'Only' Win 3-1 Against Cyprus, Spain Is Getting Closer To Group Champions

Dani Carvajal et al brought Spain to defeat Cyprus and strengthen Spain's position at the top of Group A of the Euro 2024 qualifiers. (Twitter @SEFutbol)

JAKARTA - Spain 'only' were able to win 3-1 against the weak team Cyprus in the continuation of Group A of the Euro 2024 qualification at the Alphamega Stadin, Friday, November 17 in the morning WIB. The victory brought Spain closer to winning the group.

Spain has already qualified for the Euro 2024 finals. However, Spain does not want to waste its security in the last two matches and only wants to fight for group winners with Scotland.

In the seventh match of the group stage, Scotland successfully conquered Cyprus who was at the bottom of the standings. Meanwhile, Scotland was only able to play balanced 2-2 against Georgia.

Victory over Cyprus confirmed Spain's position at the top of the standings with 18 points. They also moved away from Scotland who had 16.

On the other hand, Cyprus never once won points during the preliminary round. They also conceded 28 goals and only scored three goals, including against Spain in this match.

In this match, Spanish coach Luis de la Fuente did not field the best team. He rested regular players and gave many coating players the opportunity to start.

However, Spain remains too strong for the hosts. However, Dani Carvajal et al 'only' could score three goals. In the first duel, La Roja finished Cyprus six goals without reply.

Barcelona star, 16, Lamine Yamal, opened the Spanish victory party with a shot from close range when the game had only been running for five minutes.

Yamal yang tidak dibawa ke Indonesia untuk memperkuat Spanyol U-17 sempat menunjukkan aksi individual melewati bek dan kemudian kiper Cyprus sebelum mencetak gol.

This is Yamal's second goal for Spain. Previously, he scored against Georgia when he made his national team debut in a qualific match last September.

At that time, Yamal became the youngest Spanish player to break into the opponent's goal with an age of 16 years and 57 days.

Furthermore, Spain captain Mikel Oyarzabal tricked the Cyprus goalkeeper before increasing the lead to 2-0 in the 22nd minute.

However, he had to wait for the results from VAR for allegedly offside. After observing the recording from VAR, the referee still approved the goal.

Only six minutes later, Spain scored again. This time it was Joselu who did it. The score changed to 3-0 for Spain and lasted until the end of the first half.

In the second half, Spain lowered the tempo of the game. However, they became an opponent difficult for Cyprus. The hosts finally scored after Kostas Pileas beat goalkeeper Arsenal David Raya in the 75th minute.

No more goals were created after efforts from Pileas, Spain closed the match with a 3-1 advantage.