Denmark – Spain, Getty Images November 15, 2024, 11:43 p.m

During the November international break, there is no more time for European national teams to play, because the decisive stage of the UEFA Nations League is coming. In particular, according to the results of the penultimate round of the group stage in the quartet at number 4 of Division A, two teams could immediately determine their future fate in parallel confrontations.

We were more interested in the duel in Copenhagen, where the Spanish national team, led by Luis de la Fuente, defended the victory in the first match against Denmark (1:0), and also sought to finally dislodge the pursuers from the fight for the first step of the standings for the tour before the end of this round of competition . Meanwhile, the “Red Guard” was fighting on two fronts, because Serbia and Switzerland also claimed to impose a struggle on Brian Riemer’s team.

That is why the hosts boldly went forward from the first minutes, because if they had delayed it, the problems could have started even earlier than they had already started. Denmark didn’t get anything from their own pressing in the away half, after which Spain got into the game and began to move very quickly towards the first goal scored in this meeting.

Ayose Perez, who had a great opportunity to show himself at the edge of the attack, worked perhaps the most actively for other partners, and fate rewarded him for this with a goal assist in the 15th minute, when the pass went to Oyarzabal’s shot from the right wing of the penalty area. Before that, Villarreal’s attacker tested the strength of the crossbar of the other side’s goal, so “Furia Roja” quickly gained the necessary momentum.

Denmark struggled in the first half and in the end Rimmer’s side came close to conceding for a second time, but Perez and Olmo wasted great opportunities in one of their team’s moves. And only after that, when there was little time left before the break, Grenbek found an opportunity to break through a penalty kick, but the defender blocked the ball for a corner over the crossbar.

Little changed in the game after the break, although Denmark tried to repeat the activity of the opening minutes in the second half. But it turned out that the hosts repeated the goal in their own goal, when Olmo’s pass in the 58th minute cut through the center of the defense and left Perez alone in front of the goalkeeper. After that, the Spaniards began to be a little lazy, which de la Fuente tried to stop, as it seemed to him, with timely substitutions.

However, no, Spain did make up for the missed goal at the end of regular time, when they drove the ball in their half of the field and in the end, Fabian combined with Raya to give Isaksen a goal. Before that, Gustav also hit the right post of the opponent’s goal, so in general, the tension at Parken at that moment was palpable. But not critical for “Fury Roha”, even if they had to fight back in the last minutes.

In the final round, Denmark will visit Serbia, and Spain will host Switzerland.

Denmark — Spain 1:2
Goals: Isaksen, 84 — Oyarsabal, 15, Peres, 58

Denmark: Schmeichel — Ba, Andersen, Westergaard, Christiansen — Geibjerg, Nergaard (Damsgaard, 61), Jühlmann — Grenbeck (Isaksen, 61), Heilunn (Dolberg, 79), Eriksen (Skov Olsen, 79).

Spain: Raya — Porro, Vivian, Laporte, Cucurella — Subimendi (Casado, 70), Merino (Pedri, 80) — Oyarzabal, Olmo (Williams, 70), Baena (Ruiz, 62) — Perez (Morata, 70).

Warning: Nergor, Andersen, Isaksen – Ojarzabal, Morata