At 02:45 Beijing time on March 29, in the second round of Group A of the European Cup qualifiers, Scotland played at home against Spain, and Robertson assisted McTominay in the first half to take a 1-0 lead. In the second half, Scott McTominay scored twice. In the end, Scotland beat Spain 2-0 at home to win two consecutive European qualifiers and secure the top spot in Group A.
Match events
In the 7th minute of the game, Robertson's pressing in front caused Polo to slip and slip on the backfield of the ball, Robertson won the ball and knocked back at the bottom line, and Scottish pushed the ball in the box to score, Scotland led 1-0 and made a dream start!
In the 15th minute of the game, Scotland played a high-quality counter-attack, Christie broke through into the box with the ball, got up and hit the goal, but unfortunately slightly deflected off the post! In the 23rd minute of the game, Polo picked out a cross from the right side of the box in front, Jose Lu nodded the ball and the ball hit the crossbar and popped up!
In the 28th minute, Oyasabal drove a corner kick from the right into the box, Rodri flicked his head in front of the goal, and the ball went slightly over the crossbar! In the 45+1st minute of the game, the Scotland backfield countered with a long pass, Dix cut the ball forward and broke through to the left side of the box, and the ball hit high in the run!
In the 52nd minute of the game, Tierney broke the ball at the back, broke through to the left side of the box and crossed, the Spanish player was not far away, Scottish followed up with a volley to score, Scotland led Spain 2-0!
In the 61st minute of the game, Williams won the ball on the right side of the penalty area and crossed low, and Aspas swept a shot in front of the point, and the ball went over the crossbar! In the 67th minute of the game, the Spanish backfield played with fire, and Kepa's careless pass went directly to the feet of Scotland, almost causing disaster!
Spain struggled for the rest of the day, eventually swallowing a 2-0 defeat away from home to top the table.
From Euro '08 to Euro '12, after achieving three consecutive major championships (including the World Cup in South Africa in 10 years), Spain began to step down the altar, but always grasped the pass control football, which also led to repeated losses in the subsequent major tournaments, which also led to Spain becoming 16 lang in the World Cup and losing to Japan for the first time. This also led to the departure of former boss Luis Enrique, who opened their first European Qualifier with a 3-0 home win over Norway under new manager De La Fuente, a defeat that also prevented the Matador Legion from winning the opening two games.
In the third round of the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Blue Samurai Japan defeated Matador Spain 2-1
Losing this match does not mean that Spain has lost the initiative to qualify, the Matador Legion still has a great probability of getting a place in the main tournament of the European Championship, but after this game, the Matador Legion should reflect on themselves, why is it difficult to win now because of the passing and control style that they were proud of, so the scene is good-looking, no matter how high the possession rate is, it is also "bamboo basket to hit the water" If the Matador Legion continues to go all the way to the dark, then it is difficult for them to make a difference in the competition.
Starting lineups for both teams
Scottish starters: 1 Gooan, 22 Hickey (82'2 Patterson), 15 Portsea, 5 Hanley, 6 Tierney (75'16 Cooper), 3 Robertson, 7 McGim (83'18 Lewis Ferguson), 4 McTominay, 8 McGregor, 11 Christie (75'23 McLean), 9 (90'10 Scharncrane)
Bench not played: 12 Kelly, 21 Clark, 13 Dominic Heim, 14 Gilmour, 17 Armstrong, 19 Brown, 20 Ryan Jack
Spain starters: 1 Kepa, 14 Gaja, 6 I-Martinez, 3 David Garcia, 2 Pedro Polo (46'20 Carvajal), 14 Merino (57'17 Aspas), 16 Rodri, 10 Ceballos (79'9 Garvey), 18 Oyasabal (46'19 Williams), 11 Pinault, 21 Joselu (66'12 Iglesias)
Substitutes not played: 13 Roberto Sanchez, 23 Raya, 4 Nacho, 5 Laporte, 7 Morata, 8 Fabian Ruiz, 22 Zubimendi