Euro 2020 Day 4 Roundup: Spain, Sweden play out goalless draw : SOCCER : Sports World News

SEVILLE, SPAIN – JUNE 14: Robin Olsen of Sweden claims the ball while underneath stress from Gerard Moreno of Spain in the course of the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group E match between Spain and Sweden on the La Cartuja Stadium on June 14, 2021 in Seville, Spain. (Picture : Marcelo Del Pozo – Pool/Getty Photographs)

Spain and Sweden shared the spoils of their opening group sport in Euro 2020 Monday as they performed out a 0-0 stalemate. It was a irritating night for the Spaniards who had been unable to interrupt down a stable and cussed Sweden protection.

Spain left pissed off in group opener towards Sweden 

Luis Enrique’s males had been the dominant facet the complete match, having fun with a overwhelming majority of possession as they spent many of the contest inside Sweden’s personal half. Sadly for Spain, they weren’t in a position to translate these into clear goal-scoring alternatives.

They did create some possibilities, although, within the opening half with one of the best alternative falling to striker Alvaro Morata throughout that interval. He was allowed in on purpose after Sweden’s Marcus Danielson fluffed his tried clearance however Morata was solely in a position to side-foot his shot extensive. Earlier than that, Dani Olmo noticed his close-range glancing header saved across the put up by Swedish goalkeeper Robin Olsen who confirmed terrific response. Koke then got here oh so near scoring his maiden worldwide purpose however his two shot makes an attempt went off beam.

Such was Spain’s dominance within the first half that they accomplished 419 passes throughout this era alone – the very best determine ever recorded within the first 45 minutes of a European Championship match since Opta started gathering such knowledge in 1980.

Regardless of Spain having majority of the possession on this match, the Swedes had been additionally in a position to create some alternatives of their very own. They got here so near breaking the impasse when Marcos Llorente diverted Alexander Isak’s shot onto the put up with the ball going into goalkeeper Unai Simón’s arms. Isak once more was concerned in one other good attacking transfer for Sweden, discovering Marcus Berg within the second half, however the striker was solely in a position to scoop his shot over.

Villareal striker Gerard Moreno, who scored 30 objectives for the Spanish membership this previous season, got here off the bench within the seventy fifth minute and almost produced the match winner in second half harm time however his header was saved by Olsen. This end result will heap extra stress on Luis Enrique who has been questioned relating to his participant selections for this match, most notably leaving Actual Madrid gamers from his squad, together with defensive stalwart and captain Sergio Ramos.

The Spaniards might want to get essentially the most out of their possession if they’re to report the win of their subsequent sport towards Poland on Saturday. Towards Sweden, they’d a whopping 85 % of the possession and produced 17 shot makes an attempt. They had been wasteful, nevertheless, as they recorded simply 5 photographs on course in that sport.

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Slovakia, Czech Republic report wins

Slovakia and Czech Republic bought their Euro 2020 campaigns off to a spectacular begin as they notched spectacular wins of their group openers on Monday. Slovakia shocked Poland, 2-1, with Milan Skriniar firing the match-winner within the 69^th minute. Wojciech Szczesny had a gap sport to neglect for Poland as he turned the primary goalkeeper to attain an personal purpose in European Championships historical past. Robert Mak’s try ricocheted off Szczesny’s shoulder and into the again of the online to present Slovakia the 1-0 lead within the 18^th minute. Czech Republic, however, eased previous Scotland, 2-0, with Patrik Schick scoring a formidable double.

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