The players of Spain failed to break the resistance of the Cape Verde Islands and in the match of the 1st round of Group H of the World Cup they played without a goal (0:0).
They are European champions from the beginning dominated possession and created pressure in front of the opponent’s goal, but did not find a way to the net. The hero of the match was the experienced goalkeeper of the Cape Verde Islands Vozinha who saved his team with several excellent saves.
The closest the Spaniards got to a goal was in the 39th minute when Ferran Torres after Marco Cucurella’s return ball hit the beamand in the continuation of the same action, Vozinha also stopped the attempt Mikel Oyarzabal.
By the end of the first half, the goalkeeper of Cape Verde saved more shots Ferran Torres and Aymeric Laportewhile his teammates were mostly oriented towards defense and rare counterattacks.
Below is Spain additionally increased the rhythm. Fabian Ruiz threatened several times from a distance, Mikel Merino shot from a good position, and Cucurella headed, but Vozinha remained unconquered.
The selector Luis de la Fuente sent i Lamine Yamal, Dani Olm and Nick Williamsbut that didn’t help the favorites either. The Cape Verde Islands withstood all the blows and won a valuable point in their performance at the world fair.
He had the best opportunity for the islanders Kevin with a long-range attempt in the endwhile the only shot on target in stoppage time was sent by Borges, but Unai Simon intervened without any problems.
Thus, Cape Verde produced one of the biggest surprises of the first round, while Spain will look for the first winning points in the rest of the competition.
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