Group E Summary: Spain Runner-Up To Sweden

Team Spain (Photo: Twitter @SeFutbol)

JAKARTA - The Spanish national team, which entered the main round of Euro 2020 as one of the tournament seeds, only ended up being the runner-up in Group E's final standings behind Sweden.

As reported by Antara, Thursday, June 24, Sweden, who played against Spain in the opening match of Group E, were able to tame the Matador Team to pick an important point after a 0-0 draw at Sevilla on Monday, June 14.

The result made Slovakia had high hopes for being able to beat Poland 2-1 in an early match in Saint Petersburg.

A point against Spain is a huge boost of confidence for Sweden to take over the temporary top spot from Slovakia which they beat 1-0 in Saint Petersburg on Friday (18/6).

A day later, Spain's sluggishness continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Poland in Sevilla after Gerard Moreno had wasted a penalty.

Spain seemed to be on the edge, but their fertility suddenly blossomed in the final match against Slovakia where they won 5-0 at Sevilla on Wednesday local time (Thursday WIB).

At the same time, in Saint Petersburg, Poland was able to equalize against Sweden, which made Spain take over the top position.

However, a dramatic goal was scored by Viktor Claesson to seal a 3-2 win for Sweden over Poland.

Thus, Sweden ended up winning Group E with seven points, two points ahead of Spain who was in second place.

Both qualified for the round of 16, where Sweden will meet the Czech Republic and Spain face Croatia.

Meanwhile, a crushing defeat to Spain evaporated Slovakia's hopes to qualify for the round of 16 through the best third-placed path. The achievement of three points and a goal difference of five deficits actually made them book a ticket home with Poland, who was at the bottom of Group E.

Here are the full results for Group E:

Poland 1 - Slovakia 2 (Karol Linetty 46'; Wojciech Szczesny bd-18', Milan Skriniar 69')

Spain 0 - Sweden 0

Sweden 1 - Slovakia 0 (Emil Forsberg p-77')

Spain 1 - Poland 1 (Alvaro Morata 25' ; Robert Lewandowski 54')

Slovakia 0 - Spain 5 (Martin Dubravka bd-30', Aymeric Laporte 45+3', Pablo Sarabia 56', Ferran Torres 67', Juraj Kucka bd-71')

Sweden 3 - Poland 2 (Emil Forsberg 2', 59', Viktor Claesson 90+3'; Robert Lewandowski 62', 84')