Seville (Spain) (AFP)

Spain were hung 1-1 by Poland on Saturday and followed up a second straight draw at the Euro after their inaugural 0-0 against Sweden, results which make it difficult for them to snag a ticket for them. Round of 16.

This time, Alvaro Morata scored ... but the problem is that Robert Lewandowski too.

Criticized for his clumsiness against the cages, the scorer of Juventus Turin opened the scoring for Spain (25th), but his idol of Bayern Munich responded to him when he returned from the locker room (54th), a few seconds before Gerard Moreno did missing the victory penalty (58th).

Nothing is lost for the two selections, but the road is complicated: Spain, current 3rd in Group E, will have to snatch a result against Slovakia on Wednesday for their last match of the group stage if they want to continue their journey. .

And for Poland, the last of the group, the mission is even more difficult.

For half an hour, it was believed that Monday's scenario would repeat itself: a broad but sterile domination of the "Roja", and scattered but serious warnings on the side of his opponent.

The difference is that this time the ball came in.

On both sides.

- Morata, almost that -

In the 26th minute, Gerard Moreno, the most prolific Spaniard of the season with 30 goals for Villarreal in all competitions, transplanted inside and adjusts a long grazing diagonal in the area which finds Alvaro Morata, managed to pass in front of Bartosz Bereszynski to push the ball into the cages.

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His goal is immediately canceled for an offside position signaled by the touch referee, but after watching the video, the center referee validated the goal.

Morata then threw himself into the arms of his coach Luis Enrique, who continued to defend him throughout the week as the Juventus Turin striker was blithely criticized for his clumsiness against Sweden.

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After more than 200 minutes without scoring, the long-awaited goal finally appeared for the Spaniards.

But the results are not so good.

Because these same Moreno and Morata had two balls in quick succession in the second period to offer the final victory to their team ... but they missed each other twice.

One minute after the perfect equalizer of the head of the European Golden Shoe Lewandowski (54th), who won his duel over Aymeric Laporte, Jakub Moder crushed Gerard Moreno's foot in the box.

The referee went to his video screen and awarded the penalty.

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Moreno took charge of transforming him himself, but his attempt crashed into Wojciech Szczesny's left post, and Morata's recovery didn't even come on target.

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- The "Lewy" hope -

The warnings of the first half were not to be taken lightly for Luis Enrique's men.

Because as against Sweden, the "Roja" avoided the disaster narrowly and several times in the first period.

From the 6th minute, the heavy strike from Mateusz Klich grazed the Spanish crossbar.

In the 19th minute, Lewandowski intercepted, escaped on his own, and was only caught by Jordi Alba, who fell back at full speed.

And the main threat came shortly before the break: Karol Swiderski's left strike hit Unai Simon's left upright, who got up quickly and kept a firm hand to fend off Lewandowski's resumption.

The biggest Polish opportunity in the first half.

Result of the accounts: Spain, in full reconstruction, has only two points after the first two days of the Euro, and has filled its head with doubts instead of evacuating them.

His future will be decided on Wednesday (6 p.m.), on the same lawn of the Cartuja in Seville, against Slovakia, defeated Friday 1-0 by Sweden

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