The Spanish U/21 National Team Coach & Selector Lopez Caro, was questioned last week to explain what reasons lead him not to call up youngsters like Bojan, Sergio Canales & Domínguez, all regular “Liga” players with their respective teams, to the National squad. The replies were not convincing (form) & to be honest very vague; who really knows why he left out three of Spain’s current young talents.
Tonight all three were remembered & came to haunt Lopez Caro after his team barely defeated the last placed group team LIECHTENSTEIN 3-1, in a terrible & almost embarrassing match were the home team was lucky to get away with this “distorted” result that doesn´t reflect the match at all.The situation was so “critical” that Spain had in serious danger its qualification for the U/21 European Championships at one point when the visitors equalized 1-1 in the 57th min. Luckily, Coach Lopez Caro reacted & brought on Fran Mérida y Adrián López (why weren’t they in the starting line-up?) to remedy the situation a steer the team towards a 2ºnd goal & calmness reigned thankfully at the end when Diego Capel converted a penalty.
With this win Spain has 12 points & remains 2º placed behind Holland ( 15 points) in Group 4. Remember only the first placed go directly through to the European Finals , with the Best 4º second placed teams from the 10 groups going into a play-off.
Details:
Spain 3: Sergio Asenjo; Azpilicueta, Canella, San José, Botía; Javi Martínez, Jeffrén (Fran Mérida, min. 69), Ander Herrera (Rodrigo Ríos, min. 88), Parejo, Josélu (Adrián, min. 64) & Diego Capel.
Liechtenstein 1: Büchel; Haber (Beck, min. 67), O. Spalt, Rechsteiner, Kaufmann; Hasler, Hanselmann (Yildiz, min. 80), Christen, Hasler; Wieser & Quintans (Eris, min, 53).
Goals: 1 - 0, min. 12. Parejo; 1 - 1, min. 57. Hanselmann; 2 - 1, min. 72. Adrián; 3 - 1, min. 89. Diego Capel. Tweet
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