European Championship Qualifying: Alvaro Morata (73′) Malta 0-2 Spain
European Championship Qualifying: Alvaro Morata (31′) Malta 0-1 Spain
Gerard Pique’s 10th match for Catalonia was his first since retiring from Spain’s national team.
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said he told supporters making anti-Spanish chants to “shut up” as he returned to international football in Catalonia’s 2-1 friendly victory over Venezuela.
Pique — who retired from Spain’s national team after the World Cup last year — led out a side at Girona’s Montilivi Stadium that also included former Barca stars Bojan Krkic, Marc Bartra, Aleix Vidal and Oriol Romeu.
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However, the game’s main talking point came when Pique, who has been a prominent speaker during…
Fifteen years at the highest level gives a national team coach plenty of sporting capital. Enough, for example, to survive both a humiliating first-round exit at a World Cup and relegation from the inaugural Nations League. It also gave Joachim Low licence to make bold moves and he certainly did that when Germany traveled to take on the Dutch in the pick of the weekend’s Euro 2020 qualifiers.
Having already dropped Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller, Low drew up a 3-4-1-2 system featuring…
Despite winning their opening match in Euro 2020 qualifying vs. Norway, questions remain over how good this new generation of Spanish players are.
Spain had to rely on a cheeky Panenka penalty from captain Sergio Ramos to beat Norway 2-…
Despite winning their opening match in Euro 2020 qualifying vs. Norway, questions remain over how good this new generation of Spanish players are.
European Championship Qualifying: Sergio Ramos (71′) Spain 2-1 Norway Spain coach Luis Enrique hailed captain Sergio Ramos as “a unique player in history” after he scored a “Panenka” penalty to give his side a 2-1 home win over Norway in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier on Saturday.
Real Madrid defender Ramos struck the winner from the spot after Joshua King had cancelled out Rodrigo Moreno’s opening goal.
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Ramos beat Norway goalkeeper Rune Jarstein, chipping the ball down the middle of the goal to score a “Panenka” for the fifth time this season and leave Luis Enrique…
Despite winning their opening match in Euro 2020 qualifying vs. Norway, questions remain over how good this new generation of Spanish players are.
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Spain had to rely on a cheeky Panenka penalty from captain Sergio Ramos to beat Norway 2-1 in European Championship qualifying, at the Mestalla.
European Championship Qualifying: Sergio Ramos (71′) Spain 2-1 Norway
European Championship Qualifying: Joshua King (65′) Spain 1-1 Norway Spain captain Sergio Ramos scored another “Panenka” penalty to give his side a 2-1 home win over Norway on Saturday in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier but it was a far from convincing display from Luis Enrique’s side.
Spain made a slick start and took the lead at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium when Rodrigo Moreno volleyed in Jordi Alba’s cross from close range in the 16th minute and continued to dominate proceedings without carving out many clear chances.
Norway, who had done little in attack, levelled…
Spain had to rely on a cheeky Panenka penalty from captain Sergio Ramos to beat Norway 2-1 in European Championship qualifying, at the Mestalla.
European Championship Qualifying: Sergio Ramos (71′) Spain 2-1 Norway