FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Estadio La Cartuja

Match Report

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Spain make light work of Kosovo despite goalkeeping gaffe

Spain pulled off a convincing 3-1 win at home to Kosovo in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday although goalkeeper Unai Simon had a night to forget,

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
0
19.1
Possession
80.9
3
SHOTS
24
1
ON GOAL
11
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
141
Accurate Passes
845
216
Passes
918
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
5
6
Crosses
18
0.0
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
53
27
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
10
14
Effective Clearances
7
14
Clearances
7

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 4Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 12Eric GarcíaCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Marcos LlorenteRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 20PedriLM
  8. 8KokeRM
  9. 7Álvaro MorataF
  10. 19Dani OlmoLF
  11. 11Ferran TorresRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Sergio RamosSUB
  2. 14José GayàSUB
  3. 10Thiago AlcantaraSUB
  4. 16RodriSUB
  5. 17Fabián RuizSUB
  6. 21Mikel OyarzabalSUB
  7. 6Sergio CanalesSUB
  8. 2Pedro PorroSUB
  9. 9Gerard MorenoSUB
  10. 3Diego LlorenteSUB
  11. 13Robert SánchezSUB
  12. 1David de GeaSUB

KOS · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Samir UjkaniG
  2. 20Ibrahim DresevicCD
  3. 3Fidan AlitiCD-L
  4. 15Mërgim VojvodaCD-R
  5. 6Hekuran KryeziuCM-L
  6. 8Besar HalimiCM-R
  7. 9Bersant CelinaAM
  8. 17Benjamin KololliLM
  9. 2Florent HadergjonajRM
  10. 7Milot RashicaCF-L
  11. 18Vedat MuriqiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Leart PaqaradaSUB
  2. 13Lirim KastratiiSUB
  3. 22Edon ZhegrovaSUB
  4. 5Lirim KastratiSUB
  5. 12Betim HalimiSUB
  6. 21Atdhe NuhiuSUB
  7. 4Idriz VocaSUB
  8. 23Florent HasaniSUB
  9. 16Visar BekajSUB
  10. 11Elbasan RashaniSUB
  11. 14Betim FazlijiSUB
  12. 10Arbër ZeneliSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Spain 1, Kosovo 0. Dani Olmo (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 36' Goal! Spain 2, Kosovo 0. Ferran Torres (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedri.
  3. 49' Hekuran Kryeziu (Kosovo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Substitution, Kosovo. Lirim Kastrati replaces Milot Rashica.
  5. 57' Substitution, Kosovo. Arbër Zeneli replaces Benjamin Kololli.
  6. 69' Substitution, Spain. Fabián Ruiz replaces Pedri.
  7. 69' Substitution, Spain. Gerard Moreno replaces Álvaro Morata.
  8. 70' Goal! Spain 2, Kosovo 1. Besar Halimi (Kosovo) left footed shot from more than 35 yards to the centre of the goal.
  9. 75' Goal! Spain 3, Kosovo 1. Gerard Moreno (Spain) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Koke with a cross following a corner.
  10. 82' Substitution, Spain. Sergio Canales replaces Dani Olmo.
  11. 82' Substitution, Spain. Rodri replaces Sergio Busquets.
  12. 82' Substitution, Kosovo. Idriz Voca replaces Besar Halimi.
  13. 86' Substitution, Spain. Sergio Ramos replaces Eric García.

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