Spain surprised with the lineup but not Holland

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La Roja had new debutants, including Marcos Llorente and Unai Simon, but they did not go beyond a draw against the team from the Netherlands, in the friendly duel played at the Johan Cruyff Arena. LUIS ENRIQUE FRIENDLY-INTERNATIONAL SPAIN-SELECTION HOLLAND NATIONAL TEAM m The Spanish National Team achieved a 1-1 draw against its similar team from the Netherlands, in a friendly match played at the Johan Cruyff in the Dutch capital. A duel that serves as preparation for the upcoming dates of the Nations League and although Luis Enrique, national coach, came out with a squad practically of substitutes, the reality is that the coach did not want to risk with the starting players. He took to the grass at the Dutch La Roja venue with a completely new lineup, with Unai Simón, in goal; Bellerín, Eric García, Iñigo Martínez, Gayá, formed the defense, while Rodri, Koke and Canales controlled the midfield, so that Gerard Moreno, Asensio and Morata led the attack.

With this revolutionary lineup, Luis Enrique decided to try one of those duels that call themselves friendlies, because the only thing at stake is the prestige of dominating a rival, in addition to testing your players, but nowadays these types of duels are They play Brazil Mobile Number List with the same intensity as a valid duel for some qualifier or competition. And precisely in the first half Spain started with more ease and confidence in the attack, with Morata and Asensio showing some flashes of quality and imbalance, although they did not worry the Dutch defense much, although Gerard Moreno also warned after 9 minutes of play with a great shot after receiving a pass from Canales, but the shot went over the crossbar. But precisely in the 18th minute of the game, Sergio Canales opened the scoring with a cross shot from the left side, after a great pass from Álvaro Morata who had received the ball three quarters of the field. It was 1-0 and Spain was dominant in the attack.



Halftime arrived with the lead on the scoreboard for La Roja, although the result could have been greater for the Spanish, some failures in the attack prevented a greater result. For his part, Unai Simon was incredible between the three sticks, providing security and solvency. After the start of the second half, even with new Dutch players on the court after a change of scheme by coach Frank De Boer, with the entry of De Vrij, Dumfries, Klaassen and Stengs, Hateboer, De Jong, Wijnaldum and Berghuis remained , the Clockwork Orange equalized the actions in the 47th minute with a goal from Donny van de Beek, after a rebound that was left alone to the Dutch attacker. Morata and Asensio once again were very attentive in attack, trying to surprise the orange team, but there was no success in front of the rival goal. Koke also had the score 2-1 in the 60th after a great pass from Gerard Moreno, but the Atlético de Madrid player tried a shot that didn't go as expected.