Goals and Highlights Spain vs Georgia (4-0)

49' The referee blows his whistle! After losing during the week, Spain rehabilitates with a score and takes another step towards the World Cup in Qatar.

48' Merino sets up Pablo Fornals again, Spain score, but the referee disallowed it for offside.

45' Three minutes to go

43' The match gets bogged down, with some fouls and misplays on both sides

38' Merino threads a ball to Pablo Fornals, but he was too far forward and the linesman raises the flag

37' Grigol Chabradze, from Georgia, for bringing down Sarabia

31' Otar Kakabadze comes on for Guram Giorbelidze

29' Brais Méndez and Robert Sánchez replace José Gayà and Unai Simón.

27' José Gayà feels pain in his left leg, receives medical attention and leaves the field walking

24' Giorgi Chakvetadze and Sandro Altunashvili in, Davitashvili and Aburjania out

23' Guram Kashia, from Georgia, for comitted a hard foul

22' Sarabia hits the post, Abel Ruiz gets the rebound and hits it with his right foot, but the Georgian goalkeeper saves

20' Mikautadze pulls the ball in, gets his left foot in, and Unai Simon jump out to smack the ball away from Georgia's goal. Qazaishvili picks up the rebound and diverts it with his head, but he misses the target. 

18' SARABIA! Pablo Fornals plays a clever one-two with his left-footed shot into the left corner of the goalkeeper, which Giorgi Loria has no chance of finding. 

17' Davitashvili makes space for himself, fires in a shot from outside the box, Unai Simón reaches out and tucks it into the left corner

15' Pablo Fornals and Mikel Merino in place of Ferran Torres and Eric García 

14' Davitashvili receives Mikautadze in the box, shoots, but the ball goes too high

 

12' Georges Mikautadze and Valeri Qazaishvili in, Zaria and Azarovi out

8' Sarabia takes a corner and crosses into the middle of the box, Azpilicueta rises higher than everyone and heads the ball, but sends it to the left of the goal

 

1' Davitashvili comes down the right and wins the corner. Azarov receives it on the right, hits it with a left-footed shot from almost no angle, but the ball goes towards Unai Simon, who saves

00' The second half begins at Badajoz. 

Raúl Albiol in place of Aymeric Laporte 

 

Shots: 13-5
Shots on goal: 7-3
Corner kicks: 2-2
Offsides: 1-1
Tackles: 6-17
Fouls: 6-2
Possession of the ball - Spain, 79%, Georgia: 21%
Total passes: 641-162
Passing accuracy - Spain, 93%, Georgia, 65%

47' Referee ends the first half at Nuevo Vivero Stadium

45' Two minutes to end the first half

45' Giorbelidze sets off Azarovi in the attack, but he was in an irregular position

41' FERRAN TORRES! The striker receives in the middle of the box, hits Giorgi Loria with his right foot, and he hits the left corner of the net.

38' Sarabia's left-footed shot from outside the box is blocked by Giorgi Loria

33' Llorente throws the ball to Ferran Torres, but he was too early and the referee raises the flag

30' Soler sends the ball into the box, Rodri heads it in but the ball goes over the goal

26' The video team checks to see if the ball went out of the control of Marcos Llorrente when he went to the by-line, but confirms that it remained in the field and the goal is confirmed

25' SOLER! Llorente comes forward on the right, goes to the back line and rolls it back towards Ruiz, but neither he nor Lochoshvili can reach the ball and the Spaniards extend their lead. 

22' Sarabia crosses, Llorente asks for the ball in the middle of the area and goes up to head, but Giorbelidze intercepts the pass

19' Gayà receives inside the area, cuts inside and shoots with his right foot, Loria looks for the left corner and makes the save

17' Abel Ruiz receives from Ferran Torres in the middle of the box, shoots with his right foot, but is blocked when he shoots.

14' GAYÀ! After a corner kick, he shoots a left-footed shot from outside the box and hits Giorgi Loria's left corner.
 

8' Ferran Torres recebe de Llorente, bate de pé direito na altura do marca do pênalti e bola sai à esquerda do gol

3' Sarabia crosses towards Ferran Torres, plays the ball in the middle of the area, he heads it, but goalkeeper searches the left angle.

1 Giorgi Loria 4 Guram Kashia 5 Guram Giorbelidze 6 Giorgi Zaria 7 Jaba Kankava 13 Grigol Chabradze 14 Luka Lochoshvili 15 Giorgi Aburjania 16 Irakli Azarov 18 Vladimer Mamuchashvili 23 Zuriko Davitashvili.
Coach: Willy Sagnol.

Substitutes: 12 Giorgi Mamardashvili 17 Lazare Kupatadze 2 Otar Kakabadze 3 Davit Khocholava 8 Valeri Qazaishvili 9 Saba Lobzhanidze 10 Giorgi Chakvetadze 11 Giorgi Kvilitaia 19 Sandro Altunashvili 20 Jambul Jigauri 21 Giorgi Tsitaishvili 22 Georges Mikautadze.

23 Unai Simón; 2 César Azpilicueta 6 Marcos Llorente 9 Abel Ruiz 10 Carlos Soler 11 Ferran Torres 12 Eric García 14 José Gayà 16 Rodri 19 Aymeric Laporte 22 Pablo Sarabia.
Coach: Luis Enrique.

