Norway vs Spain (1 – 1) – Euro Qualifiers Quick Recap

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Another matchday of the ongoing Euro Qualifiers competition has just finished and as usual, there were a variety of outcomes. But before we delve into the main subject of today’s Euro Qualifiers Quick Recap, let’s take a moment to look at the results of the other matches that took place as well.

Georgia drew 0-0 against Ireland,
Denmark beat Switzerland 1-0,
Romania beat Faroe Islands 3-0,
Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Finland 4-1,
Sweden beat Malta 4-0,
Liechtenstein drew 1-1 against Armenia,
Italy beat Greece 2-0, As we can see, there are only few draws in these fixtures.

Norway vs Spain was one of the main fixture. Prior to the game, Spain were already labeled as clear favorites on paper, however, Norway proved to be a tough nut to crack as it was a really difficult game for both teams. Even though it was a tough match for both teams, Spain will be disappointed to have lost the game after being so close to seeing the match off and conceded just few seconds to full time.

The Spanish national team wore their favorite red jersey and lined up in their expected 4-3-3 formation. On the other hand, Norway wore their white jersey and lined up in their usual 4-4-2 formation. It was a game of high expectation on the shoulders of the Spanish national team to get the win, but at the end, it proved to be a tough task for them as Norway had to leave it till the last few seconds of the game to snatch an equalizer all thanks to the last minute penalty.

Spain had more of the ball as expected with more passes and pass accuracy, however, they only managed 12 shots and only 3 on target and finding the back of the net just once. Norway on the other hand, had same amount of shots on target even though they had less shots and less possession and passes throughout the game.
Goals from Saul Niguez for Spain and Joshua King for Norway were enough to cancel each other out to end all square.

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