In the Nations League, Spain finally clinched a win, but so did rival Portugal. Despite star player Erling Haaland, Norway separated goalless from Slovenia.
Spain’s national soccer team has finally clinched its first win of the season in the Nations League but still falls short of rivals Portugal. Norway dropped points one floor down for the first time – also because BVB striker Erling Haaland hardly appeared.
Spain won 1-0 (1-0) in Switzerland on Thursday evening, in the third game it was the first success. The top of the table in group 2 of the A-League is still held by Portugal, which had no problems against the Czech Republic in a 2-0 (2-0) win. Portugal now leads with 7 points ahead of Spain (5) and the Czech Republic (4), Switzerland remains pointless.
Norway weak despite being outnumbered
In Geneva, Pablo Sarabia (13th) gave the Spaniards a deserved lead, securing victory after two previous draws. Bernardo Silva in particular shone in Portugal’s selection for superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. The Manchester City offensive player prepared the two goals from Joao Cancelo (33rd) and Goncalo Guedes (38th) in Lisbon. The Czech Republic are still without Bayer Leverkusen’s top scorer Patrik Schick, who underwent groin surgery after the end of the season in May.
Norway were held to a 0-0 draw by Slovenia in Oslo, even though the visitors were outnumbered after Miha Blazic (63′) was sent off. The offensive around Haaland, who is moving from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City, was extremely difficult.