Despite playing almost the entire match with a man less, European champions Spain managed to beat 4:1 as a guest Switzerland in a meeting of Group 4 of League "A" of the League of Nations, BTA reported.
The match in Geneva was quite interesting, and Ludogorets striker Kwadwo Dua also took part in it, but it did not bring dividends to the hosts.
Spain took the lead as early as the fourth minute through Joselu, and three later Becir Omeragic's goal for Switzerland was disallowed for handball.
The whirlwind start of the match continued with a second goal for Spain, the work of Fabian Ruiz in the 13th minute.
In the 20th minute, the visitors were down to 10 men due to a straight red card for Robin Le Normand, and Switzerland immediately took advantage of this and in the 41st minute, Zeki Amdouni reduced the score to 1:2.
In the second half, Switzerland coach Murat Yakin sought freshening attack by bringing on Kwadwo Dua in the 76th minute for Breel Embolo, but just seconds later Spain scored a third goal, again through Ruiz.
The final 4:1 was made by Ferran Torres in the 80th minute.
With the win, Ispaia collected 4 points and takes second place in the group, two behind leaders Denmark. Switzerland is in the last fourth place with 0 points, one behind the team of Serbia.
There was also plenty of intrigue in Group 1 as Portugal staged a comeback to beat visiting Scotland 2-1.
With his tenth goal in the last 17 games for his country, Scott McTominay gave the "pipers" in the seventh minute, which turned out to be the only goal until the break.
Then the charismatic captain Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in a game for Portugal and it affected the game of the hosts. In the 54th minute, the birthday boy Bruno Fernandes equalized for 1:1, and in the 88th minute, Ronaldo with the 901st goal of his career brought the three points to his team.
With them, Portugal topped the standings with a total asset of 6 points after the first two matches, and in second place with 3 points came the team of Croatia, which beat Poland 1:0.
The finalists of the last edition of the League of Nations Croatia won in Osijek with a goal from another ageless player - Luka Modric. The Real Madrid midfielder was accurate in the 52nd minute.
Midfielder Jakob Piotrowski appeared in the game for Poland in the 86th minute, but this did not help the guests to reach at least the equalizer.
Sweden's attacking duo of Viktor Gökeres and Alexander Isak were once again on fire to seal a 3-0 win over Estonia in Group 1 of League C. /p>
In Solna, the hosts decided everything in the match in the last quarter of an hour of the first half. In the 30th minute, Gokeres opened with his ninth goal of the season, and ten minutes later Isaac made it 2:0.
Once again, Gokeres made the score a classic in the 44th minute, which finally killed any intrigue in the match.
The situation for Estonia became even more difficult in the 62nd minute when Kevor Palumec was sent off for a second yellow card.
Despite being a man up, the home side made no effort to look for a more convincing win and definitely kept the honor of their much humbler opponent.
In the group standings, Sweden leads with 6 points, as well as Slovakia's team. Estonia and Azerbaijan are at the bottom with no assets.
Nations League 2nd round match results
League "A“
Denmark – Serbia 2:0
Portugal – Scotland 2:1
Croatia – Poland 1:0
Switzerland – Spain 1:4
League "C“
Luxembourg – Belarus 0:1
BULGARIA – Northern Ireland 1:0
Slovakia – Azerbaijan 2:0
Sweden – Estonia 3:0