Santi Denia debuted with victory at the helm of the Rojita under-21. The Girona footballer was providential, as he entered the pitch when Spain was losing 1-2 against a Switzerland that stood up and in a flash, he was the architect of the comeback. the valencianist Nico Gonzalez He started in the midfield, little by little with more rhythm of the game.
bad start
The staging was surely not what Santi Denia wanted. Switzerland surprised La Rojita with the mobility of Ndoye between the linesStarting from the left, and a high pressure that got stuck in a very cold Spain at the start.
After notifying Ndoye after five minutes, three minutes later he did not forgive and resolved a good through ball with quality Sohm. Those of Patrick Ramen could do more damage and bordered the second and it is that Spain did not react until minute 20with a high kick of Sergio Gomez.
The little red reacts and great goal to tie
We had to wait half an hour, but Baena and Rodri began to appear, and the panorama changed. At 32′, a high header from captain Abel Ruiz narrowly missed Rodri’s cross. Just a minute later, a header, this time from Baena and Keller, the Swiss goalkeeper, who put his arm strong.
And on the edge of the break, the equalizing goal. Great goal, rather. Rodri picked up the ball on the front line, prepared it for him and his left-footed shot slipped through the top corner. Of course, the little red continued undecided behind and Stojilkovic almost took advantage, but Agirrezabala put his knees to the ground to catch.
Switzerland takes the lead again
No changes at the start of the second half. Abel Ruiz scrambled inside the area and was once again close to the goal, La Rojita had the game under control and Switzerland came out less and less, but in one of them, Miranda committed an innocent penalty for grabbingImeri launched it without an option for Julen, 1-2 and again in tow.
Denia refreshed the team and the entry of Camello and Riquelme, two mattress players on loan to Rayo and Girona, respectively, was providential. The shot from ‘Roro’ was unappealable.
And it did not stop there. Again doing a lot of damage from the left, and this time with some luck for a rebound, Riquelme scored the goal of a victory that came close to extending Camello. The next friendly will be next Tuesday against France.
Datasheet:
3 – Spain: Agirrezabala; Víctor Gómez (Arnau Martínez, d.75), Guillamón (Mario Gila, d.66), Pacheco (Paredes, d.87), Miranda (Manu Sánchez, d.87); Nico González (Antonio Blanco, m.66), Oihan Sancet (Aimar Oroz, m.75); Sergio Gómez (Rodrigo Riquelme, m.66), Baena (Camello, m.75), Rodri Sánchez (Barrenetxea, m.88); and Abel Ruiz (Pablo Barrios, d.87).
2 – Switzerland: Keller; Omeragic, Stergiou, Vouilloz, Blum; Sohm (Von Moos, m.80), Jashari, Males (Di Giusto, m.80); Ndoye (Beloko, 80 points), Imeri (Krasniqi, 85 points) and Stojilkovic (Hajdari, 85 points)
Goals: 0-1, min.7: Ndoye. 1-1, min.44: Rodri Sánchez. 1-2, min.63: Imeri, penalty. 2-2, min.76: Rodrigo Riquelme. 3-2, min.81: Rodrigo Riquelme.
Referee: Jeremie Pignard (France). He warned Miranda (m.62), Oihan Sancet (m.70) for Spain and Imeri (m.70) in Switzerland.
Incidences: Friendly match to prepare for the European Under-21 Championship -which will take place from June 21 to July 8 in Georgia and Romania; and for which both teams have qualified-, played at the Power House stadium in Almería in front of some 13,000 spectators.
