"Ours took the ball out to save themselves" - Spanish media about the match with Ukraine

The Spanish media welcomed the rescue of their team in the last minutes of the match with Ukraine (2:2), writes Komanda1.

Marca

"Spain squeaked to first place in the group and advanced to the quarter-finals," Marca describes the match.

"The youth team had to suffer a lot to achieve this first place, because in the 89th minute, Ukraine took the lead and temporarily relegated Spain to second place. But then Rodri's talent and Abel Ruiz's composure brought the team back to the top of the group.

There were difficult moments in the match for Spain, in which our players could only take the balls out to escape the Ukrainian barrage," the newspaper said.

As

"Abel Ruiz has a bullet in his chamber to reach the Olympic Games," AS is convinced.

"The striker's last-minute goal allowed Spain to equalise and win the group, which ensures a hypothetically better position in the play-offs.

The line-ups of both teams showed that for the two coaches, winning was not as important as preserving the strength of the main players. In Spain, all the starters were rested, with the exception of Sanse, who came on from the first minute. Ukraine also rotated almost the entire team and left Mudryk, who has been expected to play since the start of the tournament, in reserve," the publication emphasises.

Mundo Deportivo

"2:2 - Spain won the group by scoring in the 90th minute," states Mundo Deportivo.

"The match was absolutely even. Strangely enough, the opponents had equal possession of the ball and this created great discomfort for Spain. So much so that the score before the break was 1-0 in favour of Ukraine when Viunnik scored in the 43rd minute.

Earlier, however, Rodrigo Riquelme scored a one hundred per cent goal, taking advantage of a gross mistake by Ukrainian goalkeeper Neshcheret. But the referee made an even bigger mistake than the Ukrainian, determining that the Spanish striker had fouled to steal the ball from the goalkeeper," Mundo Deportivo notes.