Spain cannot with its black beast and will play it on the last day

Two minutes and twenty seconds.

What a confinement in the sanfermines.

It was what it took for Spain to see themselves behind on the scoreboard against Germany.

In getting uphill the most important game of the group stage.

Just like against Finland, only this time who was ahead was the eight-time European champion, a rival they had never beaten.

History will have to wait: the Spanish team lost to its coconut (2-0) and the pass to the quarterfinals of the European Championship will be played on the last day against Denmark.

Spain never seemed so close to Germany.

He never arrived better prepared, despite the casualties, nor was he so superior in a game.

"We are already there", underlined

in the previous one, remembering the draw a few months ago in the Arnold Clark Cup. Spain made the match and had the chances, but failed what the Germans did not forgive with the hammer.

The goals from

and

condemned the Spanish team to that coin against the Danes, the current runners-up in Europe.

Soon Spain was condemned to row against the current.

Germany came out to bite up and at the slightest sign of doubt went for the neck.

Waiting for the danger on the counterattack, Vilda had reinforced the midfield with

as pivot and placing

, as the match against Finland ended.

However, the team suffered from the start due to the high pressure from the Germans.

At first, he overcame it with difficulty.

The second time, the slap came.

found herself on her feet with a ball that no one wanted.

The woman from Alicante tried to take him to the side, the safest area, but Bühl put his leg in and cut close to the small area.

With

sold and the goalkeeper misplaced, the cut and the cross shot felt like a formality.

Again a cold start, an uphill game, and a high reaction.

The goal reinforced the initial positions: Spain trying to send with the ball and Germany waiting for an opportunity in transition.

Jorge Vilda's men once again brought out the attitude they showed against Finland and the chances were not long in coming.

If against the Nordics the damage came from the wings, against the Germans it came from the center.

A quarter of an hour had not been reached when Aitana and Patri Guijarro made music between the lines.

A combination that the Mallorcan adorned with a superb first pass into the gap for

, this time forward center.

The Basque, faster than the German centre-backs, dodged Frohms's exit but he threw the ball too far and when he wanted to finish off he barely had an angle.

The shot from him went to the side of the net.

lack of aim

And it didn't take more than a handful of minutes for Spain to get another 'Oops!'

from the stands with a great shot by

from the edge of the box that whistled past the crossbar.

The team had the chances, but not that roundness in front of goal that they did show against Finland.

Germany had the hammer in its hands.

The Germans had managed to level the game after half an hour and, shortly before the break, struck again.

Captain

he freed himself from his mark on a corner kick and headed at will at the edge of the small area.

Vilda had warned in advance that all that strength that Spain had shown in attack against Finland was going to need to show in defense against Germany.

But she at the first opportunity she let the most dangerous escape.

For game the punishment tasted harsh, but for merits in the areas it sounded fair.

A trend that Spain would not be able to break in the second half.

The team continued to dominate, but failed to translate it to the scoreboard.

The best chance, a first volley from Caldentey, died on a lunge from Frohms.

And Spain, which at times was so close to Germany, is condemned to a toss-up against Denmark: if it scores, it will pass as second in the group and will meet England, the hosts and one of the great favorites, in the quarterfinals.

With a defeat, he will say goodbye to the European Championship sooner than he had dreamed.

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