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I-Uefa Nations League iqale nge-Spain ne-Portugal eqede umdlalo ngamaphuzu alinganayo e-Seville ngoLwesine ngamagoli ka-Alvaro Morata noRicardo Horta okwenza lo mqhudelwano waqhubeka.
I-Estadio Benito Villamarin idlale umdlalo ububhekwe ngabomvu kwathi i-Czech Republic yahlula i-Switzerland ngamagoli amabili kwelilodwa komunye umdlalo ka-Group A2.
I-Spain sibukeke sithembisa kakhulu esigabeni sokuqala, kanti uGavi oneminyaka engu-17 ubukeka enomdlandla. Ukuphumelela kufike ngemuva kwemizuzu engu-25 bephuma kwikhefu elisheshayo eliholele kuphawu lokuthengisa uMorata.
Abadlali bebenethemba lokuthi bebezoba ngcono kakhulu phambi kwamapali, nokho iqembu lika-Luis Enrique lithwale kanzima ukulalisa umdlalo njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka.
Ukwethulwa kukaCristiano Ronaldo ngesikhathi sehora kunikeze abalandeli into abangajabula ngayo njengoba umkhankaso we-Portugal wokuthola igoli lokulinganisa ufinyelela esigabeni sokugcina.
Ngesikhathi kufika ibhola likaJoão Cancelo elihlangabezabe nokuthintwa umpetha uHorta ofake igoli ngesikhathi ebonakala okokuqala e-Portugal eminyakeni eyisithupha.
Umphumela kube umdlalo wesine kulandelana emihlanganweni phakathi kwala maqembu womabili nokusho ukuthi i-Czech Republic ihamba phambili eqoqweni ngemuva komzuliswano wokuqala wemidlalo. I-Czechs izokwamukela i-Spain ngokulandelayo kanti i-Portugal izobhekana ne-Switzerland kule mpelasonto.