Sweden harnesses Spain, ends 0-0 in Seville

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June 14, 2021Delusion in Seville for Spain that stops 0-0 by Sweden. The fury of the

breaks against the yellow barrier of a well-organized team, which in the end defended itself tooth and nail. At the La Cartuja Stadium in the Andalusian city the European Championship of Luis Enrique's team does not start well, also struggling with controversy over the positivity of Busquets, the emergency vaccines and the call-up of 24 players out of 26 called. And so Slovakia leads Group E with a 2-1 win over Poland.

Luis Enrique, former Roma coach, unexpectedly lines up Unai Simòn in goal in place of De Gea; in attack he relies on Juventus Morata (not in great evidence, replaced in the 66th minute by Sarabia). In the formation of coach Andersson, in goal we find the former Roma Olsen, and in midfield Ekdal, long militancy in Italy, now at Sampdoria.

It is the red furies who play the game. In the 16th minute, Olsen's miracle from Dani Olmo's header was prompted in the area by a cross from Koke. At 23 'it is the same side who tries the shot, just out. Morata wastes face to face with Olsen in the 38th minute. The biggest opportunity to score, however, is that of the Swede Isak in the 41st minute, but his shot is intercepted by Marcos Llorente almost on the line and hits the post to end his run in Unai Simòn's arms.

Recovery. Sweden still misses an opportunity: this time Isak works a great ball in the Spanish area and serves Berg who sends high from two steps. The substitutions break an already non-frenetic pace. Luis Enrique tries to shuffle the cards by inserting Sarabia for Morata, Thiago Alcàntara for Rodri and Gerard Moreno (winner of the Europa League with Villarreal) for Dani Olmo. Surprisingly, Andersson removes Isak to let Claesson in. Spain exerts a territorial dominance, but comes with difficulty from the parts of Olsen. Last ten minutes of suffering for Sweden, which seems to have run out of gas before. In the finale we also see the "Neapolitan" Fabian Ruiz, from 87 'for Koke. At the stroke of 90 ', Olsen's new miracle on Gerard Moreno's header, which the Swedish goalkeeper puts his foot on.At 93 'Sarabia finds the ball on Jordi Alba's cross, the conclusion is weak and Olsen blocks. The result does not change even after more than 6 'of recovery.