4:1！ European Cup tragedy: Barcelona's genius was crowned the assist king, Spain beat the fish belly and played Germany

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2024-07-01 04:55Creators in the field of sports

France's sluggish state, England's thrilling reversal, the Netherlands' lack of attack, Italy's upset elimination, several teams that were considered to be competing for the title before the start of the tournament have exposed a lot of problems, only Spain played a wonderful performance in the group stage, and the Matadors have become the only team in this European Championship to win three consecutive group stage games. In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, the knockout round of the European Cup continued, Spain played Georgia, Yamal provided another assist, Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Nico Williams and Olmodo blossomed, and Spain advanced to the top 8 4:1.

Georgia, ranked 74th in the world, are the lowest-ranked team to qualify for the knockout rounds, but they upset Portugal in the final round of the group stage to qualify, and the two teams met in qualifying, with Spain beating home and away 3-1 and 7-1 home and away. After a break, Spain also fielded the strongest squad of the moment: Unai Simon was in goal; Carvajal, Lenormand, Laporte, Cucurella at the back; Pedri, Fabian Ruiz and Rodri form the iron triangle of midfield; Nico Williams, Yamal and Alvaro Morata are up front.

After the opening, Spain did not unexpectedly seize the initiative, in the 4th minute, Carvajal swept a low flat ball from the right, and Pedri's outflanking push was confiscated; In the 11th minute, Spain attacked a corner kick, Carvajal hit the goal with a header, and Mamardashvili quickly went down to block the ball; However, it was Georgia that scored first, in the 18th minute, Kvaratskhelia quickly stepped forward after the left sideline, Mikataze dribbled horizontally to the right side, Kakabaze sent a high-quality cross on the right, Lenormand made a mistake in defense and accidentally knocked the ball into his own goal, 0:1! Spain unexpectedly conceded the first goal, which was the first goal conceded by the Matadors in this European Cup; Georgia also completed a record of scoring in all four games.

The unexpected goal did not disrupt the rhythm of Spain, who continued to surround the Georgian goal, Fabian Ruiz and Pedri both had long-range shots cleared, and in the 34th minute, Cucurella fired a cold arrow from the edge of the area, and Mamardashvili turned sideways to clear the danger again; In the 39th minute, Rodri picked up a pass to the left side of the penalty area at the top of the arc, Nico Williams knocked back, Rodri unloaded the ball with his right foot, and swept the goal directly with his left foot, 1:1! Rodri also scored his maiden goal for the World Series. Throughout the first half, Spain had 79% possession, 9-1 in corner kicks, and an exaggerated 17-2 shots on goal!

In the 47th minute of the second half, Georgia broke the ball at the back, Kvaratskhelia watched the six-way ball advance, and before he reached the middle circle, he saw Unai Simon standing in front of him and directly hit an ultra-long-distance hanging door, but unfortunately the ball was slightly off; In the 50th minute, Yamal's direct free kick was bravely defused by Mamar Dashvili, and 1 minute later, Yamal made a precise cross from the right ribs, and Fabian Ruiz smashed the header into the net at the back post, 2:1! Fabian Ruiz scored his second goal of the tournament, while Yamal added his second assist, tying for the top spot with Floyle, Ake and Kirkqu.

In the 68th minute, there was a vacuum on the right side of Spain, and Siteshvili stepped forward at high speed on the left side and burst into the penalty area and hit the side netting with a strong volley! In the 73rd minute, Yamal and Carvajal collided with the wall on the right side and inserted into the penalty area, Olmo took advantage of the situation, Yamal crossed to create an own goal, but the offside was invalid in the first goal. In the 75th minute, Fabian Ruiz stole in the backfield and sent a wide range of long passes, and Nico Williams easily passed Gveresiani one-on-one in the front court and shot into the near corner again, 3:1! Nico Williams made an own goal against Italy, and this game made another pass, and he was no weaker than Yamal in terms of performance.

In the 80th minute, it was Yamal and Olmo who kicked out to hit the wall, and the Barcelona genius burst into the penalty area and shot or Mamar Dashvili saved, Yamal still missed his first goal in the tournament; In the 84th minute, the Georgian backline gave another big gift, and Olmo pushed the top of the arc to fix the score at 4:1!

In the end, Spain won 4:1 and easily won the top 8 places; In the round of 8, Spain will stage a peak showdown with the host Germany, which is also a repeat of the Euro 08 final. Although Georgia suffered a heavy defeat, they have already created their best result by qualifying for the knockout round.

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