Wednesday, November 18 at 03:45
UEFA Nations League Spain vs Germany
This year's UEFA Nations League group stage has reached the final sprint moment, only Group III. France locked the group first place in the early round with the advantage of the match record, tonight Spain in Group IV will usher in the European League life and death battle with Germany in Seville, Spain is currently 1 point behind Germany, only to win to complete the counter-overtaking to advance to the semi-finals.
Spain drew 1-1 away to Switzerland last weekend, with Ramos making his 177th appearance for the Spanish national team, surpassing Buffon to set a record for a European player's national team appearance. Ramos ranks 5th in world football for his national team appearances, just seven games less than egyptian player Ahmed Hassan (184 games) at the top of the list. With Ramos' current status in the Spanish national team, it is only a matter of time before he surpasses this record. However, such a milestone, Lady Luck did not take care of the 34-year-old veteran, who twice missed penalties in the match against Switzerland. Before that, Ramos had scored 25 consecutive penalties, such a record night consecutive missed penalties, Ramos did not attend the pre-match press conference in Spain against Germany as originally planned, and how bad his mood can be imagined.
In addition, in a match against Switzerland, Spain also lost midfielder Busquets. The Spanish national team officially announced on Monday that Busquets was diagnosed with a mild sprain of the lateral ligament in his left knee and needed a one-week suspension, which is determined to be a match in Germany tonight.
Germany beat Ukraine 3-1 at home last weekend after conceding a goal first, leaving the UEFA Nations League unbeaten with 2 wins and 3 draws. In the case of Spain being forced to draw by Switzerland, Germany also completed the counter-overtaking ranking first in the group.
Spain have Ramos breaking the record, German captain Neuer is not far behind, the match against Ukraine is his 95th appearance, equal sepp Meyer held by the German goalkeeper appearance record, tonight's match with Spain will be Neuer's own record.
It is worth mentioning that in the match with Ukraine, several core Players of Germany have played well, and the winger Sane who joined Bayern this season equalized and continued his good form at the club.
Lead forward Werner scored twice, boosting his goals to four goals in this edition's UEFA Nations League.
Midfielder Goretzka, who has delivered two assists, has been directly involved in eight goals in the last six games for Germany, and he was elected with 54.5% fan approval in the vote against Ukraine's best player organized by the German Football Association, behind Goretzka is Werner (18%).
In terms of past performance, Spain has won 7, 8 draws and 9 losses in 24 games in Spain's history, scoring 25 goals and conceding 30 goals, 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses at home, scoring 10 goals and conceding 7 goals. It is worth mentioning that Spain has won eight consecutive home games, the last home loss was 2-3 at Home on October 18, 2018, england, and Germany has an unbeaten record of 5 wins and 1 draw in the last 6 away games, including a 3-2 defeat to the Netherlands. In a matchless match, Germany now has a deeper squad, and under such a tight schedule of three games a week, Germany has the ability to hold the throne of the first place in the group.