ANSU AND GAVI, CHAMPIONS WITH SPAIN
¡España supera a Croacia en penaltis y se lleva la Nations League!
The Netherlands experienced a very disputed UEFA Nations League final between two teams that did not want to give up. After ninety 120 minutes without goals, the champion was defined from eleven meters... where Spain was able to prevail thanks to Unai Simón as a hero
'War' between Spain and Croatia in the final of the UEFA Nations League, that has finished with a worked victory of 'The Red' in batch of penaltis, after a party of gone and vuletas, a lot of occasions and the impossibility to do with the control for both teams, an action 'surprise' in the second half finish marking the difference so that Jordi Alba raise the title.
In key FC Barcelona, Gavi went back to be headline in the XI of Luis de la Fuente, whereas Ansu Fati went back from the bank of acting, as it has accustomed in the last year. The midfield player of 18 years, that many times acted in a very advanced position, had one of the clearest occasions of the party with a finish, after theft in dangerous zone, that left 'besando' the stick.
The first part was an authentic gone and turn, with occasions for both selections. Perisic, for example, had several head butts that could mark the difference in the marker, but appeared Unai Simón in the two opportunities to deny him the goal. The equality and inability to impose in the game and dominate in the field was the 'cross' for the two, that did not find the form to move the electronic.
Clear occasions without fortune
In the resumption, appeared very soon a centre of Peresic that 'swallowed' the goalkeeper of the Bilbao after going out without tarpaulin. Pasalic Did not reach to arrive to the finish, but Juranovic went out of the 'swim' to stick a shot that finish very crossed and left was. It was the most important warning of the Croats, that saw the answer of 'The Red' with a high head butt of Marco Asensio after a centre of Jordi Alba. Without success.
Croatia followed warning with a head butt of Pasalic, after a new centre of Perisic, but crashed in the lateral network. Spain attained shake the pressure with a far shot of Rodri, but was missing him fortune and left near of the left stick. Afterwards it was Fabián the one who could see goal after a clear of Livakovic, that had to go out to avoid a finish of Ansu. The refuse fell in the boots of the midfield player, the one who insisted with a finish far that left above the crossbar.
A very contested extention
Although Spain finished having better feelings and occasions in the second half, could not transform the command in goals and caused that the final left to the extention. The ones of Luis de la Fuente were very upper, were comfortable with the balloon, but crashed against the Croatian defensive wall and, besides, were not fine to the hour to define in the last metres. Finally, the party defined in the batch of penaltis, where Unai Simón dressed of hero to detain two launchings and lead to his.
