Yamal contributes assists, Blues Iron Guards national team s debut goal, Spain beats Bulgaria 3-0

After losing to Portugal in the penalty shootout in the UEFA Nations League final, Spain ushered in the 26-year journey of the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup in this international competition window. The first match head coach de La Fuent led the team to Bulgaria. Spain opened fire in the first half of this game. With the goals of Oyasabal, Cucurella and Merino, the suspense of the victory and loss was ended early, and finally defeated Bulgaria 3-0!

[Match Highlights]

Today, Spain has quietly completed reconstruction. Although there is still a certain gap with the golden generation that has won the World Championships in succession, they now have the ability to compete with any top team. Next year's World Cup is also one of the most optimistic favorites in the outside world. This World Cup is in the same group as Bulgaria, Georgia and Turkey. They locked in the top spot in the group and directly advanced to the World Cup finals, which became the only goal of the first phase of the Bullfighter Army.

The last time the two teams met in the main game was the World Cup in 1998. At that time, Spain defeated Bulgaria 6-1. Now, de La Fuente will definitely want to win another big victory. In order to achieve the goal, he followed the team's most familiar 433 formation. Starting goalkeepers Simon, Polo, Lenoerman, Heisen and Cucurella built a defense line, Merino, Suvimenti and Pedri were in the midfield, and Yamal, Oyasabal and Nico formed a trident.

[Match Review] After the

game officially started, Spain attacked Bulgaria on the court and took the lead in the score early in the 5th minute. Suvimendi sent a straight pass with a very penetrating pass directly through Bulgaria's defense. Oyasaval calmly pushed the shot and made a contribution. The Bullfighter Army also achieved a 1-0 fantasy start. In the 19th minute, Bulgaria almost equalized the score. Kirillov cut in from the left and hit the post and was bounced out. Spain, which escaped, expanded its lead in the 30th minute. Yamal was cleared from the right cross and the ball fell to Chelsea defender Cucurella. The latter scored a goal to score the first goal of the national team, rewriting the score to 2-0. Just 8 minutes later, Spain tore open Bulgaria's goal again. After Yamal took a corner kick from the right, Merino jumped high in front of the goal and headed it, helping Spain return to the midfield locker room with a 3-0 score.

The change of sides and the Spanish offensive continued to decline. In the 48th minute, they completed the steal in the frontcourt, and then created an opportunity for Yamal to face the goalkeeper. Unfortunately, the talented young man did not seize the opportunity and the shot was saved by the Bulgarian goalkeeper. Five minutes later, the Bullfighters made a comeback and completed a blast near the penalty area, but he was not lucky. The ball hit the goal frame and was bounced out.

In the next game, Spain still firmly controlled the situation. Although it was unable to further expand its lead, the defensive end did not give the opponent any chance. It blocked Bulgaria as expected and took away a victory from the away game.

After successfully winning Bulgaria, Spain will get two days off. Then they will continue their away journey to face Turkey, the strongest in the same group. Whether it can continue its strong away game and end this international match day with a victory, let us wait and see.