dutch team gave the goal much better than the Spanish, who lowered his arms in a bad way, as if giving the job for granted much earlier than desirable. Instead, Koeman’s team knew how to stop the blow, hitting the game, lowering the revolutions and growing patiently. The undisputed conduct thread was a lean Frenkie de Jong, who was seen enjoying Kuip’s green as a child despite losing.
The Dutch already threatened with a good shot by Van Dijk at the exit of a corner, who did not accuse the presence of a Memphis far from their prime, which the modern ones would say. Pedri and Lamine did not touch the ball, which was dying from orange to forced marches. Unrecognizable Spain, with one of the serious source, still in its technical area, perhaps looking for answers to offer at rest. So much so that before half an hour Gakpo hooked a good shot from the front and beat Unai Simon to match the contest. Rotterdam’s bathtub exploded from jubilation, noisy and animosa. The play had originated Frimpong on the right wing, the best of Koeman’s, who broke in a wonderful duel with a clear musketeer accent.
The bad news for the red did not end there. Minutes later Cubarsí threw himself to the ground and asked for the change, after having hurt a few minutes before in an action with Depay. A setback that led to Huijsen’s debut, born in Amsterdam 19 years ago, to which the public rebuked without dissimulation having chosen the Mediterranean before the North Sea. What a daring. The wound of changing rooms could be more serious for Spain if it did not become a great stop by Unai Simón to Depay and an help from the crossbar after a powerful shot of reijnders.
The lap will be played on Sunday in Mestalla, where the passport for the ‘Final Four’ will be decided
The rest of De la Fuente boys did not help to wake up from the nap. A few seconds after restarting the game, Frimpong won a duel to Cucurella and gave the ball so that Reijnders put the locals with advantage. The empanada began to be from the time although this time a shy reaction began to be intuited, with a Lamine who wanted to load the team to his young back. The coach did not understand, who ordered a triple change that took out the Rocafonda from the equation.
He lived relatively quiet Verbruggen before the desperate Spanish inoperance. Not even in the last minutes, after the expulsion of Hato for a ugly entry to Le Normand, the national team of glimpses a draw seemed capable. But this team is touched by a magical wand and, from the most absolute nothing, it ran into Merino’s draw in the addition, as oxygenating as unfair, that keeps the streak safe and leaves the swords in style for the appointment of Mestalla.
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