Spain scored a prestigious victory after a spectacular 6-0 win over Croatia in a great choral match between Luis Enrique's pupils, among which was the figure of Marcos Asensio, who signed his best performance with the national team and, together with Saúl's initial goal, destroyed the world runners-up in the first half. Spain, who began with certain doubts in defense, found the tranquility with Saul's goal and ended up scandalously scoring to Croatia to achieve a triumph with which encarrila qualifying for the Final Four of the League of Nations. Both Spain and Croatia displayed early pressure, although Zlatko Dalic's charges were the most dangerous.
First Rakitic, with a shot from the front and then a frank shot from Perisic, who blocked Carvajal providentially, created unrest in the Spanish defence and in the stands. Vrsaljko's 20-minute injury was a relief for Spain, as the right-back's gallops had put the Spanish defence in trouble. Without the presence of Thiago in the medullar, the gestation of Spanish play was more direct, without long possessions, and with Asensio free to move around the field. Rodrigo was very dangerous in these opening minutes, but it was the local player Saul who would open the scoring, as he did last Saturday at Wembley.
A sensational cross from the outside of Carvajal found an imperial header from the player from Elche that caused the delirium in the stands of Martinez Valero (minute (24). Spain gained in aplomb and security after the goal. Asensio, who had sinned of certain individualism in his actions, put the tip to Croatia in just two minutes with two far shots. The first after recovering a ball on the balcony of the area and the second after a diagonal that ended with a shot from the front that crashed into the crossbar and then in the back of the Croatian goal to finish in the third Spanish goal. If Croatia had any hope of getting into the game after passing through the locker rooms, Spain erased it with a stroke, as nothing else resume the game a great assist from Asensio left Rodrigo alone before the goal Kalinic and the Valencian did not forgive.
Spain were unleashed against a sunken opponent, unable to stop the Spaniards' onslaught. A header from captain Sergio Ramos raised the fifth goal to the scoreboard more than half an hour into the match.
The correction was tremendous for Croatia. No sign of Modric and Rakitic. Spain lowered the piston a bit but still, the superiority was insulting and Isco joined the party to score the final 6-0 in the 300th game of Spain at home.
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