La Roja will come to European Cup brimming with enthusiasm and confidence after his ‘sung’ scoring festivals in his two sweet rehearsals ahead of the event in Germany against minor rivals: 5-0 against Andorranumber 164 in the ranking FIFAand 5-1 against Northern Ireland, the 73rd. Two public ‘exercises’ that served those Luis de la Fuente to gain morale and refine their set-up for a demanding Euro finals debut against the ever-dangerous Croatia of Luka Modric, on Saturday June 15 in Berlin. Then the duels will come against Italy (Thursday the 20th), the current European champion, and Albania (Monday 24th).
The Spanish and the Northern Irish meet again Majorca39 years after the other friendly held on March 27, 1985 at the old stadium Lluís Sitjar, which ended without goals and which marked the first match of the absolute Spanish team on Balearic soil.
This Saturday, the Luis de la Fuente They sent out on time Northern Ireland who in his prime made history in a resounding slap to La Roja in Spain-82 World Cup. So the Northern Irish, led by Billy Binghamthey won (0-1) against all odds in Valencia (Luis Casanova), thanks to a goal from the legendary forward Gerry Armstrong who will later sign for Majorca.
The potential of the current Northern Ireland is far from the one that caused many wars in the 80s this Saturday was just ‘sparring’ spain, who reaffirmed his candidacy to win the European Cup of Germany. And those at Michael O’Neill They got on the scoreboard first with a goal from the center back Daniel Ballard (Sunderland), with about 66 seconds left in the game.
It was the earliest goal conceded by the Spanish team since June 7, 1984, when the Yugoslavian susic mentioned in The Line of Conceptionin 20 seconds, in the last match in preparation for Euro ’84, as reported by data expert ‘Mister Chip’ on his social network account X.
The Mallorcan public, in a campaign marked by the suffering of vermilions for not going to Second and, above all, for the great disappointment of losing the final of cup he is new Athleticwas able to enjoy a success in Son Moixa talismanic stadium where the Spanish team counts its matches by victories: 3-1 to Germany in 2003, 1-0 at Iceland in 2007, 2-1 Belarus in 2013 and the ‘small hand’ then Northern Irelandthat the fans did not stop dancing in the stands even though the final 5-1.
Source: La Verdad
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