[Sport] Spain will be at the Qatar 2022 World Cup

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Luis Enrique's team suffers before the attacks of Sweden, but Morata achieves the only goal of the match in the final measures

Spain will be at the World Cup in Qatar. It has not been an easy road and even less so was the last duel against Sweden, a physical rival with clear ideas who did not want the ball but to govern in the areas. And the Swedish team almost got away with it, sensational in defense and foolish in attack. But Spain need a draw to seal the pass and something more than that in the final bars, with the rival open. It was thanks to a shot from Olmo that spat the crossbar and a bite from Morata in front of the goalkeeper. A goal that is well worth being in the next World Cup.

 

Although Sweden need to win to achieve direct safe conduct for the World Cup event, their bet was not gallant if you consider that they waited in their field with a low retreat so, in case of stealing the ball, they would look for a vertigo counterattack. He was not interested in cornering the rival but rather trusted his punch. Also to the talent Forsberg. First with an individual gallop, a driving and a shot that greeted the post from the outside. And, later, with a shot from the far post after a lateral center that also crossed excessively. Two snub-nosed scares.

 

It is not that Luis Enrique's selection enjoyed more chances, since in the first act he only had a dangerous shot at the beginning of the duel (Sarabia's shot too crossed). But it did convey a greater sense of danger, balls hanging in the area, kicks that collided with the tangle of rival legs and inconclusive attacks. Especially because it cost him horrors to find the hole, also the final pass to a Raúl de Tomás who tried everything but was left with the desire, also in that crossed head shot that did not find a goal.

Azpilicueta got tangled up - a horizontal pass in defense that should never be done - at the start of the second half, but Isak shot high and wide. Spain, in any case, replied with their game, always with the ball between their feet but with the deficiency of the last few meters, without a dealer to give the final pass or a striker to put the hook. In the final bars, with no other choice but to stretch the lines, Sweden's tactics changed because it went from attacking through the interior corridors - it went to Forsberg, the catapult - to doing it from the sides - Ibrahimovic entered in search of hunting a center. And that was Sweden's blunder, punished with Olmo's kick and Morata's sentence. A goal that is well worth being in Qatar 2022. Spain did not fail.

 

Link: https://elpais.com/deportes/2021-11-14/espana-suecia-en-directo-la-clasificacion-de-la-seleccion-para-el-mundial-de-2022.html