Spain’s absolutely insane 38-match unbeaten run in international football? Yeah, that record is officially shaking after a wild first half against England in the UEFA Nations League on Saturday. What a reversal!
The Unbelievable Blunder That Started It All
The first half kicked off with some truly bizarre stuff. Just 1 minute and 47 seconds in, after getting the ball from his City teammate O’Reilly, Guéhi totally missed Yamal lurking nearby. He made a terrible mistake, and Yamal, the standout for Spain, finished ruthlessly. Talk about a brutal start! Spain kept piling on the pressure, with Yamal even dropping a sick backheel pass to Olmo that almost made it 2-0. But then there was Ferran Torres. Oh man. The World Cup hero drew attention for all the wrong reasons, wasting chance after chance. He muffed one after a pass from Yamal, which Trafford saved. Then, after Rodri made the difference, Torres found himself one-on-one with the Leeds goalkeeper and sent it wayward. If you don’t take those golden opportunities…
England Said, ‘Not So Fast!’
Thomas Tuchel’s England slowly, but surely, started finding their rhythm. They hadn’t even had a real chance to equalize, and then boom, the counterattack hit! Nico Williams slipped, Anderson played it to Gordon, who laid it off to Bellingham. He returned it to the Barcelona attacker and watched his La Liga rival score at full speed (36′). Talk about a turnaround! Harry Kane almost brought the comeback next, but the actual equalizer arrived shortly after. The Bayern striker got on the end of O’Reilly’s cross, and with a little help from a deflection off Cucurella, found the back of the net at 40 minutes!
Spain’s historic unbeaten run, going all the way back to a 1-0 loss to Colombia in March 2024, is now seriously on the line. Can they recover from that kind of first-half chaos? That was some seriously lively football!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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