SADLY for Sylvinho, he was right. The Albania boss had suggested Spain’s second team are good enough to win Euro 2024. Ferran Torres exquisitely finishes off a superb Spanish move and they lead in Dusseldorf! 🇪🇸 #BBCEuros #Euro2024 #ESPALB pic.
twitter.com/6DGfiJmZii But what will really worry the rest is that the first choice 11 is a street ahead of the reserves. And they are the ones who will play the rest of the tournament.
In Dusseldorf, Luis de la Fuente’s shadow side clipped the Eagles’ wings to send Albanian home and make it three wins out of three. A brilliant finish by former Manchester City striker Ferran Torres , caressing the ball off the upright with his left peg, proved decisive as Albania’s adventure ended amid the non-stop bedlam of their hordes of fans. Yet Spain now enter the knock-out stage on cruise control, rested and ready.
It is hard to make a case for anyone to stop them. Last night Albania had the flares. And the noise and the smoke.
But Spain had the flair and were never going to choke. For 10 minutes, Spain let Sylvinho’s men believe. Then they simply upped the gears.
Brentford keeper Thomas Strakosha - two Prem appearances for the Bees last term - made a scrambling save to deny Mikel Merino’s header from Spain’s first proper move, sparked by Dani Olmo . There was nothing he could do about their second, though. Aymeric Laporte , the only surviving starter from the Italy win, threaded in to playmaker Olmo, whose own pass inside lef.