Spain celebrated its first win of the season in the Nations League at the third attempt – but can’t keep up with rival Portugal.
Spain won 1-0 (1-0) in Switzerland on Thursday evening (June 9th, 2022), 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.
Sarrabia with the goal of the evening
In what had been an uneventful game in Geneva for a long time, Pablo Sarabia (13′) gave the Spaniards a deserved lead, securing victory after two previous draws. Switzerland, with goalkeeper Yann Sommer, Breel Embolo (both Borussia Mönchengladbach), Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund) and Silvan Widmer (FSV Mainz 05) in the starting eleven, rarely challenged the favorites.
Bernardo Silva shines as a preparer
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 were still without Bayer Leverkusen’s top scorer Patrik Schick, who underwent groin surgery after the end of the season in May.
