The full-back was handed his first global start in Kiev and proved the matchwinner as La Roja ended their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory in Kiev.
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Russian Federation will be playing the European Championship finals for the fourth straight time after they beat Montenegro 2-0 here to finish second in Group G behind Austria, who pushed aside Liechtenstein 3-0 on Monday, reports Xinhua.
CESC FABREGAS missed a penalty for Spain as Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho watched from the stands.
“I will try to be at my best and make things hard for the coach”, he told reporters after his heroics helped Spain reach eight competitive matches in a row without conceding for the first time.
Belarus and Macedonia concluded their Euro 2016 qualifying campaigns with a goalless draw which left the former Yugoslav nation bottom of Group C.
However, there was to be no turnaround in Luxembourg – Slovakia re-establishing a two-goal cushion – and Spain’s much-changed back line shut out the hosts to extend their winning run to five matches.
Ukraine played well and had a series of scoring chances against in Kiev, but it was stopped by a remarkable performance by Spain goalkeeper David De Gea.
And speaking after the game, the Reds stopper had a few heartening news for United supporters as they undergo a potentially tricky month across three competitions.
57′ – DE GEA SAVE: Another cross from Ukraine is headed goalward by Kravets and it’s another leaping save from De Gea. It was important to win, so I’m very happy. Ross Barkley’s deflected shot put England ahead before Lithuania goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis unluckily deflected Harry Kane’s shot into his own net for the second and Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain struck after the interval. The dressing room is not the same one, though, because we played as the local team in the final against Italy, whereas now we are the visitors against Ukraine.
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“We’re still young and hopefully we’ll be with [the seniors] a lot more”.
