The national teams of Spain and England will hold a return match of the League of Nations, this time on the territory of the Spaniards, at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville.
This fight will be the 27th in the history of confrontations of these national teams..
Meeting statistics:.
Spain Victories: 10.
Draws: 3.
England wins: 13 (1 penalty) For the first time the teams played each other in a friendly match in 1929 - Spain won 4: 3. The next match took place after 2.5 years, and this time the British won, defeating the opponent 7: 1.
The next time the teams met in almost 19 years, and the match was no longer a friendly one - the teams met at the 1950 World Cup.. Minimal victory won the Spaniards. After this, the teams' paths only crossed paths at world championships. In 1982, teams in the group stage played a dry draw..
In 1968, the teams met in the playoff selection for the European Championship (a sort of Euro 68 quarter finals). Then in both games the English celebrated victories (1: 0 at home, 2: 1 away).
At Euro-1980, the teams met in a group, the British won, but both teams left the tournament after this match.
In the quarterfinals of Euro 1996 England won again, but this time on penalties. The main time of the match ended in a goalless draw, and in the penalty shootout Miguel Angel Nadal and Fernando Hierro failed to realize their shots, while Shearer, Platt, Pierce and Gascoigne were accurate..
After that match, 22 years passed when the Spaniards and the English again played an official match - in the newly created UEFA tournament - the League of Nations.. In the 21st century, teams played 7 times, but all of these meetings were friendly..
Recall the last five matches between Spain and England.
February 11, 2009, Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville. TM Spain - England 2: 0.
Goals: Villa, 36, Llorente, 82 Spain: Casillas (Reina, 46) - Ramos, Pique, Albiol (Marchena, 75), Capdevilla (Arbeloa, 46) - Senna, Alonso, Xavi (Guiza, 85) - Villa (Silva , 56), Torres (Llorente, 64), Iniesta England: James (Green, 46) - Johnson, Terry, Yagielka (Upson, 46), Cole - Wright-Phillips, Barry (Lampard, 46), Carrick, Downing (Beckham , 46) - Agbonlahor (Carlton Cole, 76), Heskey (Crouch, 46) November 12, 2011, Wembley, London. TM England - Spain 1: 0.
Goal: Lampard, 49 England: Hart - Johnson, Yagielka, Lescott, Cole - Jones (Rodwell, 56), Milner (Adam Johnson, 76), Parker (Walker, 85) - Walcott (Downing, 46), Lampard (Barry, 57) - Bent (Welbeck, 64) Spain: Casillas (Reina, 46) - Arbeloa, Pique, Ramos (Puyol, 74), Alba - Xabi Alonso, Busquets (Torres, 64), Xavi (Cesc, 46) - Silva ( Mata, 46), Villa, Iniesta (Cazorla, 74) November 13, 2015, Jose Rico Perez, Alicante. TM Spain - England 2: 0.
Goals: Gaspar, 72, Cazorla, 84 Spain: Casillas - Gaspar, Pique, Bartra (Aspilicueta, 82), Alba - Fabregas, Busquets (Coque, 77), Alcantara (Cazorla, 27) - Alcacer (Pedro, 74), Costa (Mata, 63), Iniesta (Nolito, 46) England: Hart - Walker, Smalling (Cahill, 85), Jones, Bertrand - Barkley (Rooney, 72), Carrick (Shelvey, 90), Delf (Ally, 63) - Lallana (Dyer, 63), Sterling - Kane November 15, 2016, Wembley, London. TM England - Spain 2: 2.
Goals: Lallana, 9 (penalty), Vardi - Aspas, Isco England: Hart - Kline, Stones, Cahill, Dyer, Rose - Lingard, Henderson, Lallana - Stirling, Vardi Spain: Reina - Carvajal, Martinez, Nacho, Aspilicuet - Thiago (Herrera, 56), Busquets (Nolito, 78), Vitolo (Aspas, 46) - Silva (Isco, 64), Mata (Coke, 46) - Adurits (Morata, 64) September 8, 2018, Wembley, London. The League of nations.
England - Spain 1: 2.
Goals: Rushford, 11 - Nyges, 13, Rodrigo, 32.
England: Pickford - Stones, Gomez, Maguire - Trippier, Henderson (Dyer, 64), Allie, Lingard, Shaw (Rose, 54) - Rushford (Welbeck, 90 + 4), Kane.
Spain: De Gea - Carvajal, Nacho, Ramos, Alonso (Martinez, 87) - Nyiges, Busquets, Tiago (Roberto, 80) - Isco, Rodrigo, Aspas (Asensio, 68).
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