Dani Olmo rescues Spain against a competitive Albania (2-1)

This Saturday, the Spanish Selection went back to contest a party in Catalonia 18 years afterwards in the friendly in front of Albania (2-1). The visitors complicated more than the expected to the ones of Luis Enrique and were near to carry a tie of Cornellá-The Pratt, but a golazo of Dani Elm in the minute 90 allowed to the Catalan fans celebrate in style the return of 'The Red' that next Tuesday will receive to Iceland in Riazor.

Spain jumped to the field with four players of the FC Barcelona in the XI: Eric García, Pedri, Gavi and Ferran Torres. In the first 45 minutes, all the football of 'The Red' went through the booties of the midfield players blaugranas, that with a lot of mobility and his usual exquisite handle of the balloon tried vulnerar the solid defensive block Albanian. Ferran had the first clear of the party in the minute 5, but the goalkeeper Berisha attained to block the finish of the Valencian to send it to the corner.

Pedri Also tried it with a finish in the middle distance on the minute 20 that Berisha trapped without problems. The '10' tried it again in the 36', but again the goalkeeper visitor answered with solvency. Albania did not arrive to the arch defended by David Scrape in all the first time and, after the rest, the tendency did not vary too much. After some first 15 minutes without too much intensity, Luis Enrique moved the bench and sent to Jordi Alba, Dani Elm and Carlos Soler by Marcos Alonso, Pablo Sarabia and Gavi.

With the changes, Spain presionó with greater vehemence the exit of Albania and like this arrived the opening of the marker in the minute 75. Yeremy Pino, ingresado two minutes before by Álvaro Morata, recovered the balloon in an attempt of gone out visitor and assisted to Ferran, the one who hammered it to half height on the bale out of Berisha to put the 1-0. The venues seemed to have the triumph in the pocket, but an error of Pau Torres equalised the party in the 85'.

The unexpected tie and the golazo of Elm

A balloon pumped without apparent danger transformed in a lethal pomegranate for the Spanish bottom in the minute 85. Pau cabeceó to the half to yield it to Eric García, but the balloon struck in Myrto Uzuni and sank to the bottom of the network, descolocando to David Scrape descolocado half of the way. The disappointment seemed to reign in Cornellá, but Dani Elm resolved the party on the 90' with a beautiful derechazo to the angle, taking advantage of a pass in short of Jordi Alba in the frontal of the area. Triumph deserved for a Spain that looked for it from beginning to end and that keeps his good series home.