UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, March 20, 2025
Spain WWWWW 2
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Netherlands DDLWD 2
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ESP112
NED112
1st Leg · Stadion Feijenoord · 42,003 att.

Match Report

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Spain rescue late draw against 10-man Netherlands

Spain snatched a stoppage-time equaliser against 10-man Netherlands to secure a 2-2 draw on Thursday that kept up a two-year unbeaten streak and gave the holders the advantage in their UEFA Nations League quarterfinal tie.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
5
59.7
Possession
40.3
15
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
564
Accurate Passes
349
629
Passes
424
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.4
38
Long Balls
32
13
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
5
17
Effective Clearances
26
17
Clearances
26

Highlights

01:46 Burley impressed with Netherlands after Spain draw Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NED leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NED · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 5Jorrel HatoLB
  5. 2Lutsharel GeertruidaRB
  6. 19Justin KluivertAM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 14Tijjani ReijndersRM
  9. 10Memphis DepayF
  10. 11Cody GakpoAM-L
  11. 12Jeremie FrimpongAM-R

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 4Pau CubarsíCD-L
  3. 5Robin Le NormandCD-R
  4. 22Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 2Pedro PorroRB
  6. 18Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 8Fabián RuizLM
  8. 20PedriRM
  9. 7Álvaro MorataF
  10. 17Nico WilliamsLF
  11. 19Lamine YamalRF

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Netherlands 0, Spain 1. Nico Williams (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedri.
  2. 28' Goal! Netherlands 1, Spain 1. Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Justin Kluivert.
  3. 41' Substitution, Spain. Dean Huijsen replaces Pau Cubarsí because of an injury.
  4. 45'+1' Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 46' Goal! Netherlands 2, Spain 1. Tijjani Reijnders (Netherlands) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
  6. 61' Dean Huijsen (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Spain. Dani Olmo replaces Pedri.
  8. 66' Substitution, Spain. Ayoze Pérez replaces Álvaro Morata.
  9. 66' Substitution, Spain. Mikel Oyarzabal replaces Lamine Yamal.
  10. 72' Ayoze Pérez (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Netherlands. Teun Koopmeiners replaces Frenkie de Jong.
  12. 74' Substitution, Netherlands. Xavi Simons replaces Justin Kluivert.
  13. 79' Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 81' Jorrel Hato (Netherlands) is shown the red card.
  15. 84' Substitution, Netherlands. Matthijs de Ligt replaces Memphis Depay.
  16. 84' Substitution, Spain. Mikel Merino replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  17. 90'+1' Substitution, Netherlands. Mats Wieffer replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  18. 90'+3' Goal! Netherlands 2, Spain 2. Mikel Merino (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

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