As the curtain draws on the Qatar World Cup getting closer and closer, a number of teams that have locked up the main match place in advance have taken advantage of this international matchday to warm up, hoping to further grind the technical and tactical play of the national team and the degree of tacit understanding between the players, among which the Matador Legion Spain, which swept the world football, held a warm-up match with Albania on the international match day, the two teams have had 7 direct encounters in the past, and the Spanish team not only maintained the proud record of 7 wins and 7 wins. And all 7 matches were kept clean sheets, which is why fans were optimistic about the Matador Legion being able to win easily before the game! However, after the start of the game, Albania showed a strong fighting spirit, for a long time to keep the Matador Legion in a state of unscored strength, until the second half of The Ferrantores helped Spain break the deadlock, although Albania then took advantage of Spain's mistakes to equalize, but substitute Olmo scored a final goal in the last moment, helping the Matador Legion win 2-1, maintaining an eight-game winning streak against Albania!
Now Spain's head coach Enrique, who has also coached Barcelona before, coupled with the Spanish national team's style is also dominated by passing, which also makes Xavi's Barcelona rebound strongly, fans have higher expectations for the performance of the Matadors, and in this game with Albania, Spain's pass control makes the opponents on the field feel desperate.
Spain's possession rate reached a staggering 82% in the whole game, so that the opponent could not touch the ball most of the time, which also allowed Albania to make up its mind to swing the bus, this campaign their five defenders plus three defensive midfielders also performed well, for a long time to withstand the Spanish attack, but in the last moments of the second half, after the decline in physical fitness, the opponent found the weakness of the defensive end and broke the deadlock on the field.
In Barcelona, Known by fans as the king of the waves, Ferrantores returned to the Spanish national team to be the real thigh of the team's offensive end, in this game he completed all three shots to hit the target, arguably the team's best performer on the offensive end, in the 75th minute of the second half, Spain's high pressing force forced Albania to make a mistake, Ferrantores after receiving a direct ball from his teammate, a push to help the Matadors break the deadlock on the field.
However, the good times were not long, in the 85th minute, the Spanish team responded to a mistake from the opponent, Paul Torres in the break, the header directly hit the Albanian attacking players, helped the opponent equalize to see the end of the seven consecutive defeats against the Matadors Army, in the final moments of the game, substitute Olmo saved Spain, after receiving a pass from his teammates in the box, Olmo made a slight adjustment, before the two defenders closed the fence, took out a full moon curved knife, straight to the goal dead end, helped Spain kill the opponent.
Although today's Spain team is no longer the champion favorite team in the eyes of fans, the personal ability and potential of this group of young players give this team an incomparably bright future, even if they cannot dominate in Qatar, I believe they will show their best side and strive to stage the return of the king in the next World Cup!