Marc Casadó played his first official match with the Spanish senior team on Friday at the Parken in Copenhagen against Denmark (1-2). The FC Barcelona midfielder came on in the 70th minute for Martín Zubimendi, who asked for the change after feeling a puncture in his left abductor that, in principle, would not be serious.
Spain had previously taken the lead thanks to goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Ayoze Pérez. In the final stretch there was an important Danish reaction after the discount scored by Isaksen six minutes from the end, but La Roja knew how to endure the result that allowed it to secure its place in the quarterfinals of the Nations League as leader of group D.
In addition to Casadó, Spain had Dani Olmo and Pedri González on the visit to Denmark. The one from Terrassa started and completed a brilliant game, assisting Ayoze in the goal that ended up worth the three points. The Tenerife native, for his part, entered ten minutes from the end for Mikel Merino.
Casadó, happy and surprised by his debut against Denmark
In that sense, he valued Spain's work in the final minutes to sustain a short result in an always complicated field. "These are the games that I like. We were 0-2 and it was complicated with that goal, but we knew how to suffer, which is also important in these games of this magnitude. Round debut with the victory and classification as first," he pointed out. Married.
The Barça youth player will have another opportunity to continue adding minutes under Luis de la Fuente next Monday in Tenerife, against Switzerland. Spain arrives with assured leadership, while the Helvetians are also condemned to go down to League B of the Nations League as last in the area.