Spain travels via a puddle jumper to those beautiful islands out in the Atlantic known as the Faroe Islands. With a population of just over 50K you could fit the whole population inside the Benito Villamarin stadium! KO is at 1145 hrs PST/1445 hrs EST and the game is televised on Univision Deportes here in the US. Here are a couple of links about the buildup to today's BIG match! Marca (English) Match Preview As previously announced Luis Enrique will miss these matches as his LOA for personal reasons continues. Here are the current standings: P TEAM GP GD PTS 1 Spain 2 +3 6 2 Sweden 2 +1 4 3 Romania 2 +2 3 4 Malta 2 -1 3 5 Norway 2 -1 1 6 Faroe Islands 2 -4 0 Aupa Espanha y La Furia Roja
Se ha hablado mucho del césped artificial que nos vamos a encontrar esta noche, pero... ¿Realmente, cómo afecta?➡ Rafel Pol, nuestro preparador físico, nos lo explica: "La diferencia, a efectos prácticos, es insignificante"#UnidosPorUnRETO pic.twitter.com/ktZdM8XogM— Selección Española Masculina de Fútbol (@SEFutbol) June 7, 2019
⚠ OFICIAL | ¡Ya tenemos ONCE para el partido! Estos son los elegidos para buscar tres nuevos puntos en nuestro camino hacia la #EURO2020.¡¡VAMOS, ESPAÑA!! 💪🏻🇪🇸#UnidosPorUnRETO pic.twitter.com/kVUK7fTHEf— Selección Española Masculina de Fútbol (@SEFutbol) June 7, 2019
HISTORY Internationals: 2 Spain: 2 Faroe Islands: 0 drawn: 0 LAST MEETING 1997 October 11 1998 World Cup Qualification, Round 10 Gijón - El Molinón Spain 3-1 Faroe Islands 1-0 Luis Enrique 18' 2-0 Oli 27' 2-1 J. K. Hansen 43' 3-1 Luis Enrique 83'
Halftime in Group F. Faroe Islands 1-3 Spain 0-1 Sergio Ramos 5' 0-2 Jesus Navas 19' 1-2 K. Olsen 30' 1-3 Isco 34' Norway 0-0 Romania Sweden 1-0 Malta 1-0 Quaison 2'
Just started listening (COPE) at the start of the second half due to a staff meeting. Looks like this is a walk in the park and good to see a change in the usual line up for this match. Any word what Luis Enrique's LOA is all about? I imagine that either he comes back soon or the RFEF will have to start looking for a new coach one of these days.
Fulltime in Group F... Faroe Islands 1-4 Spain 0-1 Sergio Ramos 5' 0-2 Jesus Navas 19' 1-2 K. Olsen 30' 1-3 Isco 34' 1-4 Gayà 71' Norway 2-2 Romania 1-0 T. Elyounoussi 56' 2-0 Ødegaard 70' 2-1 Keșerü 77' 2-2 Keșerü 90+2' Sweden 3-0 Malta 1-0 Quaison 2' 2-0 Claesson 50' 3-0 Isak 81' GROUP F .............. PTS ... GF:GA Spain ....................... 9 ......... 8:2 Sweden ................... 7 ......... 8:4 Romania .................. 4 ......... 7:5 Malta ....................... 3 ......... 2:6 Norway .................... 2 ......... 6:7 Faroe Islands .......... 0 ......... 3:10 Top two qualify to Euro 2020. First tiebreak: Head-to-head aggregate. 10 June 2019 Malta -20:45- Romania Spain -20:45- Sweden Faroe Islands -20:45- Norway
Didn't even realize we played. Nice to see a lot of new faces. I imagine the game vs Sweden will have the more familiar players.