Spain U-21 Team defeated Georgia 5 - 0 this afternoon in their Group 6 qualifier for the upcoming Euro u21 Championships in Poland.
The Group looks the following manner with Croatia currently leading, remembering that the Country that finishes on top goes directly into the Finals. Spain had to win today to have a chance & will play Croatia next Tuesday were a victory will give them top spot. But it will be difficult as Croatia are a very talented & strong outfit.
Today Spain dominated totally the game & received a confidence boost with Everton forward Deulofeu scoring a HAT-TRICK, with the other goalscorers being Williams & Ceballos.
Match details
SPAIN - 5: Kepa; Manquillo, Jonni, Rubén Duarte, Gaya; José Rodríguez (Camarasa, m.67), Oliver Torres; Deulofeu, Marco Asensio, Denis Suárez (Dani Ceballos, m.57), Iñaki Williams (Munir, m.72).
GEORGIA - 0: Kurdadze; Gegechkori, Gadrani, Dvali, Ubilava; Kiteishvili, Tsnobiladze; Pantsulaia (Shulaia, m.46), Papunashvili, Lobjanidze (Kochladze, m.62), Kacharava (Kerdzevadze, m.77).
Goals: 1-0, M.16: Deulofeu. 2-0, M.32: Deulofeu. 3-0, M.55: Iñaki Williams. 4-0, M.64: Dani Ceballos. 5-0, M.82: Deulofeu.
The Spanish Football National Team won 2 - 0 Georgia in their Group I qualifier to take the three points, the Top spot of the Group & a direct ticket to defend their World Champions title in the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil .
A couple of changes in the starting XI by Spanish coach Del Bosque giving Iker Casillas the goalie spot, bring back Juanfran to the right back position, Navas as winger, Alvaro Negredo as a "pure Nº9" & youngster Alberto Moreno debuting as the left back.
As expected Georgia put 10 men in to defend but Spain changed a bit its usual play to concentrate more down the wings & thus open up the opposition. The Spanish ball possession touched 85 % at times & this only gave Georgia the "counter-attack" option. The visitors had three clear chances with dangerous counters in which Spanish goalie Iker Casillas had to intervene in the first to keep his goal virgen.
The first goal came in the 25 th min with a touch ball combination between Pedro, Iniesta & Negredo. The second came in the 60th min when Juan Mata ( on just a few minutes ) fired in a loose ball in the goal area.
Spanish Coach Del Bosque gave a run to Koke & Isco to watch Spain wrap things up in front of the local supporters who celebrated the World cup qualification.
Overall a better match for Spain than against Belarus last Friday, but the rival was at a less level & thus one cannot judge accurately the improvements. Either way, the objective was achieved & Spain now has months to fine tune their squad & their game in order to attempt the difficult feat of defending their World Champ title.
The road towards the Brazil & FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 competition began tonight for the current World & European Champions SPAIN against GEORGIA in their Group I qualifier. The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM won 0 - 1 with a very late goal.
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| Xavi |
The match was suffered, frustrating & nervous as Georgia put up an authentic wall of defenders in which Spain kept crashing into without any result. The frustrations grew as time went by & even desperation began creeping into the Spanish game.
Spanish Football Coach Del Bosque reacted taking off a defender ( Arbeloa ) for Cesc Fabregas & even put defender Pique up foward in an attempt to find the much desired goal.
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The match prize & valuable goal finally came when Cesc Fabregas crossed from the wing & found ROBERTO SOLDADO in the box who put the ball into the net in the 85th min. Relief as Spain knew that a victory was very important for the long road ahead in this Group qualifying phase.
Valuable three points tonight, a hard night at the office for Spain.
Details:
Georgia 0: Loria (Kvaskhvadze, min. 73); Lobjanidze, Khizanishvili, Amisulashvili, Kvirkvelia; Kashia; Targamadze (Dzalamidze, min. 64), Daushvili, Kankava, Okriashvili; & Mchedlidze (Sirbiladze, min. 79).
Spain 1: Casillas; Arbeloa (Cesc Fábregas, min. 80), Piqué, Ramos, Jordi Alba; Busquets (Pedro, min. 57), Xabi Alonso, Xavi; Iniesta, Silva (Cazorla, min. 64) & Soldado.
Goal: 0-1, min. 85: Soldado.
