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Spain v Switzerland Live: Hosts Spain look to secure top spot in UEFA Nations League Group A2, while the Swiss are fighting off relegation

UEFA Nations League / League A
Estadio La Romareda / 24.09.2022
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Sam Rooke

Updated 24/09/2022 at 21:38 GMT+1


23'
SARABIA LOOKS DANGEROUS
The former PSG man takes one touch too many before shooting, allowing the Swiss defence to scramble and block his shot.
22'
CAN SPAIN RECOVER?
Switzerland have only beaten Spain once before, doing so in the 2010 World Cup group stages. Can they hold on here?
21'
GOAL SWITZERLAND
Manuel Akanji does brilliantly to body Azpilucueta, before heading down and out of reach of Unai Simon.
A great defender's goal.
M. Akanji
Goal
M. Akanji
Switzerland
Switzerland
21'
EMBOLO WINS CORNER
The Monaco forward cleverly flicks Ricardo Rodriguez's throw against a defender's leg to earn a corner kick.
20'
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ANOTHER OFFSIDE
Spain have caught the Swiss offside four times in the first 19 minutes. The backline of Azpilicueta, Garcia and Torres are working well.
19'
AZPI MISCONTROLS
The former Chelsea captain dribbles up the touchline and then just goes out under little pressure. Weird one.
17'
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SIMON DENIES EMBOLO
The big Swiss forward controls a quick free kick and races in behind. He shoots low and hard, but Simon gets down well to deny him.
The referee belatedly blows for offside, but neither player knew it at the time.
15'
TORRES V ELVEDI
It's winger against defender for a 50-50 ball, and no surprises that Elvedi wins the battle and shepherds it out for a goal kick.
14'
TORRES GETS HIS CHANCE
The Barcelona winger cuts in and unleashes but Switzerland escape with a corner kick.
13'
XHAKA SHOOTS
The Arsenal midfielder can hit them from there, but Simon deals easily with the attempt.
12'
AKANJI LOOKING GOOD
Even as the rest of the Swiss struggle to contain Spain, Manuel Akanji is impressing early. He shows good anticipation to cut out a dangerous ball forward.
10'
EMBOLO GOES DOWN AGAIN
After spending most of the reverse fixture on the ground, Breel Embolo goes down very easily under pressure from Eric Garcia when he could have taken on a shot.
9'
LOVELY MOVE, SPAIN
Busquets creates space cleverly, and possession flows through several players before Marco Asensio gets his chance to shoot. The attempt is wide, but Spain are looking threatening.
7'
GAVI CAUGHT OFFSIDE
The Barcelona youngster races down the right wing, and fires in a dangerous ball towards Sarabia but the referee blows for offside.
6'
SARABIA CROSS CLEARED
Spain's first half-chance comes via Pablo Sarabia, but the visitors pack the box and hack it clear.
5'
SIMON COMFORTABLE ON THE BALL
Spain's number one stays calm with the ball at his feet and skips through onrushing pressure to play out from the back.
4'
SENSATIONAL GAVI
The young midfielder receives possession just over the halfway line, turns and pings a ball for Ferran Torres to ran onto down the right.
Lovely stuff.
3'
SWISS STAND STRONG
A good spell of pressure from Spain fails to crack the visitors' defence as they eventually win back possession and play long towards the corner flag.
2'
ALBA TURNS IT OVER
High pressure from Switzerland pays early dividends as they win the ball back, but the hosts recover to clear.
1st Half
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KICK OFF
Spain get us underway.
19.40
FIVE MINUTES TO GO
La Romareda is packed, and the fans are ready for tonight's crucial UEFA Nations League match.
Both teams are in the tunnel.
Not far to go now.