The Spanish team returns to another World Cup. The national team has not failed since 1974 and joins the 2026 World Cup thanks to its victory against Georgia in a packed Boris Paichadze and with a sensational atmosphere, despite the fact that his team was already eliminated. Türkiye also won but Spain has a +19 average, compared to the Turks’ +5. In the event of an Ottoman victory in Seville it would have to be an impossible win by seven goals.
De la Fuente only surprised with the presence of Baena on the leftwhile Cubarsí took the place of the injured Huijsen. Spain commanded from the beginning with Ferran Torres doing damage on the right.
The ‘Shark’ was precisely the architect of the goal that opened the scoring. A tackle was cut off by a handball, which the referee saw after being warned by the VAR, and Oyarzabal did not forgive from the eleven meters.
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The game was getting very serious and soon. The best medicine to deal with nerves. La Roja scored the second with a shot from Baena that hit the post in a total siege on the Georgian goal. Zubimendi no longer forgave, breaking from behind, and took advantage of a pass from Fabián to chip the ball over Mamardashvili.
De la Fuente’s team handed down a fast-track sentence. And he left no room for doubt in another action by Oyarzabal, always disturbing between the lines, and leaving the ball behind for Ferran Torres to score the third. Once again Oyarzabal had the fourth in his boots with a shot from point-blank range that Mamardashvili saved in extremis.
The second part remained as a merit procedure for a team that has shown itself in this qualifying phase for the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Spain showed that it is a solid block. The casualties were relevant, but the substitute theoretical players once again performed at a high level. The core with Fabián, Zubimendi and Merino It was insurmountable and, in attack, the capacity to generate danger was very great.
The Shark, very incisive
The match was so clear that De la Fuente allowed himself the luxury of replacing Kvaratskhelia’s marker, Pedro Porro, with Marcos Llorente. Meanwhile, Spain continued to insist on the opposite side with a very incisive Ferran Torres. One of his cannon shots could have meant the fourth goal if it weren’t for the back of a rival. The Shark was with the arrow up.
One of those who benefited from the Valencian’s work was Oyarzabal. The Real Sociedad forward saw the spaces with ease and scored the fourth with a perfect header. Spain was a roller and it was only a matter of knowing the number of goals that would end up falling.
Unai Simón finally appeared
The Spanish team is a choral team, where everyone knows their role. The Panda was able to help himself when entering through Oyarzabal, while Unai Simón began to appear with a Georgia who was looking for the goal of honor no matter what.
The passion of the Georgian people for football is impressive. They cheered as if the result was equal and an opportunity was enough for a celebration.. A team with courage, just as Willy Sagnol had requested.
Spain was able to reserve pieces little by little, although this did not affect the score. La Roja continued wanting the party to continue. Marcos Llorente was a dagger for the difference and there was no way to stop him.
The game died little by little with a team that gave a blow of authority and Luis de la Fuente managed to overcome Vicente del Bosque’s streak of 29 official games without losing. It already has 30 and on Tuesday it could be 31, equaling the total record held by Italy.
Georgia hit a post at the end that was celebrated as a goal, while Borja Iglesias missed an empty goal. It would have been the perfect cherry on top with the ‘little hand’.