Euro 2024 qualifiers continue, in a match in Group A, seeded Spain away to Scotland in a match, although Spain has the advantage in possession, but Scotland used two counter-attacks by Scottish McTominay to score two goals, and finally Scotland defeated Spain 2-0, breaking the biggest upset of this European Qualifiers. At the World Cup in Qatar, Japan used the classic defensive counterattack to defeat Spain, when Japan had less than 20% possession, but still defeated Spain, and now Scotland beat Spain in the same way, it seems that although Spain has changed coaches, it has not escaped the fate of being upset.
Scotland vs Spain, the home team sent a 170 million euro starting line-up, McGim, Dikes, Christie partnered the striker, Hickey, Scott McTominay, McGregor, Robertson sat in midfield, Rennes, Hanley, Tierney formed the defensive line, and Gunn guarded the gate. For Spain, the starting line-up is worth 360 million euros, with Oyasabal, Joselu, Pino partnering the striker, Ceballos, Rodri, Merino sitting in midfield, Gaia, Inigo, David Garcia, Polo forming the defensive line, and Kepa guarding the gate.
In the 7th minute of the game, Robertson was pressed in front, Polo was cut off from the back, Robertson went down and returned the triangle pass, and Scottony followed up with a push to score and Scotland got off to a fantastic start, leading Spain 1-0 at home. In the 15th minute, Scotland had another counter-attack opportunity, Christie broke through into the box with the ball and shot hard, the ball was slightly deflected to stand, Scotland voluntarily gave up possession and concentrated on the defensive counterattack.
In the 23rd minute, Polo broke through from the right and sent a pick cross near the corner of the box, Joselu headed in the box, and the ball hit the crossbar and popped up. In the 28th minute, Oyasabal took a corner kick from the right and Rodri snatched a header in the box, and the ball was slightly high. In the 45th minute, Scotland attacked with a long pass from the back, and Dex cut the ball forward and broke through into the box to form a one-handed chance, but Dekkers' shot was high, and Scotland missed the opportunity to extend the scoreline.
In the second half, the two sides exchanged sides, and in the 52nd minute, Tierney broke through into the box with the ball after a successful back-of-the-field tackle, the first point was destroyed by the defender, and Scottish followed up with a volley to score and Scotland extended the score to lead Spain 2-0. In the 58th minute, Scotland won a free kick in front, McKim took a direct free kick, the ball hit the crossbar and popped up, Spain escaped. In the 61st minute, Spain attacked, Williams broke through from the right and crossed, and Aspas followed up to outflank the point and shoot high.
In the 74th minute, Williams broke through into the box and shot deflected from the defense. Although Spain had the ball for a long time, it did not create a threat, and in injury time, Garvey broke through on the right side of the front and picked up a pass into the box, and the first point was cleared by the Scottish player, and Pinault's long-range shot from the top of the penalty area was deflected, and finally Spain lost 2-0 away from home.
According to the post-match statistics, Spain had 75% possession, but only 8 shots on target and 3 shots on target did not score a goal, while Scotland's possession rate was only a measly 25%, but there were 9 shots and 3 shots on target and 2 goals in the game. After this battle, Scotland are in 1st place in the group with 6 points from both wins, and Spain is 2nd in the group with 3 points.