European preliminaries: Spain 3-1 won five consecutive victories to lead Real Madrid's big pass 16-year-old star scored 2 goals in 3 games
In the early morning of November 17, Beijing time, in the 9th round of the group stage of the European Cup qualifiers, Spain defeated Cyprus 3-1 away and continued to lead the group after 5 consecutive wins. Yamal took the lead, Joselu and Oyarzabal scored and Pileyas pulled one back.
Highlights of the competition:
Yamal scored two goals in the first three games of his Spanish career, more than in 18 games (one goal) with Barcelona. The age difference between 16-year-old Yamal and Keylor Navas is 21 years and 234 days, the largest age gap between a Spanish international at the same game. Prior to Yamal's goal, Spain had made 22 consecutive passes, the highest for a Spanish team in the tournament and ranked fourth in all European qualifiers.
The four Real Sociedad players – Lenormand, Suwimendi, Merino and Oyarzabal – started at the same time for the first time since the 1982 World Cup (the same four, Aconada, Perrico Alonso, Zamora and Satrustegui).
Wonderful review
In the 5th minute, Spain made a series of short passes, Merino knocked horizontally, and Yamal crossed the goalkeeper on the right rib of the penalty area and pushed it, 1-0.
In the 22nd minute, Grimaldo crossed diagonally from the left wing, and Oyarzabal fired a low shot into the far corner in front of the left bottom line, 2-0, and after VAR review, it was determined that Oyarzabal was not offside, and the goal was valid.
In the 26th minute, Suvimendi's push shot from the top of the arc hit the left post.
In the 28th minute, Oyarzabal took a corner kick from the right side, and Joselu outflanked and swept at the back point, 3-0.
In the 58th minute, Gavi fell after passing in the penalty area, and the referee ignored it.
On 61 minutes, Joselu headed the ball away from the goalkeeper.
In the 75th minute, the midfielder of Chalalambos went straight to the goal, and Pilaias scored with a single goal, 1-3, and the referee reviewed the video and determined that the home team did not foul Gavi when he broke the ball, and the goal was valid.
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Line-up
Cyprus (5-4-1): Moore, Andreo, Carlo (Cusulos 66), Gokic, Lefis, Joannau, C. Kiriaku (Spol Jaric 46), H. Kiriaku (Chalarampos 46), Casstanos, Anderson Correa (Pilaias 46), Pitas (Kakuli 60)
Spain (4-3-3): Raya, Navas (Carvajal 66), Lenormand (David Garcia 46), Pau Torres, Grimaldo, Gavi, Suvimendi, Merino (Alex Garcia 46), Yamal (Ferran Torres 73), Joselu, Oyarzabal (Riquelme 40)