Spain will take on Switzerland on 3 June at 2100 hrs CET, 1500 hrs EST, 1200 hrs PST in the Estadio de Ceramica in Villareal in the first of two friendlies prior to WC2018. The NT will not be fielding any Real Madrid players as they are still on vacation. The game is televised live here in the US on ESPN Deportes. Aupa Espanha y La Furia Roja!
Nice game, though not a lot of chances on either side. I think both teams had about the same amount of shots, even though we should have most of the possession. Aspas as a semi right winger is not really working. Costa is ok I guess, even though you can see he still can't handle the tiki taka that well, lost a couple of balls in the end zone. The Swiss were pressing really well at the beginning, but lost some of their air at the end there. Spain's goal literally came flying out of the air, with an unintended pass to Oriodzola.
First bad marking on our left side, then De Gea fumbles the ball (though it was a difficult shot) 1-1
Nacho had the goal twice at the end, Rodrigo missed a difficult header and an almost one on one. Game ends with a tie. The 2nd half wasn't as good as the 1st, all the subs didn't help, that Iniesta got subbed out didn't either.
One of the issues in the second half (other than De Gea pulling his usual NT crap form out there) was that we had wingers on each side that liked to cross the ball. We don't have anyone to finish that, that isn't our strength.
This was more an keep-in-form game than an actual try-out, we'll never play with Aspas as a winger. Isco will complete the 4 man midfield once he returns, I would have liked to see Aspas play in the striker position some more tonight, but it seems that Costa will be the 1st choice for that. Enough chances to score tonight, so the game still left good sensations. I would have liked to see Nacho or Iniesta finish one of their chances, but ok.