Seven goals like seven suns to storm the second oldest stadium in the world. Brilliant debut of the 2007 generation in a European to which, if he did not want to become a favorite, he had to force his way up after overwhelm the ‘Cinderella’ of the group and hostess.
Those of Paco Gallardocommanded by the trio of ‘bajitos’ —Espart, Junyent and Pitarch—, they shook the midfield like a shaker. They played, they drove and they broke lines until a Wales dizzy who never knew who to chase. What they lacked in centimeters they had plenty of nerve, and their boots five goals came out of the seven total. And if above you have swords of the level of Morante and Yáñez In bands, nerves don’t exist even on an opening night. The first scored a double and the other opened the way so that the debut had anything but doubts.
Technical sheet of the match.
Spain warned before unleashing its first blow of the axe. It took twelve minutes Espart in making the wood of the crossbar rattle. What came was a diagonal of Yanezserved by Quim Junyentto elaborate a play that the Real Madrid youth player has saved in muscle memory. He went inside, took out his left foot, and the fortune that a Welsh defender who deflected justor for the parable to become unattainable. It had barely begun to be counted. Ten minutes later, a combination of Yáñez and Pitarch on the left he left a candy Espartwho received it bouncing and smashed it with his instep to make it 0-2.
From there, Spain had already made it clear that the nerves of the debut were on hold and turned into a steamroller. Morante received from Watery on the left and joined the party with 0-3. Appearing everywhere has its price, and Wales paid it, because the Betic winger still kept his best. In a rehearsed set-piece play, Morante waited outside the area for a corner to be rejected and He unleashed a left-footed whip that made it 0-4. Four goals, half an hour of delight and an opponent who only had to ask the clock for mercy.
Not even rest stopped the onslaught. Thiago took out the spyglass and threw Junyent to run; The captain did not hesitate and, from the left, he raised a Vaseline over the goal to score the best goal of the afternoon. Third assist of the game for Thiago and a Junyent who, after the departure of Hugo López, had reinvented himself as a false nine.
The changes also paid off. A connection between Antañón and Sergio Esteban He finished with the last one signing a blow for the sixth. The last blow came from a foul on the right side. I waited there Diego Aguadowho has a glove on his foot and brought it out. The shot kissed the wood from below, bounced off the goalkeeper and snuck in to round off a rout that Spain, in the final stretch, did not want to draw any more blood.
