Spain take on the visitors Portugal in the round 1 match in League A of UEFA Nations League. The match will be played on Thursday, June 2nd at Estadio Benito Villamarín (Sevilla).
Spain leave a highly controversial impression under Luis Enrique. On the one hand, she is definitely strong. At the Euro, the young team was able to reach the semifinals, where they lost to the future winner, Italy, only in a penalty shootout. In the fall, Fury Roja reached the final of the League of Nations and won the right to take 1st place in the qualifying group for the World Cup from Sweden. So now "Lucho" at the same time will play something for the World Cup, as he likes, experiment and change. On the other hand, the Spaniards are very unstable. They also started last summer in the continental tournament only with draws with the Swedes and Poles, and in the 1/8 finals they passed Switzerland only thanks to the 11-meter ones. His inability to play on the score was also shown in the final of the League of Nations, with the French. But this could be due to the fact that the coaching staff constantly made changes to the composition. Now there is not a single debutant in the clip. Yes, De Gea, Pedri, Oyarzabal did not get there either, and this list is endless. But this is a common thing for this country with its abundance of stars.
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Portugal were able to avoid shame. They managed to lose a dispute to Serbia for 1st place in qualifying for the World Cup. But Ronaldo and the company were lucky in the joints. While they were beating the Turks in the 1st round in Porto, a potential opponent, Italy, was disgraced at home with North Macedonia. And the “chosen ones” avoided repeating the blunder of the Azzurri. They scored twice against underdog in Lisbon. But still, there is a feeling that this may be the last achievement of the generation that won the Euro back in 2016 - just look at the age of not only Cristiano, but also Pepe, Fonte, Joao Moutinho. However, the pragmatic Fernando Santos willingly dilutes veterans with youth. In the current application, 11 players are no more than 25 years old, and among them are such stars as Diogo Jota, Rafael Leau and Joao Felix. We also note the abundance of injured, as well as the decision not to call Ruben Dias from Manchester City.
The teams have drawn four times in a row. At Euro 2012, the future champion passed his neighbor on penalties, at the World Cup in Russia it was 3-3 in the group. In addition, test matches were held in 2020 and 2021, both times 0-0. Bookmakers give the expected advantage to the hosts. But it is unlikely that the neighbors will show exorbitant speeds - we are waiting for "less than 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
