Match Report
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Abbass Ashkenazi (79')
Antonio Sáez (3')
| Israel | Spain | ||
| Formation | 5-4-1_v6  | 5-2-3_v1 | |
| Style | Defensive / Mixed Passing | Neutral / Short Passing | |
| Offside Trap | No | No | |
| Tackling | Easy | Easy | |
| Pressing | High | Normal | |
| Counter Attack | Yes | No | |
| One-on-Ones | No | Yes | |
| Marking | Not Defined | Man to Man | |
| High Balls | No | Yes | |
| Keeping Style | Stand In | Not Defined | |
| First Time Shots | No | No | |
| Long Shots | No | No | |
| Possession | 41% | 59% | |
| Shots | 3 | 4 | |
| Shots on Goal | 3 | 3 | |
| Effectiveness | 0% | 50% | |
| Short Passes (%) | 75% | 50% | |
| Long Passes (%) | 25% | 50% | |
| Fouls | 26 | 27 | |
| Comment |
| A crowd of 38189 arrived at the stadium (with a full capacity of 60000 terraces) to see Israel - Spain! The sky is pretty cloudy and it might rain! However, with a little luck the rain won't fall and we will have a good match! The players of Spain are playing the high ball very well. They are winning almost all of the aerial plays. After 3 minutes, Francisco Fonfría recovers the ball and dribbles around one, another, and yet another defender before passing the ball to Antonio Sáez... who without wasting any time, shoots strong from outside the box for the goal. The goalkeeper didn't even move. With this goal for Spain the result is now 0-1. Israel seems to have abandoned their defensive style as they are now attacking a little more. Following their manager's signal, the players from Spain are now dropping back in the field of play. The players of Spain are winning the majority of one-on-one confrontations. After 19 minutes, some great play from Israel. Oren Abu Kasum gets the ball near the touch line, and crosses it to the edge of the penalty area where Abbass Ashkenazi is waiting with his foot held back for the shot... but the shot is weak and David Lanuza saves it easily. The marking style applied by Spain's players is working very well today. 38 minutes are counted, Francisco Fonfría dribbles through the opponent's defensive line, and passes the ball to Diego Marchola, who controls the ball and makes a divine chip over the goalkeeper! Nice goal for Spain! With this goal for Spain the result is now 0-2. At half time the result is 0-2. The away team is slightly dominating ball possession. Spain held it for 56% of the time while Israel is controlling it for the remaining 44%. The stats seem to justify the result at the moment, despite the good performance from Israel to date. After 58 minutes, Abbass Ashkenazi receives a short pass from Oren Abu Kasum. Still very far away from the box, he slowly moves towards the goal... and without warning Abbass Ashkenazi shoots from 30 yards, but the ball goes straight to the hands of David Lanuza. Another play at 62 minutes, Spain's players are calmly passing the ball near Israel's box. Iván Igual passes to Antonio Sáez who is able to find some space. He is going to shoot... but Baruch Tsvieli, safely, takes two steps ahead and saves it. The goal-keeper of Israel is doing his job very well. His style is confusing the opposite forwards in this game. After 86 minutes, Abbass Ashkenazi recovers the ball and dribbles around one, another, and yet another defender before passing the ball to Oren Abu Kasum... Oren Abu Kasum under pressure from the defense, shoots straight into the hands of David Lanuza. The keeper really made a meal out of that! He just barely manages to safely grab the ball after dropping it the first time…unbelievable! Calm second-half for Spain as they managed to keep their advantage of two goals that they had at half-time. |
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| Country | Under-21 |
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