Goals and Highlights
93'
It's over! Spain beats Czech Republic to make it three in a row
83'
Sarabia's shot but the ball goes wide.
77'
Changes in Spain. Jordi Alba and Busquets are replaced by Alonso and Koke.
75'
Goal, goal, goal for Spain! Torres sends in a cross and Sarabia shoves the ball into the back of the net.
71'
Change from Spain. Asensio comes off and Sarabia takes his place.
65'
Gavi begins to weave dangerous moves, but fails to get past the defensive line.
59'
Czech Republic changes. Hlozek and Jurecka are replaced by Cerny and Kutcha.
58'
Changes in Spain. Morata and Soler are replaced by Ferran Torres and Gavi.
53'
Spain defends correctly, avoiding the Czech onslaught.
45'
The action resumes and the ball rolls for the second half.
45+1'
The first half is over. Spain leads by the minimum at halftime.
38'
Czech Republic tries to reach Simon's goal with danger, but the defense is well stopped.
30'
Change from Czech Republic. Kral replaces Sadilek
24'
Goal, goal, goal for Spain! Carlos Soler receives the ball from Asensio, shoots and opens the scoring.
17'
Cerny's shot and Simon ends up deflecting the ball.
9'
The game started back and forth, with both teams looking to generate, but not reaching the opponent's goal.
0'
The action gets underway at La Rosaleda.
Czech Republic: LineUp
Mandous; Zima, Brabec, Jemelka; Coufal, Soucek, Sadílek, Zeleny; Cerny, Kuchta, Pesek
Spain: LineUp
Unai Simón; Carvajal, Eric García, Iñigo Martínez, Marcos Alonso; Carlos Soler, Rodri, Koke; Asensio, Morata, Dani Olmo
To the court
Both teams take the field for a warm-up prior to the start of the match.
At home
Luis Enrique's men are already present at La Rosaleda, tonight they will be looking for a new victory.
Present
Czech Republic is already in Malaga and will be looking to surprise and beat Spain at home.
Watch out for this player
Czech Republic will have to pay special attention to Álvaro Morata, the nine-footer will be looking to generate dangerous plays and open the scoring in favor of his team.
All set!
The dressing room of both teams is now ready at the Malaga stadium, looking forward to a great match in Spain.
Statements Czech Republic
Vladimir Coufal, player of the Czechs, spoke ahead of this match: "Even considering what we saw in the videos before the first game, it's clear that they don't change their style much. They can push opponents whether they play us, France or anyone else. I don't think they would change their style, which they play from the age of sixteen to the adult armband."
What a beauty!
This is how La Rosaleda looks like to welcome Spain and Czech Republic tonight in this Nations League duel.
That's the one!
The president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, presented Marco Asensio and Ansu Fati with badges for their 25 matches played with Spain and their debut with the first team, respectively.
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Czech Republic statement
Jaroslav Šilhavý, coach of the Czech Republic, spoke ahead of the match: "It will be more difficult for sure. They don't change the way they play. That's how they crush their opponents. It's going to be worse, because they're playing at home. We know that. And they are hurt by the point we took from them. It's not that they are scared by the draw in Prague, I don't think so. It's going to be tougher, we know that". "They are both very strong. Individually and collectively. In all aspects of the game. Spain has a very clear plan. They press very high and their idea is to always maintain that pressure. I was more impressed with Spain than Portugal. I think they are an impressive team in many facets of the game". "It's already the last game. We are all the same. Nobody has told me I can't play. We take everything into account, that's why we make changes."
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Statements Spain
Luis Enrique spoke before the match: "The result conditions everything. That's how soccer works. This team (Switzerland) had gone 23 games without losing an official match at home and we had the chance to beat them".
"The result determines the outcome. I'm happy with the spirit of the players and their attitude. It's a positive match that gives us the possibility to still depend on us".
"When they press us, they take us to one side of the field and we have no solutions. When we do that very well, you can hit a ball up top; and we change the pressure. We are good there too. But it's not our identity. Our identity is to get the ball played. You have to have personality to play."
"This is a game of mistakes. It's a game to be proud of what the national team is. The first half is more complete. In the second half we did not have a more forceful behavior of ball possession, which forced the opponent more ."
"I have three starting goalkeepers and today Unai Simón has played in all three games. I want all three toe-to-toe, thinking they can participate. I'm delighted. Any of the three could play. What will happen tomorrow? Tomorrow you will see. We have to be prepared to be a competitive team, that doesn't notice the absences, due to injury, poor form or whatever. The three goalkeepers give me a lot of peace of mind." "Any of the strikers, the wingers can all play as 9. The 9 that I have brought in cannot all play as wingers, Álvaro can play. Defensively, if there is any 9 like Álvaro in Europe, he is equal to him, he is not better than any of them. And he has been very good on the ball. What are we looking for? There is an offensive and a defensive facet. Maybe other teams focus only on scoring goals. With us, if they don't do the defensive work, it's no good for us." "Look at the results of the other groups in the league, that's of no interest to anyone. Look at the Nations League and World Cup champions, France. Nobody wins easily. If they pretend we are different, we are not different. It's impossible, but not for us, for everyone".Last Czech Republic line-up
Stanek; Zima, Brabec, Mateju; Coufal, Soucek, Sadilek; Havel; Lingr, Kuchta and Hlozek.
Spain's final roster
Simon; Azpilicueta, D. Llorente, P. Torres, Alba; M. Llorente, Busquets, Gavi; Ferran, Morata, Sarabia.
How does Czech Republic arrive?
Czech Republic arrives to this match after losing against Portugal two goals to zero, so in this match they will be looking for a win out of three. The Czechs will be looking for their first win and to climb up the standings.
How does Spain arrive?
Spain comes to this match after defeating Switzerland by the minimum, so they will be looking to keep on winning three out of three. The team coached by Luis Enrique needs to win if they want to qualify to the next stage of this tournament.
Spain vs Czech Republic will be played at La Rosaleda Stadium.
Spain vs Czech Republic will be played at the Estadio Universitario, located in Malaga, Spain. The stadium has a capacity for 650,000 people.
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