Pablo Sarabia and Carlos Soler’s Spain fall to defeat
Spain were beaten by Switzerland on Matchday 5 of the UEFA Nations League 2022-2023 group stage (1-2).
With this defeat, the Spaniards were overtaken in Group 2 by their Portuguese neighbours. The match between Spain and Portugal on Tuesday 27 September at 20:45 will therefore decide which of the two sides takes top spot in the group.
SPAIN - SWITZERLAND: 1-2
Nations League - Group Stage - Group 2 - Matchday 5
La Romareda (Zaragoza)
Goals: Akanji (21’) and Embolo (58’) for Switzerland and J. Alba (55’) for Spain.
SPAIN: Unai Simón - Azpilicueta (Soler, 87’), Eric García, Pau Torres, Jordi Alba - Gavi, Busquets, Pedri (Marcos Llorente, 70’) - Ferran Torres (Pino, 63’), Asensio (Iglesias, 63’), Sarabia (Nico Williams, 63’). Coach: L. Enrique.
SWITZERLAND: Sommer - Widmer, Akanji, Elvedi, Ricardo Rodríguez (Steffen, 46’) - Xhaka, Freuler, Sow (Zakaria, 68’) - Shaqiri (Ndoye, 68’), Vargas (Aebischer, 79’), Embolo (Seferovic, 87’). Coach: M. Yakin.