Spain can sentence its qualification for the 2024 Euro Cup this Sunday in Germany with two days left to finish the group stage. The Spanish team would be in the final phase mathematically if they achieved victory at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo in a dramatic duel for Norway since, if they lost, they would already be out of the competition. Scotland and Spain would have the ticket for the big event next summer.
The duel has two proper names that stand out especially: Erling Haaland and Alvaro Morata. The two forwards They have already accumulated 11 goals at this point in the season. A fact that may not be surprising with the Nordic ‘killer’but it does attract attention with the Spaniard who is holding his own with the top scorers in Europe.
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Haaland has scored 8 goals for Manchester City in the Premier League and 3 for the national team, while que Morata has scored 5 in LaLiga with Atlético de Madrid, 3 in the Champions League and 4 with Spain.
It is even more shocking that Morata’s scoring average is better than Haaland’s.. The red and white striker scores a goal every 72.3 minutes playedwhile the Scandinavian scores a goal every 86.5 minutes played.
Spain has a mattress
In any case, Norway will need its star’s goals more than ever than Spain will need Morata’s. Solbakken’s team will be eliminated of the Eurocup with a defeat and a draw also leaves him with very few options to reach one of the first two places that give access to the tournament.
For the national team, the duel stops being dramatic thanks to its victory against Scotland. With the victory, Spain would be in Germany, With the tie they would only need to add one more point against Cyprus or Georgia in the November windowwhile with a defeat by winning the two remaining games would happen and would be worth it even with 4 points if they do not lose by more than three goals difference.
It is worth remembering that Spain won 3-0 in Malaga against Norway and that gives him a lot of advantage in the event of a tie due to the particular goal average. The team would also be first in the group if they win. for his best overall goal average with Scotlandbut it is not important to be leader or second since in the Euro Cup draw the best UEFA ranking counts to be seeded and Spain is second in this classification, only surpassed by England.
Thermal change
The team arrived in Oslo on Friday night, with a notable thermal change. From the 30 degrees in Seville they went to 6 in Oslo and with the news on the list of the presence of Alfonso Pedraza replacing the injured Balde.
Nico Williams was the other injured person who did not travel with the expedition and the list was made up of the 23 troops that UEFA allows to register for each match.
Just two doubts
The eleven aims to be very similar to the one that beat Scotland. De la Fuente already caught his fingers with the massive rotations in the Glasgow duel, so far his only defeat, and beyond Fran García’s obligation for Baldethe rest of the team could be the same.
There would only be two doubts, in the center of the field Mikel Merino plays his position with Fabián Ruizwhile at one end, the electric Bryan Zaragoza may have options either by Oyarzabal, as happened in Seville, or by Ferran Torres.
A favorable rival
Spain hopes to continue with its good line in Norway, where they have never lost with two draws and one victory. Actually, La Roja has only lost in one of its nine duels against the Nordics. It was in the 2000 Euro Cup, in the group stage, 1-0 with Iversen’s goal after a mistake by goalkeeper Molina.
Norway, for its part, will burn its ships with a purely offensive team and with three forwards like they are Solbakken (Olympiakos), Haaland (Manchester City) and Sorloth (Villarreal). They have no choice but to win and will try to make the atmosphere of the Ullevaal Stadion, with only 28,000 spectators but very intense, push them towards victory.
Possible alignments
Norway: Nyland, Ryerson, Ajer, Ostigard, Meling, Berge, Aursnes, Odegaard, Solbakken, Haaland and Sorloth
Spain: Unai Simón, Carvajal, Le Normand, Laporte, Fran García, Rodri, Merino, Gavi, Ferran, Morata and Oyarzabal
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Campo: Ullevaal Stadium
Hour: 20.45 h. Day 1
2023-10-14 09:39:55
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