España empata con la República Checa en amistoso sub-21
The Spanish U-21 male football team drew (2-2) on Friday against the Czech Republic, thanks to goals from Mateo Joseph and César Tárrave, during a friendly match played at the Francisco Artesco Carrasco stadium in the city of Murcian Lorca.
In their penultimate match before the European Championship in the category, Santi Denia’s students started well and opened the scoring early. In the tenth minute, Mateo Joseph combined with Javi Guerra and returned a filtered pass, allowing Leeds United forward to score with a satin and strong strike inside the rival area.
However, the Czech team equalized in a few minutes, from the 20th to the 21st minute, taking advantage of two mistakes by Spain with the ball. The 1-1 goal came from a steal by Vaclav Sejk from Cristhian Mosquera, and the ball fell to Martin Suchomel, who centered it in the penalty area, where Daniel Row seemed to finish first at the bottom of the net.
Shortly after, Fermăn López lost the ball in his own field due to pressure from Vojtech Stransky, who then found Kike Salas with a left pass, and he scored the 1-2 with a right-footed shot as soon as he entered the Spanish area. The local response came after half an hour, but the strong setup from the Czechs led by Javi Guerra.
Sejk almost scored a third goal just before halftime, but his left-footed shot hit the crossbar after a quick combination in the attack. The Spanish goalkeeper, Alejandro Iturbe, had little to do before heading to the locker room with his teammates, where Santi Denia made several substitutions.
In the second half, Spain improved significantly, and Javi Guerra had a great chance in the 50th minute. Despite a shot that was deflected by the Czech goalkeeper Lukas Horicek, the Spanish team continued to push for an equalizer.
Anastasios Papopetrou (GRE) was the referee for the match, showing a yellow card to Carmona (38th minute) and Spacil (65th minute) for Spain and the Czech Republic, respectively.
The match ended in a 2-2 draw, with goals from Mateo Joseph (10th minute), Tab (20th and 21st minutes), and Tárrave (81st minute).
The next friendly match for Spain will be against the German team on March 25th at 20:30.
Spain: Iturbe (Muiser de Luis, Min.46); Carmona (Andrés García, Min.46), Mosquera (Tarega, Min.63), habitaciones (Moliro, Min.63), Gerard Martin (Valle, Min.76); Turini (bajectic, min.46; Veila, Min.87), guerra (Jaurgizar, Min.63); Juanlu Sánchez (Rodríguez de Jesús, Min.46), Ferman López (Torre, Min.76), Diego López; and Matthew Joseph (Memend, Min.76).
Czech Republic: Horicek; Halinsky, Prebs, Spacil (Sevinsky, Min.86); Visinsky, Hadas, Stransky (Langhamer, Min Fila (Vojta, Min.79) and Sejk.
The match was played at the Francisco Artés Carrasco stadium.
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