Substitutes: 1 David de Gea 13 Robert Sánchez 3 Raúl Albiol 4 Iñigo Martínez 5 Sergio Busquets 7 Álvaro Morata 8 Koke 15 Brais Méndez 17 Adama Traoré 18 Jordi Alba 20 Mikel Merino 21 Pablo Fornals.

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Match: Spain vs Georgia
Competition: 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Round: #5
Date: September 5th
Kick-off: 2:45 pm ET
Venue: Estadio Nuevo Vivero in Badajoz, Extremadura (Spain)
Where to watch: Estadio TNT Sports (Brazil), GPB/Almasport/Silknet (Georgia), Sky Mexico (Mexico), TVE/Mediaset/UEFA.tv (Spain), ESPN/TUDN (USA)
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The match between Spain and Georgia will be broadcast live and exclusively via streaming by Estadio TNT Sports (Brazil), GPB/Almasport/Silknet (Georgia), Sky Mexico (Mexico), TVE/Mediaset/UEFA.tv (Spain), ESPN/TUDN (USA). You can check the details of this match here on VAVEL Brazil real time with all the information before, during and after the match in Badajoz.

Referee: Tiago Martins (POR)
Assistant Referee 1: Luis Campos (POR)
Assistant Referee 2: Pedro Almeida (POR)
Fourth official: Hugo Miguel (POR)
Video Assistant Referee (VAR): Luis Godinho (POR)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee (AVAR): Antonio Emanuel Carvalho Nobre (POR)
UEFA Delegate: David Findlay (SCO)
UEFA Referee observer: Emil Bozinovski (MKD)

Loria; Azarov, Khocholava, Kashia, Chabradze; Qazaishvili, Jigauri, Aburjania, Kankava; Kvilitaia, Tsitaisvhili.
Coach: Willy Sagnol.

Unai Simon; Jordi Alba, Laporte, Eric Garcia, Azpilicueta; Soler, Busquets, Koke; Sarabia, Morata, Ferran Torres.
Técnico: Luis Enrique.

The teams have already met this year, in March, and on that occasion Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring, but Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo turned the game around in Tbilisi and La Roja held on to win 2-1 until the final whistle.

Goalkeepers: Giorgi Loria, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Lazare Kupatadze
Defenders: Otar Kakabadze, Mamuka Kobakhidze, David Khocholava, Jemal Tabidze, Guram Kashia, Guram Giorbelidze, Grigol Chabradze, Gia Grigalava, Luka Lochoshvili, Irakli Azarov, Davit Kobouri, Lasha Dvali
Midfielders: Murtaz Daushvili, Giorgi Zaria, Jaba Kankava, Valeri Qazaishvili, Otar Kiteishvili, Saba Lobzhanidze, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Giorgi Aburjania, Nika Kvekveskiri, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Vladimer Mamuchashvili, Sandro Altunashvili, Levan Shengelia, Jambul Jigauri, Valerian Gvilia, Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Lasha Parunashvili, Zuriko Davitashvili
Forwards: Budu Zivzivadze, Giorgi Kvilitaia, Giorgi Beridze, Georges Mikautadze

Spain ranks 7th on the list, which has Belgium, Brazil, France, England, and Italy at the top. Georgia is in 91st position.

Goalkeepers: Unai Simón (Atheltic Bilbao), David De Gea (Manchester United), Robert Sánchez (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Defenders: César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City), Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), Íñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), Eric García and Jordi Alba (Barcelona), José Gayá (Valencia)
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Koke (Atlético de Madrid), Rodri (Manchester City), Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad), Carlos Soler (Valencia), Brais Méndez (Celta)
Forwards: Pablo Fornals (West Ham), Alvaro Morata (Juventus), Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), Ferrán Torres (Manchester City), Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton), Abel Ruiz (Sporting Braga), Pablo Sarabia (Paris Saint Germain).

Spain opened the qualifiers with a 1-1 draw against Greece, then followed up with two consecutive wins (2-1 over Georgia and 3-1 in Kosovo), but this week lost their unbeaten run when they were beaten 2-1 by Sweden. After four rounds, Georgia is still looking for its first victory. So far they have three losses (1-0 to Sweden, 2-1 to Spain and 2-0 to Kosovo) and a draw (1-1 with Greece).

Belarus-Wales
England-Andorra
Iceland-North Macedonia
Bulgaria-Lithuania
Albania-Hungary
Germany-Armenia
Romania-Liechtenstein
Kosovo-Greece
Spain-Georgia
Switzerland-Italy
Belgium-Czech Republic
San Marino-Poland

This clash between the Spanish and Georgians takes place at the Estadio Nuevo Vivero in Badajoz, Extremadura at 2:45 pm ET. This is group B, which includes Greece, Kosovo and Sweden. Of the 55 teams competing for a spot in the World Cup, only the leader of each group guarantees direct qualification and those who finish second go into a playoff.

Located in southwestern Spain, the city of Badajoz hosts this Sunday 5th the duel between the Spanish National team and Georgia, in another round in the trajectory towards the 2022 FIFA World Cup. My name is Bia Palumbo and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.