One of Europe’s top football skills against one of the least important ones, that’s what we have to wait in Leon.
23 years and 53 matches. It is Spain’s phenomenal World Cup qualifier streak without a loss; a streak that will be even more after this brawl – a fact both parties involved are aware of. Home win will be – but how big?
To put Spain hindsight in relation to Liechtenstein and their knowledge. They have de facto not won a World Cup qualifier since 2005, when Luxembourg was played away to 3-0. 21 matches have been played since then, most losses. An occasional bang stick against inferior opposition …
The group’s clear favorite is of course Spain and they are expected to pick first or second place without worries – and most likely, they can avoid breaking that kvalstreaken. The opposition says Albania, Israel, Macedonia, Italy and precisely Liechtenstein. The only significant competitor in the top, then “Azzurri”.
Plug out!
Premieres are usually able to involve some tired legs and heads, the players did not receive cooperation clicking excellent – so this is a perfect match to begin with, when an amateur resistance is on the other half of the court.
Now, Liechtenstein, not as hopelessly miserable as several years ago – they’ve been practicing a lot of defense game – but it should not be speaking of anything other than a crusher. That Spain might air a little younger abilities should rather be positive in this case, the player who has his sights on strengthening their position in the race for a regular place.
Dress rehearsals also speaks its clear language. Spain accounted for a party performance and won by 2-0 over Belgium after the dual goals from David Silva, while Liechtenstein fell 0-5 away over Denmark – a worse result even for them.
The countries have actually met on repetitive occasions in different qualifiers in the 2000s – Spain has won all but conceding goals. The three home games have been won by 6-0, 5-0 and 4-0. The first results later, in 2011.