{"id":20428,"date":"2025-11-15T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/spain-crushes-georgia-and-is-one-foot-and-half-in-world-cup_315274_102\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:09:00","slug":"spain-crushes-georgia-and-is-one-foot-and-half-in-world-cup_315274_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/football\/spain-crushes-georgia-and-is-one-foot-and-half-in-world-cup_315274_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Georgia 0-4 Spain: Ferran scores and La Roja is one step away from the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Spanish national team came close to advancing directly to the 2026 World Cup<\/a> thanks to a comfortable thrashing of Georgia in Tbilisi (0-4). Without Lamine Yamal, who was once again called off<\/a> due to his pubic problems, Luis de la Fuente’s team resolved the match with three goals before halftime.<\/p> **Mikel Oyarzabal**, from the penalty spot, opened the scoring in the 11th minute, after a handball inside the box caused by **Ferran Torres**. The ‘Shark’ tried to control a cross from Baena at the far post, but a deflection off the arm of the defender guarding him prevented a very dangerous play in the Georgian area from continuing.<\/p> After the VAR call, referee Benoit Bastien<\/strong> blew for a penalty, and Oyarzabal fooled Mamardashvili with an impeccable shot to make it 0-1. Since then, there was only one team on the field at the Boris Paichadze Stadium.<\/p> In the 22nd minute, Spain extended their lead thanks to a remarkable finish from Mart\u00edn Zubimendi<\/strong>. The Arsenal midfielder appeared as a ‘9’ to receive a through ball from Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz<\/strong> and finished by chipping the ball over the desperate lunge of Mamardashvili.<\/p> Four minutes earlier, \u00c1lex Baena<\/strong> had hit the post with a cross shot, after a good play orchestrated with Mikel Merino<\/strong>. La Roja’s thrashing of Georgia was unappealable and, in the 35th minute, the third goal came from Ferran.<\/p> The Bar\u00e7a forward scored at will, taking advantage of a pass to the middle from Oyarzabal, after a one-two between the Real Sociedad player and Baena. The goal was the ‘Shark’s’ 23rd with the National Team<\/strong>, thus placing him in the TOP-10 of historical goalscorers, equaling Alfredo Di Stefano and Sergio Ramos.<\/p> After the break, Luis de la Fuente replaced Pedro Porro (booked) with Marcos Llorente. Spain slowed down a bit in the initial quarter of an hour of the second half, but Mikel Oyarzabal, in the 63rd minute<\/strong>, reappeared to put the final touches on the match.<\/p> The Basque attacker took advantage of a cross from Ferran Torres<\/strong> from the wing to head the ball, leaving the Georgian goalkeeper with no options once again. Just before the fourth goal, Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez<\/strong> came on for Merino. Pau Cubars\u00ed started<\/strong>, while Dani Olmo<\/strong> remained on the bench.<\/p> This result, added to Turkey’s victory against Bulgaria (2-0), leaves Spain almost qualified (though not mathematically) for the World Cup. La Roja has 15 points and an impeccable goal difference of +19 (with no goals against them).<\/p> The Ottomans have 12 points and a +5 goal difference, so they would need a brutal thrashing on Tuesday at La Cartuja (8:45 PM CEST) to take the lead. On matchday 2, the National Team crushed the Turks away from home (0-6).<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spain had no trouble thrashing Georgia in Tbilisi (0-4), a result that puts the national team one foot in the World Cup. Cubars\u00ed and Ferran started, with the ‘7’ scoring a goal and providing an assist The Spanish national team came close to advancing directly to the 2026 World Cup thanks to a comfortable thrashing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":20432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,452],"tags":[275,266,471,195,399,91,155,469],"class_list":["post-20428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-2","tag-dani-olmo","tag-fermin-lopez","tag-ferran-torres-2","tag-ferran-torres","tag-football-world-cup","tag-national-teams","tag-pau-cubarsi","tag-pau-cubarsi-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nZubimendi and Ferran settled the match before halftime<\/h2>
Oyarzabal sealed a rout that puts Spain on the verge of the World Cup<\/h2>