Ruiz's Spain beat Netherlands on penalties to reach UNL semis

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Fabián Ruiz’s Spain beat the Netherlands 5-4 on penalties following a 3-3 draw last night in the second leg of their UEFA Nations League quarter-final in Valencia.

With Paris's no. 8 named in their starting XI, La Roja – who drew 2-2 with the Dutch in the first leg at Rotterdam's Stadion Feijenoord ‘De Kuip’ last Thursday – booked their place in the competition's semi-finals, where they will face France at 20:45 CET on Thursday 5th June in Stuttgart, Germany.

SPAIN 3-3 NETHERLANDS (5-5 on agg., 5-4 on pens)
UEFA Nations League – Quarter-finals – Second leg
Camp de Mestalla (Valencia, Spain)
Goals: Oyarzabal (8' pen., 67') and Yamal (103') for Spain; Depay (54' pen.), Maatsen (79') and Simons (109' pen.) for the Netherlands.
SPAIN: Simón (c) – Mingueza (Porro, 94'), Le Normand, Huijsen, Cucurella – Olmo (Pedri, 84'), Zubimendi (García, 106'), Ruiz (Merino, 84') – Yamal, Oyarzabal (Torres, 69'), Williams (Baena, 117'). Coach: Luis de la Fuente.
NETHERLANDS: Verbruggen – Geertruida (Malen, 78'), van Hecke, van Dijk (c), Maatsen – Reijnders (Koopmeiners, 110'), Kluivert (Simons, 78'), de Jong (Taylor, 106') – Frimpong, Depay (Brobbey, 101'), Gakpo (Lang, 78'). Coach: Ronald Koeman.