SPANISH U/21 SQUAD - DEFEATS RUSSIA 2-1

The Spanish U/21 National Side has defeated Russia tonight
2-1 to consolidate its Group leadership & guarantee its presence in
next years U/21 European Championship. The Spanish team had to
make some important changes as 4 regular players were out serving
suspensions, but that did´nt stop Spain exercising their domination
which was clear in the 2ºhalf of the game.














The 1º half was Spain vs the Russian Wall, & it was´nt until the
2º half that Spain managed to "open the can"with a penalty in
which MATA converted ( pictured) & later the 2ºgoal via
PIQUE.

See the match resume below:

2 - Spain: Sergio Asenjo; Azpilicueta, Monreal, Piqué, Crespo;
Javi García, Ángel (Susaeta, m.56); Pedro (Mario Suárez, m.72),
Mata, Jonathan (Parejo, m.56); Callejón.

0 - Russia: Shunin; Yatchenko, Granat, Kudryashov, Shishkin;
Kasadev, Ryazantsev, Taranov (Bakaev, m.63), Kombarov;
Glushakov, Prudnikov.

Goals: 1-0: m.71: Mata, penalty, 2-0: m.77: Piqué. Tweet

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