Spain vs Czechia 3-1

Spain beat Czechia 3-1 at Nuevo Carlos Tartiere after taking control early and finishing late. Lamine Yamal and Mikel Merino scored for the home side, while Czechia’s brief response was not enough to change the result.

Spain went ahead in the 6th minute when Lamine Yamal scored from Daniel Olmo Carvajal’s assist for 1-0. Rodrigo Hernandez Cascante made it 2-0 in the 35th minute, and Spain took that lead into half-time.

Czechia pulled one back in the 69th minute through Jiri Slama, set up by Adam Hložek, to make it 2-1, but Spain kept the advantage. Mikel Merino, who came on in the 67th minute, sealed it in the 89th minute for 3-1. Spain made two changes at half-time, then another two in the 67th minute, while Czechia also made two in the 57th minute and two in the 73rd minute as they chased the game.

The numbers backed Spain’s control. They had 70% of the ball, 761 passes and 18 shots to Czechia’s 30%, 341 passes and five shots. Spain also led 10-2 on shots on target, 5-0 on corners and 7-1 on saves, while Czechia committed more fouls, 13 to 10.

Czechia’s Ladislav Krejčí was booked in the 79th minute and sent off in the 85th minute after a yellow, while Michal Sadílek was booked in the 82nd minute. Ondrej Lingr was booked in the 89th minute, Stepan Chaloupek in the 90th minute and Antonin Kinsky in first-half stoppage time. Spain’s only booking went to Fermín López in the 90+3rd minute.