Spain beat Switzerland 1-0 in the third match of the UEFA Nations League
By Rabindra Dhungel, 11 october 2020. Spain beat Switzerland 3-0 in third round of UEFA Nations League Spain beat Switzerland 1-0 at home. Alfredo Di Stefano scored the decisive goal in Spain’s victory over Madrid on Saturday night. He scored in the 14th minute of the game. O’Reilly was able to score on a pass from Mikel Moreno who found the ball in a serious mistake by goalkeeper Jan Sommer.
Prior to the move, Spain had appealed for a penalty but the referee ignored it. In the 12th minute, the goalkeeper David Hay Gaya saved the shot of Loris Benito in the cross of Silvan Weidmer and took the lead of Switzerland.
In the 29th minute, Spain failed to double the lead after goalkeeper Sommer saved Ferran Torres’ shot from a Jesus Navas cross. In the 53rd minute, goalkeeper Sommer made another mistake but this time Oyerjawal could not make good use of it.
Switzerland lost in the 55th minute. Goalkeeper Gaya easily controlled Admir Memedi’s shot. Mikel Merino’s shot in the 61st minute was not used well. After that no more goals were scored and Spain managed to win 1-0. With the win, Spain, which is in the 4th position of League A, is at the top with 7 points from 3 games. Germany has reached 5 points from the same 3 games. Ukraine has 3 points and defeated Switzerland has 1 point. In the fourth round, Spain will face Ukraine and Switzerland will face Germany.
Other results
Group A – 4
Germany v Ukraine (1-2)
Group C – 1
Cyprus (2–0) against Luxembourg
Azerbaijan (2-0) against Montenegro
Group D – 1
Latvia (1–1) against Faroe Islands
Group D – 2
Gibraltar vs. Liechtenstein (0–1)